They said the report was still in “draft” form and argued that more quarterly data was required to publish a “comparable” jobs report. Mohanan stresses it was not from him, and declined to discuss the specifics of the jobs report with Reuters. Mohanan, who says he is not active politically, said the NSC approved the report on December 5, and expected it to be released soon after. As to Niti Aayog’s arguments against publishing the jobs data, both Mohanan and a senior former NSSO official said they are bogus. Niti Aayog and India’s statistics ministry did not respond to emails seeking comment.

Source: The Telegraph February 05, 2019 22:41 UTC