As RBI governor, Rajan had praised the Central Statistics Office on the GDP data changes. “CSO is to be commended on the changes it has made to the methodology of estimating GDP, bringing India up to international best practice,” he had said in his monetary policy statement on March 4, 2015.

from Times of India https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/business/india-business/rajan-raises-doubts-over-7-growth-seeks-impartial-data-examination/articleshow/68588985.cms