Washington, Feb 17 (IANS) India is turning to artificial intelligence, expanded labour surveys, and tax data integration to modernise one of the world’s largest statistical systems, its chief statistician said, as demand grows for faster, more granular economic data. Saurabh Garg, secretary of the Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation, in a recent interview podcast with the IMF, said the country continues to rely on door-to-door surveys but has shifted to tablet-based data col…
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New Delhi, Dec 23 (IANS) The Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation (MoSPI) does not expect a significant change in India’s GDP growth estimates after the release of the revised national accounts series in February next year, MoSPI Secretary Saurabh Garg said on Tuesday.“Too early to say on its impact on GDP numbers. In general, we don’t expect much change from our previous expectations,” Garg told journalists here.The government is set to release the new GDP series along wi…