Jairam Ramesh: 2017-18 'terrible' choice for new GDP base year

Congress leer Jairam Ramesh on Sunday criticised BJP government's plan to revise base year to calculate gross domestic product growth from current 2011-12 to 2017-18, saying it was a "terrible" idea.

Citing a media report in this regard, Ramesh asked if it was only to make Modi 2.0 government look good on GDP growth rates. He suggested that 2018-19 should be me GDP base year as 2017-18 was "an abrmal year with tebandi (demonetisation) and hasty GST".

"Government wants 2017-18 as new GDP base year. Terrible idea! It was an abrmal year with tebandi & hasty GST. Is this only to make Modi Sarkar 2.0 look good on GDP growth rates?" he tweeted.

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