The government has revised the release date of the provisional estimates of annual gross domestic product (GDP) and quarterly estimates of GDP for the fourth quarter from the last working day of May to 7th June of every year. The revision in the release schedule has been made after due consultation with the Advisory Committee on National Accounts Statistics.

The Ministry said that the revision is aimed at further strengthening the data quality. It added that the revision forms part of the continued efforts of the ministry towards improving the quality, coverage and robustness of data used in national accounts compilation.