When 2 is greater than 7 ?

That is the caption of a informatics block appearing in Times of India ( 02 June 2017 )

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It provides following figures for economies of          India  /  China  /  USA

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·         % growth in GDP in 2017 ( at constant prices ) :  7.2   /   6.6      /      2.3

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% growth in GDP in 2017 ( at current prices )   :  8.8   /   5.1      /      4.6

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Addition to GDP in $ Billion ( current prices )     : 198   /   577      /     848

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·         Addition to per capita income in $                    :  127   /  367       /    2173

The report goes on to say :

·         To match the absolute GDP growth of USA , India’s GDP at current prices should have grown at…………. 37.6 %

·         To match the absolute GDP growth of CHINA, India’s GDP at current prices should have grown at………….  25.6 %

I got reminded of my following earlier blog :

WholeTruth Please !  ( 30  Nov  2015 )

{ https://myblogepage.blogspot.com/2015/11/whole-truth-please.html }

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05  June  2017

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