Govt cut last year's Q1 GDP by ₹6 lakh cr to show 7.8% growth in this year's Q1: Ex-Finance Secy

Ex-Finance Secretary Subhash Chandra Garg claimed that the Centre cut GDP (current prices) for April-June 2025 from ₹86 lakh crore to ₹80 lakh crore to show a 7.8% GDP growth rate in April-June 2026. Garg claimed April-June 2026 quarter's actual GDP growth is 2.6%. "What made the government revise last year's...data so drastically?" Garg further said in an NDTV interview.