Niti Aayog Vice Chairman Rajiv Kumar said that there are sufficient factors to base estimates on the 8.5 economic growth rate and India's recovery in the second half of 2021 has been the smartest.
The comments from the top politician comes at a time when petrol and diesel prices in the country have been on rising spree in India, driven by a surge in global crude oil rates
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Hitting out at P Chidambaram for his criticism of the government's handling of economy, Minister of State for Finance Anurag Thakur said the Congress leader had ignored hard data and "instead went ahead with whataboutery".