India's GDP (Gross Domestic Product) rose by 20.1 per cent in the April-June 2021 quarter. (Representational image)
India's GDP (Gross Domestic Product) rose by 20.1 per cent in the April-June 2021 quarter, helped by a low base of the year-ago period, official data showed on Tuesday.
The gross domestic product (GDP) had contracted by 24.4 per cent in the corresponding April-June quarter of 2020-21, according to data released by the National Statistical Office (NSO).
The government had imposed a nationwide lockdown at the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic last year.
China has recorded a growth of 7.9 per cent in the April-June period of 2021.
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