Agricultural growth bounced back to 3.9% in 2005-06 from a meagre 0.7% in 2004-05. The economy grew at 8.4% in 2005-06.
The IMF, on Thursday, raised its projections for Indian economic growth to 8.3% for 2006 as against the earlier forecast of 7.3%. The Fund, however, projected slower economic growth of 7.3% for 2007.