Why do GDP figures face a controversy in India?

The story so far: In a fiercely contested polity, the state of the economy is a hotly debated topic. In the past decade or so, India’s gross domestic product (GDP) growth rate has been presented by the Union Government as reflecting its prudent management of the economy, while the Opposition, led by the Congress, accuses it of gaming the system.

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