Summary:
India is facing a data crisis that is affecting its ability to measure growth, Minister of State for Housing and Urban Affairs Hardeep Singh Puri said Tuesday. But one thing we definitely have is a data crisis. I think it’s a reluctance coming from those who are in charge of drafting the curriculae and setting courses,” he said. And what is holding us back is the reluctance to reform, which is coming not from the students. In a reference to concerns of growing unemployment in the country, against the backdrop of media reports on the National Sample Survey Office (NSSO) data, Puri said zero urbanisation was one of the factors on which the NSSO report was based..