If we had included bank deposits, the growth rate would have been higher: TCA AnantWe do not have enough of a time series to assess what the contribution of banking to GVA will be in this new normal at the moment, says the...
India's chief statistician TCA Anant shows concerns over falling WPIAnant on Friday said that the fall in prices of some intermediary and basic goods could have serious impact on viability of the companies m...
Q4 FY15 was a good quarter for manufacturing sector; mining also on revival path: TCA AnantAnant believes agri data is a major source of revision in GDP numbers. IIP in the last three months was better than expectations, he adds.
Economic recovery depends on manufacturing: TCA AnantWhen we made the Q4 estimates, we revised the estimates of Q1 and Q2, as the previous year's growth numbers had been revised too.
- IIP saw a sharp increase in Oct due to festive season: TCA Anant, Chief Statistician
"Whatever deterioration had to take place had taken place earlier, the month to month variation in growth is simply a consequence of base e...
IIP data has had a long history of volatility: TCA Anant, Chief Statistician"As you go later into the year, improvements both in terms of seasonal effect and business confidence should start kicking", says TCA Anant...
- Volatility does not make IIP data unreliable: Dr TCA Anant
Volatility is a characteristic of any data and it has been a characteristic of IIP for a very long time. A volatile data does not make it a...
- Do not look at IIP data on month to month basis, negative growth reflects year-end trend: TCA Anant, Chief Statistician of India
In an interview with ET Now, TCA Anant, Chief Statistician of India, shares his views on the IIP numbers and the questions raised on its me...
Error in IIP numbers raises questions over data qualityIndustrial production for the month of January was revised down to 1.1% from 6.8% estimated initially, raising more questions about the qua...
- Anant panel to fix core investment in infrastructure sector
TCA Anant to access the actual investment flow in the infrastructure sector and correct the mismatch between capital formation as recorded ...
- Farm and factory to ensure 7.5% GDP growth rate for the year: TCA Anant, Chief Statistician of India
The lower-than-anticipated numbers are a play of dampened investor sentiments and the onset of a cyclical recession in India's investment c...
An average does not satisfy everyone: Prof TCA Anant, Chief Statistican of IndiaChief Statistican of India and Secretary in the ministry of statistics and programme implementation TCA Anant discusses efforts being made ...
- Sequential industrial growth good: TCA Anant
Chief Statistician of India TCA Anant in an interview to ET said month-on-month growth is fine and the index has risen almost 10% from Apri...
- Dec IIP may drop below 2.7 per cent: Basu
Industrial production in December could drop even below the 18-month low of 2.7% in November , chief economic advisor Kaushik Basu said.
- Food inflation likely to ease from November: Anant
The government expressed optimism that food inflation would ease from November with the arrival of new crop.
- Data reactions too strong; we are putting checks in place: TCA Anant
TCA Anant, the country’s chief statistician, says worries about the quality of government data after a glaring error in first quarter GDP g...
- Concern on inflation is overblown: Anant
The country’s new chief statistician, TCA Anant, said the economy still has some miles to go before industrial stability sets in.