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India's economy grows 7.2 percent in December quarter

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NEW DELHI (Reuters) - India's economy grew 7.2 percent in the three months ending in December from a year earlier, faster than a upwardly revised 6.5 percent in the previous quarter, government data showed on Wednesday.

Analysts polled by Reuters had forecast an annual growth of 6.9 percent in the quarter.

India revised its 2017/18 GDP growth forecast to 6.6 percent from 6.5 percent earlier.

(Reporting by Manoj Kumar; Editing by Malini Menon)

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First Published: Feb 28 2018 | 5:53 PM IST

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