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Deficit target should be based on GDP: Chief Statistician

CSO has come out with a new series of national accounts with 2011-12 as the base year for computing the gross domestic product. On the back of those changes, it announced that FY14 GDP growth has been revised to 6.9 percent. TCA Anant, Chief Statistician of India says the fiscal deficit target should be based on GDP.

first published: Jan 30, 2015 09:56 pm