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With new data sources and process upgrades, new GDP data set to capture the economy more accurately
The new series of national accounts data to be released on Friday (February 27, 2026) will incorporate several methodological and statistical upgrades that will make India’s Gross Domestic Product (GDP) and Gross Value Added (GVA) data more accurate and granular, an analysis of the various changes being implemented shows. The most visible of the changes in the national accounts data is that the base year will be updated from 2011-12 to 2022-23, making both the GDP and GVA data more accurate representations of the current economy, while also improving comparisons over time periods. This will mean that the value of services provided is more accurately captured when measuring the output of the general government.
