India's GDP growth at 4.1 pc in January-March 2021-22: Govt data
Highlights
- Indian economy expanded by 8.7 per cent in 2021-22 against a 6.6 per cent contraction in 2020-21.
- The GDP grew by 4.1 per cent in the fourth quarter of 2021-22, showed govt data.
- However, growth in January-March period slower than 5.4% expansion in previous quarter.
India's economy grew by 4.1 per cent in the fourth quarter of 2021-22, pushing up the annual growth rate to 8.7 per cent, official data showed on Tuesday.
However, growth in the January-March period was slower than the 5.4 per cent expansion in the previous October-December quarter of 2021-22.
The gross domestic product (GDP) had expanded by 2.5 per cent in the corresponding January-March period of 2020-21, according to data released by the National Statistical Office (NSO).
As per the data, the Indian economy expanded by 8.7 per cent in 2021-22 against a 6.6 per cent contraction in 2020-21.
The NSO, in its second advance estimate, had projected GDP growth during 2021-22 at 8.9 per cent. China had registered an economic growth of 4.8 per cent in the first three months of 2022.
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