World Bank's Neelkanth Mishra defends GDP data, calls critics 'ill-educated'

Neelkanth Mishra, India's Executive Director at the World Bank, dismissed claims that the latest 7.8% GDP growth in Q1 FY27 was largely driven by the revised GDP base, calling them "ill-educated and egregiously wrong". "The new series increased the credibility of estimates of real output," he said. However, Mishra noted that there is still some slack in the economy.