If FinMin wants advance data in Jan, we will give it: T C A Anant

Interview with Chief statistician, CSO

As the finance ministry prepares itself to advance the date of the Budget presentation in Parliament, Chief Statistician T C A Anant says the Central Statistics Office will meet the statistical requirement by releasing earlier advance estimates of gross domestic product (GDP) data than the current practice of doing so in February. He tells Dilasha Seth and Indivjal Dhasmana that the revised calendar for advance estimates would be released. Excerpts:

Will you be releasing advance estimates of GDP in January to enable the finance ministry to present an early Budget in Parliament?
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