{
  "id": 5354317,
  "title": "Neelkanth Mishra defends GDP data, calls criticism ‘egregiously wrong’",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/03/neelkanth-mishra-defends-gdp-data-calls-criticism-egregiously-wrong",
  "topic": "finance",
  "section": "Finance & Markets",
  "published": "2026-09-03T15:25:37.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Live Mint",
    "slug": "live-mint",
    "url": "https://www.livemint.com/news/india/neelkanth-mishra-comes-in-strong-defence-of-india-s-gdp-estimates-hits-back-at-egregiously-wrong-claims-11788438864349.html"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "Mishra's comments came after former finance secretary Subhash Chandra Garg sparked a controversy by questioning the credibility of the official GDP growth estimate for April-June quarter (Q1). Garg argued that the high Q1 growth was achieved by lowering the GDP base for the Q1 of the previous year.",
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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."
}