Subhash Chandra Garg

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Subhash Garg's GDP math was wrong. Rahul Gandhi's prudent silence stronger than rebuttal

September 06, 2026 3:56 pm

What is surprising is that Rahul Gandhi, who is a strong critic of the economic policies of the Narendra Modi government, chose prudently not to comment on Garg’s claims. His silence was loud and meant wrong maths can’t be defended

ExplainSpeaking: What Subhash Garg gets wrong about India's GDP growth rate

September 04, 2026 2:04 pm

The 7.8% GDP growth rate has sparked controversy over India’s new base year and data revisions. Udit Misra explains what the latest GDP numbers really mean.

Who is Subhash Chandra Garg, ex-Finance Secretary now criticising GDP numbers?

September 03, 2026 4:55 pm

From his tussles with the RBI to his voluntary resignation from the IAS over differences with Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman, here’s what to know about Subhash Chandra Garg’s career.

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October 15, 2025 6:15 pm

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SBI filed ‘false affidavit’, recorded electoral bond numbers ‘illegally’: Former finance secy Subhash Garg

March 23, 2024 6:17 pm

Electoral bonds were brought in to increase transparency in political funding, but it turned into a “sorry chapter in India’s history”, former finance secretary Subhash Chandra Garg said.

Took VRS as govt’s reform agenda ‘was slipping away after general elections’: Subhash Garg

November 01, 2020 12:50 am

Ex-Finance Secretary Subhash Chandra Garg says relationship with Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman became ‘unproductive’.

Nirmala wanted me out of Finance Ministry: Ex-finance secretary Subhash Garg

October 31, 2020 10:17 pm

Garg said he "did not share a good and productive working relationship" with Sitharaman, who came to the finance ministry "with some pre-conceived notions about him". He said that Sitharaman, unlike her predecessor Arun Jaitley, had "a very different personality and knowledge endowment".

Ex-FinSecy Subhash Chandra Garg pegs FY20 fiscal deficit at 4.5-5% of GDP

January 16, 2020 12:22 am

He argued that a large portion of the deficit is being used to finance consumption expenditure, which is typically not a healthy practice.

In 2017, DEA Secy wrote: Why were electoral bond details shared with RBI?

November 28, 2019 7:19 am

In his August 30, 2017 letter, Goyal asked the RBI to send a draft notification “incorporating the detailed operational modalities” of the proposed bonds within two weeks.

Rs 2,000 notes can be demonetised: Subhash Chandra Garg

November 08, 2019 11:54 am

Garg said the high debt levels are “a deterrent on our credit ratings” and a big part of the revenues go in serving these debts.

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