New Delhi, Sept. 3 -- Former Finance and Economic Affairs Secretary Subhash Chandra Garg is grabbing the spotlight for his critical remaks on latest Global Domestic Product (GDP) numbers.

India's economy grew 7.8 per cent in real terms in the first quarter of fiscal 2026-27, according to the revised GDP series. But Garg said that the country's 7.8 per cent growth April-June quarter needs a closer scrutiny because the base used to calculate the growth has changed.

Let's take a closer look at who is Subhash Chandra Garg.

Born in Jaipur in 1960, Subhash Chandra Garg is a 1983-batch retired Indian Administrative Service (IAS) officer from the Rajasthan cadre. Garg served as Finance Secretary in 2019 after serving as Secretary of the Depart...