‘C-grade’ for India’s national account statistics: IMF evaluation shows India’s new GDP series can’t come fast enough
In its annual staff report for India for 2025, the International Monetary Fund (IMF) on Wednesday retained its C-grade for India’s national account statistics, or GDP data, which means the data provided to the Fund have “some shortcomings that somewhat hamper surveillance”. On Friday, the Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation (MoSPI) said India’s GDP…