GDP Growth Accelerates To 7.2% In December Quarter

India's GDP for the third quarter of 2017-18 grew at 7.2 per cent, official data showed on Wednesday.

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The GDP growth during the second quarter of the fiscal was at 6.5 per cent.

"The Real GDP at constant (2011-12) prices in the year 2017-18 is likely to attain a level of Rs 130.04 lakh crore, as against the first revised estimate of GDP for the year 2016-17 of Rs 121.96 lakh crore, released on January 31, 2018. The growth in GDP during 2017-18 is estimated at 6.6 percent as compared to the growth rate of 7.1 percent in 2016-17," the statement said.