P Chidambaram dares BJP to dispute official data on economy’s growth


New Delhi, Sep 9 (PTI): Senior Congress leader P Chidambaram on Sunday dared the BJP to contradict an official data on growth which has said the economy clocked a 10.08 per cent growth in 2006-07 under the UPA rule, the highest since liberalisation in 1991.

The former finance minister reacted after BJP president Amit Shah asked his party leaders to challenge Chidambaram and others from the opposition for an open debate on the government's economic policies based on facts and figures.

Chidambaram said the Congress has already started a data-based debate and has put out the data, including Central Statistical Organisation (CSO) data on growth during NDA-1, UPA-1, UPA-2 and NDA-2.

"Does BJP accept CSO data or not? Let BJP put out data contradicting CSO data," he told news agency PTI.

According to the back series data on GDP, released by the Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation (MOSPI) last month, Indian economy clocked a 10.08- per cent growth rate in 2006-07 under the then Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, the highest since liberalisation of the economy in 1991. The highest ever growth rate since Independence was recorded at 10.2 per cent in 1988-89 when Rajiv Gandhi was the prime minister, the data said.

The back series data on GDP has been prepared by the Committee on Real Sector Statistics, constituted by the National Statistical Commission. The report has been released on the website of the MOSPI.

After the data was released, Chidambaram had said the Congress-led UPA-1 and UPA-2 governments delivered the highest decadal growth since the Independence. The average growth rate under the UPA-1 government was 8.87 per cent, during which it also registered double digit growth rate of 10.08 per cent in 2006-07 and under the UPA-2 dispensation, it was 7.39 per cent, he had said, citing data on gross domestic product (GDP) released by the Statistics Ministry.

The BJP, however, had said the data was not official and that it had not been accepted by the government yet.

Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) president Shah said Saturday the Narendra Modi government had performed far better on the economic front than the UPA, and asked party leaders to challenge Chidambaram and other opposition leaders for an open debate on the government's economic policies, based on facts and figures.

"Party leaders should challenge Chidambaram & Co with facts and ask them to come for a debate on the economic policies of the government," Defence Minister Nirmala Sitharaman said, quoting Shah's presidential address on the inaugural day of the BJP national executive meet here Saturday.

  

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  • N.M, Mangalore

    Mon, Sep 10 2018

    Chaiwala doesn't know the spelling of Economics.

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  • Lionel Dsouza, Mangalore

    Mon, Sep 10 2018

    CAN ANY ONE SEE ANY ECONOMIC GROWTH...???? FROM WHERE WILL DATA COME..

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  • anthony, Mangalore

    Mon, Sep 10 2018

    We believe the data put up by Mr Chidambaram and certainly dispute the data being churned out by Amit Shah and BJP which are based on falsehoods.

    There is a Big Trust Deficiet in the public mind about the Modi Sarkar.

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  • Jossey Saldanha, Mumbai

    Mon, Sep 10 2018

    What is the Net Worth of Amit Shah ...

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  • Skinny man, Udupi

    Mon, Sep 10 2018

    For billionaire motabhai Amith Shah Economic growth of 50,000% has happened for his son Jay Shah...

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  • Vincent Rodrigues, Katapadi/Bangalore

    Mon, Sep 10 2018

    Good challenge to BJP by Chidambaram when he has solid ground to dispute BJP and its failure on economic growth consistency

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  • Truth Teller, Karnataka

    Mon, Sep 10 2018

    Why to dare a Jumla party!?. They will again do another Jumla!

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  • Jossey Saldanha, Mumbai

    Mon, Sep 10 2018

    BJP is all Loot & Scoot ...

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  • Robotkem, Kemmannu

    Mon, Sep 10 2018

    It's better to accept challenge to debate, by Mr. CHIDAMBARAM V/S Mr. AMITH SHAH and Ms.NIRMALA SITHARAMAN ,

    Are YOU both not "PARTY LEADERS"?? Are you ashamed to say yourself as BJP president and SOVEREIGN Minister of DEFENSE!!!

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  • SMR, Karkala

    Sun, Sep 09 2018

    For BJP 'Ayodhya, Triple Talaq,' is the only dispute. As long as economy of the nation for BJP few deaths from malnutrition out of Billion doesn't matter.
    PM Modi's pet project of 'Demonetization' is almost going to complete two years. The RBI is yet count the currencies.

    For RSS political wing BJP only 'voters' list is the official data. Who cares the nation when capitalist and media in its command?

    Jai Hind

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