GST disruptions eat FY18 economic growth; GDP seen growing at 6.5%, lowest under Modi government
The practice of releasing advance GDP growth data began last year when the government shifted the Union Budget presentation to February 1 from the end of the February..
The economy is expected to grow at a four-year low of 6.5% in the current fiscal, the lowest under the Modi-led government, mainly due to the poor performance of agriculture and manufacturing sector, as against 7.1% in the last fiscal, the Central Statistics Office data on GDP advance estimate showed on Friday.
(Financial Express)