India's GDP Growth Expands 20.1% in First Quarter of 2021-22
The gross domestic product (GDP) had contracted by 24.4 per cent in the corresponding April-June quarter of 2020-21, according to data released by the National Statistical Office (NSO).
New Delhi, August 31: India's economy grew by 20.1 per cent in the first quarter of 2021-22, helped by a low base of the year-ago period, official data showed on Tuesday.
The gross domestic product (GDP) had contracted by 24.4 per cent in the corresponding April-June quarter of 2020-21, according to data released by the National Statistical Office (NSO). India's GDP Grows 20.1% in First Quarter of Financial Year 2021-22.
The government had imposed a nationwide lockdown at the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic last year. China has recorded a growth of 7.9 per cent in the April-June period of 2021.
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