Whose estimates of India's national income during the colonial period are considered the most significant?

P.C. MahalanobisCorrect answerYour answerAmartya SenCorrect answerYour answerV.K.R.V. RaoCorrect answerYour answerM. VisvesvarayaCorrect answerYour answer

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Dadabhai Naoroji, William Digby, Findlay Shirras, V.K.R.V. Rao and R.C. Desai all estimated national income; Rao's estimates are rated the most significant.

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Mahalanobis is the architect of planning after independence, not an estimator of colonial income.

Concept: Estimates of national income
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Whose estimates of India's national income during the colonial period are considered the most significant?

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