Govts tend to suppress data when it is on shaky grounds: Joseph Stiglitz

"The data that I have seen reinforces very strong concerns about the Indian economy," says Stiglitz

Joseph Stiglitz, 76, gently placed his walking stick beside the sofa and a stack of papers on the table as he settled in to savour some South Indian breakfast. He was in the city to deliver a lecture organised by a university.

It has been almost three decades since India liberalised and integrated with the global economy. It was the seventh largest economy in the world by gross domestic product (GDP) in 2018. But this growth has slowed, and is expected to shrink further in 2019-20, according to multiple global institutions. 

“The data that I have seen reinforces very strong concerns [about