New GDP series to fully capture gig economy : In a conversation with Forbes India, Dr. Saurabh Garg, Secretary, Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation (MoSPI), explained the rationale behind India’s revised CPI and GDP series, highlighting how updated base years, expanded data sources, and improved methodologies aim to better capture post-pandemic consumption patterns, the growing digital economy, and structural changes across sectors, strengthening the accuracy and relevance of key