India’s gross domestic product (GDP) grew at a tepid rate of 4.5 per cent during Oct-Dec 2012, data released by government’s statistics department shows. The GDP had grown 6 per cent in the year-ago period.
During October-December quarter of 2012-13, manufacturing sector grew marginally by 2.5 per cent, against 0.7 per cent growth in the same period of 2011-12. Farm sector output expanded by just 1.1 per cent in the October-December period this fiscal, against 4.1 per cent in the same quarter last fiscal.
The economy had grown by 5.5 per cent and 5.3 per cent in the first quarter and the second quarter, respectively, of 2012-13.
The Central Statistics Office (CSO) had recently pegged the advance estimate for GDP growth for 2012-13 at 5 per cent, lower than the 5.5 per cent estimate by the RBI.
Meanwhile, Reserve Bank of India Deputy Governor, KC Chakrabarty remarked that the country must grow at least 8 per cent year-on-year to make some meaningful dent on poverty.
Leave a Reply
You must be logged in to post a comment.