Revisionist history

History may or may not be kinder to Manmohan Singh than his current interlocutors in the media and critics among politicians. But one thing seems for sure: statisticians have been unkind to him and his record. If it is indeed true, as stray newspaper reports suggest, that GDP growth for 2011-12 is about to be revised upwards from 6.2 per cent to seven per cent, and for 2012-13 from five per cent to 5.5 per cent, that puts a gloss on the second Singh government's record that has been absent so far.

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