 "Visitors crowd at a vaccination centre in Gurugram as they wait to be inoculated for Covid-19 on Monday, August 30, 2021. (PTI Photo)")
India's dominant services industry returned to growth in August, expanding at its fastest pace since the pandemic began, as businesses reopened amid improved vaccination rates, a survey showed on Friday, although firms continued to cut jobs.
Despite the impact of the second wave of the COVID-19 pandemic, India's economic growth reached a record 20.1% in the June quarter but analysts have said vaccination coverage remains crucial to sustaining the recovery.
The IHS Markit Services Purchasing Managers' Index rose to 56.7 in August - its strongest pace since the pandemic hit the country in March 2020 and well above the 50-level
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