Ex-IMF economist Surjit Bhalla backs 7.8% GDP number: 'No evidence of exaggeration'

The revised GDP series has raised questions over whether the downward revision in earlier estimates helped lift the latest growth figure. While economist Surjit Bhalla sees no evidence of political manipulation, experts Montek Singh Ahluwalia, Dr. Neelkanth Mishra say the revisions need to be understood in the context of changes in methodology and data.