By ignoring final numbers for 2018-19 in formulating budget estimates, govt has presented incorrect data | The Indian Express

By ignoring final numbers for 2018-19 in formulating budget estimates, govt has presented incorrect data | The Indian Express

Written by Arun Kumar |Updated: July 19, 2019 9:49:27 am

The writer is a former Sukhamoy Chakravarty Chair Professor, JNU

By ignoring final numbers for 2018-19 in formulating budget estimates, govt has presented incorrect data

Can there be any excuse to just reproduce the interim budget figures in July when the Ministry had the data given to the CGA? Further, the data was presented in the Economic Survey, so why not in the budget?

The problem that has arisen with Budget 2019 is that the Ministry of Finance has put out incorrect figures for expenditures and revenue. (File/Express Photo by Neeraj Priyadarshi)

Another controversy has broken out about official data. This time it is the budget data. The finance minister in her reply has tried to explain it but issues remain. It is more serious than the earlier controversies because it is related to data presented to Parliament.