Jyoti Sharma

Jyoti Sharma is a former research analyst with Institute of Economic Growth (IEG). She has received her Masters from Delhi School of Economics (DSE). At IEG, she worked on 'macroeconomic scenario in Andhra Pradesh', a study for the Andhra Pradesh government and 're-assessment of national parameters for project appraisal in India', a study conducted by NITI Aayog (National Institution for Transforming India), Government of India.

India’s GDP: Deflating the right way
A non-ending debate on the GDP growth numbers brought out by the Central Statistics Office has been doing the rounds. In light of the mismatch between recent trends in the growth rate and an array of high-frequency macroeconomic growth indicators, this column discusses the shortcomings of the deflation methodology used to calculate growth rates.
