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India's GDP growth estimated at 7.8% in January-March

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A city skyline with apartment blocks and office buildings, in Bengaluru, India, May 10, 2026. REUTERS/Priyanshu Singh
A city skyline with apartment blocks and office buildings, in Bengaluru, India, May 10, 2026. REUTERS/Priyanshu Singh Priyanshu Singh Reuters

NEW DELHI - India's economy grew 7.8% in January-March from the same period a year earlier, after posting revised growth of 8.0% in the previous quarter, the government said on Friday.

For the full fiscal year ended in March, the government expects the South Asian economy to have grown by 7.7%, the National Statistics Office said, compared with an estimate of 7.6% from February.

It is the second print under revised national account data that updated the base year and widened sources.

(Reporting by Shubham Batra and Manoj Kumar in New Delhi; Editing by Hugh Lawson)

FILE PHOTO: Debashis Dhara, a vegetable vendor, speaks on his mobile phone at a retail market area in Kolkata, India, March 22, 2022. Picture taken March 22, 2022. REUTERS/Rupak De Chowdhuri/File Photo
FILE PHOTO: Debashis Dhara, a vegetable vendor, speaks on his mobile phone at a retail market area in Kolkata, India, March 22, 2022. Picture taken March 22, 2022. REUTERS/Rupak De Chowdhuri/File Photo Rupak De Chowdhuri Reuters

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This story was originally published June 5, 2026 at 6:38 AM.

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