India's GDP zooms to 8.2% in June quarter, highest in two years
India's economy reached an impressive 8.2 per cent in the first quarter of 2018-19, reports said on Friday.
The growth rate has reached a two-year high with the latest performance.
The GDP growth rate in the last quarter was 7.7 per cent while that in the first quarter of the previous financial year (2017-18) stood at 5.59 per cent.
India's GDP at constant (2011-12) prices in Q1 of 2018-19 is estimated at Rs 33.74 lakh crore, as against Rs 31.18 lakh crore in Q1 of 2017-18, showing a growth rate of 8.2 per cent, news agency ANI reported.
Economic performance is back to very normal. We had over 8% of quarterly growth last time in first quarter of 2016-17. Now after 8 quarters,we are at 8.2%.From 8.1% we have come to 8.2% which signals economic growth now on steady high growth path: Subhash C Garg, DEA Secretary pic.twitter.com/cZOdvnoX3j
— ANI (@ANI) August 31, 2018
India had missed the 8 per cent mark earlier in the fourth quarter of FY16 when it recorded 7.9 per cent.
The growth rate exceeded Street expectations, as a Reuters poll of economists had projected it to come at 7.6 per cent.
The Modi government was earlier criticised in the previous financial year when the GDP had dropped to a three-year low of 5.5 per cent primarily due to the hurdles caused by the imposition of Goods and Services Tax (GST).
Meanwhile, the Rupee hit an all-time low of 71 against the US dollar on Friday falling by 26 paise, making it the worst performing currency in Asia.