India's GDP grows by 7.2% in FY23: Govt data

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NEW DELHI: India's gross domestic product(GDP) grew by 7.2 per cent in FY2022-23 against 9.1 per cent expansion in previous fiscal, as per the government data released on Wednesday...

Despite the rate of GDP growth coming at a slightly lower rate to the previous year, India remains one of the fastest-growing economies among major global players...

The GDP growth for FY2022-23 at 7.2% is higher than the 7% median estimate in a Bloomberg survey as well as the governments forecast made three months ago...

Meanwhile the United States is battling persistently elevated inflation, Germany is in a technical recession amid an energy crisis triggered by the Ukraine war, and Japan expanded by just 0.4 percent in the first quarter.. the previous quarter while farm output rose 5.5% compared to 3.7% growth in the same period...

"The GDP growth surprised (by being) significantly higher than expected for the fourth quarter, taking the full-year number to 7.2% in 2022-23..

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