India`s records economic growth rate of 7.8% in Q1of 2023-24; remains fastest growing economy
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With better performance by agriculture and financial sectors, India has recorded an economic growth rate of 7.8 per cent in the April-June quarter (Q1) of 2023-24. The Gross Domestic Product (GDP) during the January-March quarter of 2022-23 was 6.1 per cent and 4.5 per cent during October-December. The GDP expanded by 13.1 per cent in the April-June quarter of 2022-23. India remained the fastest-growing major economy as China posted a 6.3 per cent growth in April-June 2023.
The National Statistical Office (NSO), Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation, said real GDP or GDP at constant (2011-12) prices in Q1 2023-24 is estimated to attain a level of Rs 40.37 lakh crore, as against Rs 37.44 lakh crore in Q1 2022-23, showing a growth of 7.8 per cent as compared to 13.1 per cent in Q1 2022-23. The nominal GDP or GDP at current prices in the first quarter of 2023-24 has been estimated at Rs 70.67 lakh crore, as against Rs 65.42 lakh crore in the year-ago period, showing a growth of 8 per cent as compared to 27.7 per cent in Q1 2022-23.
According to the NSO data, the agriculture sector gross value added (GVA) recorded growth of 3.5 per cent, up from 2.4 per cent in the April-June quarter of 2022-23. The expansion in ‘financial, real estate and professional services’ GVA was 12.2 per cent, up from 8.5 per cent in the year-ago quarter. However, the GVA in the manufacturing sector decelerated to 4.7 per cent in the first quarter of the current fiscal compared to 6.1 per cent in the year-ago period. The output (GVA) in the ‘mining and quarrying’ decelerated to 5.8 per cent in the first quarter from 9.5 per cent a year ago, ‘electricity, gas, water supply and other utility services’ to 2.9 per cent from 14.9 per cent, and ‘construction’ to 7.9 per cent from 16 per cent.
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