India's 20 years of GDP misestimation: New evidence
New evidence suggests that the Indian economy did not grow at a stable rate over the past two decades, as the government earlier estimated, but rather boomed during the early 2000s, then slowed after the global financial crisis and subsequent domestic shocks. Official methodological revisions made in February 2026 aimed to address the challenges identified.
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