New Delhi, Sept. 1 -- Congress MP Jairam Ramesh on Tuesday criticised the Centre over India's 7.8 per cent GDP growth in the first quarter of FY27, alleging that the Modi government is fixing the GDP data while trying to hide India's "bleak economic reality."

In a post on X, Ramesh questioned the difference between nominal and real GDP, which he said was expected to reflect inflation.

"The gap between nominal and real GDP is supposed to represent inflation - and according to the Government, the difference is just 2.3%. But this quarter has seen runaway Wholesale Price Index (WPI) Inflation of >9%. This is an obvious discrepancy," Ramesh said.

He alleged that the discrepancy was created by changes introduced by the Centre in the methodo...