Central Hall | Whose GDP Is It?

Name: Central Hall | Whose GDP Is It? - The Wire
Uploaded: 2026-09-15T13:55:43+05:30
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Description: The debate over the statistical jugglery of 7.8% growth rate of India’s first quarter GDP has led people to ask what it actually measures and how much the lived realities of Indians is ignored by focussing on just this number.

The debate over the statistical jugglery of 7.8% growth rate of India’s first quarter GDP has led people to ask what it actually measures and how much the lived realities of Indians is ignored by focussing on just this number.

Kapil Sibal

Kapil Sibal is joined by three distinguished economists and experts: Dr. Pronab Sen, renowned economist and statistician and former Chief Statistician of India; Dr. Jayati Ghosh, internationally respected economist and former professor at Jawaharlal Nehru University; and Dr. Renu Kohli, an expert in macroeconomic policy, capital flows, monetary policy, and exchange-rate management.

This article went live on September fifteenth, two thousand twenty six, at fifty-five minutes past one in the afternoon.

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