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India's GDP growth at 4.7% in Dec quarter, marginal improvement over Q2

FY20 growth projections retained at 5% in the second advance estimates. The official Q3 GDP data showed that the impact of a global slowdown and weak manufacturing continued to weigh on the economy

Over 200 global economists seek junked NSO report details from govt

Chorus to make junk NSO report public grows

Best of BS Opinion: Why the govt must step in to help telecom companies

Here's a selection of Business Standard Opinion pieces for the day

Dump 'Statistical significance'

Critics argue that statistical significance can be misleading because it sets an arbitrary threshold on the level of uncertainty science should be willing to accept

Modernisation of official statistics

We need to eliminate information asymmetry at all levels. Here is a road map

Statistics office unveil supply-use table to address discrepancies in GDP data

This is for the first time the CSO has compiled the SUTs with 140 products and 66 industries of the Indian economy