NEW DELHI -- Just weeks ahead of India's general elections, a debate is raging about the credibility of the country's statistical data under the government of Prime Minister Narendra Modi.
In a rare appeal, a group of 108 economists and social scientists from across the globe have come together to submit an open letter entitled 'Economic Statistics in a Shambles', in which they voice their concerns about "political interference" in India's statistical machinery and called for the country's statistical organizations to be given back their institutional independence and integrity.
