Last week the government released the gross domestic product (GDP) data for Q1 of 2023-24. It logged a shade lower than the projected 7.1 percent, prompting suggestions that the Indian economy was slowing down.
A few days later Reserve Bank of India governor Shaktikanta Das dismissed these claims and argued that the Q1 numbers were an aberration. There is not let up in the growth momentum, he added.
To unpack the many questions that have arisen since the official GDP numbers were released, StratNews Global spoke to Saugata Bhattacharya, Senior Fellow, Centre for Policy Research.
