Bad stats in hallowed halls

(collecting from FB)

Raghuram Rajan Committee report on states 'least developed'

blogs.economictimes.indiatimes.com

First/ Early impressions on Raguram Rajan - Enviable background and Awesome experience but confusing policy signals and *definitely* not a statistician:

Very surprised that he allowed such a flawed index to be published, could be political compulsions as he definitely does not appear to be that naive.

Full report here: www.finmin.nic.in/reports/Report_CompDevState.pdf
and
http://www.scribd.com/doc/171140093/Raghuram-Rajan-Panel-Report

- http://blogs.economictimes.indiatimes.com/policypuzzles/entry/raghuram-rajan-committee-report-on-states-least-developed

AND

http://www.firstpost.com/economy/put-it-in-the-dustbin-raghuram-rajans-report-on-states-seriously-flawed-1137647.html

— feeling annoyed.