‘Ill-educated, egregiously wrong’: World Bank ED Mishra on row over GDP data
World Bank Executive Director Ajay Mishra described the ongoing dispute over India’s GDP numbers as “ill‑educated” and “egregiously wrong” in a post on X. The comment came as the government’s latest growth figures faced criticism from former finance secretary S. C. Garg, who challenged their accuracy, sparking a political debate over the data’s reliability and raised concerns about the methodology used.