{
  "id": 5055874,
  "title": "Did India's GDP Really Grow By Just 2.6% In June Quarter? Govt Rejects Claim Of Former Finance Secretary",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/02/did-indias-gdp-really-grow-by-just-2-6-in-june-quarter-govt-rejects",
  "topic": "finance",
  "section": "Finance & Markets",
  "published": "2026-09-02T08:44:26.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Free Press Journal",
    "slug": "free-press-journal",
    "url": "https://www.freepressjournal.in/business/did-indias-gdp-really-grow-by-just-26-in-june-quarter-govt-rejects-claim-of-former-finance-secretary"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "The government has rejected former finance secretary Subhash Chandra Garg’s claim that India’s GDP growth in the June quarter was only 2.6%, saying the calculation was based on an incorrect comparison between two different GDP data series. According to a report by Moneycontrol, government sources said Garg arrived at the 2.6% figure by comparing nominal GDP of ₹88.27 lakh crore for the first…",
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}