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  "id": 5123005,
  "title": "Ex-Chief Economic Advisor Backs GDP Figure, Says New Methodology \"Cutting Edge\"",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/02/ex-chief-economic-advisor-backs-gdp-figure-says-new-methodology",
  "topic": "finance",
  "section": "Finance & Markets",
  "published": "2026-09-02T16:21:55.000Z",
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  "summary": "Krishnamurthy Subramanian dismissed the Opposition's charge that the government deliberately revised last year's GDP numbers downward, so that this year's growth rate would be artificially inflated.",
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        "outlet": "NDTV - India News",
        "title": "Ex-Chief Economic Adviser Backs GDP Data, Calls Methodology \"Cutting-Edge\"",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/02/ex-chief-economic-adviser-backs-gdp-data-calls-methodology-cutting",
        "published": "2026-09-02T17:44:14.000Z"
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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."
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