Niti Aayog vice-chairman Rajiv Kumar has stressed on the revamp and modernisation of the Indian statistical system so that real-time data is captured and used for policy analysis.
The Aayog, Kumar says, is in touch with the World Bank formodernising the country’s statistical system.
“One thing that I am clear about is that ourstatistical system needs to be revamped, modernised and get aligned with thestatistical system in the world,” he told PTI in an interview.
Recently, several experts including former RBI GovernorRaghuram Rajan and former chief economic advisor Arvind Subramanian hadexpressed doubts over India’s revised economic growth data.Both Rajan and Subramanian had said that thecurrent cloud over the GDP numbers must be cleared by appointing an impartialbody to look at the data.