India’s 8.5% growth rate has some ‘fluff,’ says former central bank chief

There is some ‘fluff’ in India’s economic growth rate, said Raghuram Rajan, former governor of the Reserve Bank of India, as it does not sufficiently account for inflation and over-represents growth from large firms in its calculation.

A growth rate calculated using readjusted numbers is estimated to be closer to 6-6.5%, which is still “a pretty good number,” he said.

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