NITI Aayog under fire for holding press conference on revised GDP data

A top source in the government said the controversy could have been avoided by keeping out the NITI Aayog from the announcement press conference

The Niti Aayog should have stayed away from the press conference where revised GDP data for the United Progressive Alliance’s governing years was announced on Wednesday, said top sources in the government.

The NITI Aayog last evening hosted a news conference by its Vice-Chairman Rajiv Kumar and Chief Statistician Pravin Srivastava to announce the so-called back-series data. 

The new numbers show India's economic growth rate averaged 6.7 per cent during the Congress-led UPA regime as compared to 7.3 per cent under the present government. Previous numbers had put the average growth rate during the 10-year UPA rule at 7.75 per cent.

While the