The Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation (MoSPI) released the New Series of Annual and Quarterly National Accounts Estimates (including the GDP).
Key changes in the New GDP Series
- New Base Year: 2022-23 (earlier 2011-12).
- FY 2022–23 was selected as the most recent "normal" period following the COVID-19 disruptions of 2019–2021.
- New Data Sources: Now integrates high-frequency and administrative data, including GST collections, the e-Vahan portal, and the Public Financial Management System (PFMS).
- Refined Deflation Techniques: Double deflation (discounting input price as well, along with output price) is now applied in manufacturing and agriculture, discontinuing the use of Single deflation.
- Integration of Supply and Use Tables (SUT): The SUT framework has been aligned with National accounts to reduce discrepancies between production- and expenditure-based GDP estimates.
- Improved Estimation of Private Final Consumption Expenditure (PFCE): By integrating direct estimation from production, administrative data, and the commodity flow approach.
- General Government Adjustments: Government estimates now account for the rollout of the National Pension System (NPS) alongside the Old Pension Scheme (OPS).
- Other: Inclusion of
- Hired domestic workers capturing digital, platform and gig economy activities in the Revised GDP Series;
- Annual Survey of Unincorporated Sector Enterprises (ASUSE) and the Periodic Labour Force Survey (PLFS) to better measure the household and informal sectors.
Why GDP base year been revised?
Implications
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