- The base year for national accounts statistics in India is revised periodically to reflect changes in the economic structure and include new data sources and methodologies. - Prior to the revision in January 2015, the base year for estimating GDP and other national income aggregates at constant prices was 2004-05. - The fiscal year 2012-13 falls within the period when 2004-05 was the operational base year for calculating constant price GDP.
For measuring Gross Domestic Product (GDP) at constant prices in India, which of the following years was taken as the base year during 2012-13?
Asked in HPPSC HPAS Prelims 2013 · Topic: National Income & Gross Domestic Product (Nominal vs. Real GDP and GDP Deflator)
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