Friday, May 29, 2009

India's Q4 GDP up 5.8 pc from a year earlier

India's economy grew a faster than expected 5.8 percent in the March quarter from a year earlier, as a still strong services sector offset a decline in manufacturing.

The annual growth for India's fiscal fourth quarter was above a median forecast of 5.2 % in a Reuters poll, but sharply lower than the year-ago quarter's 8.6% expansion.

The manufacturing sector contracted 1.4% in the January-March quarter from a year earlier, while farm output grew an annual 2.7%, government data showed on Friday.

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