Signs of an upturn in the Indian economy were reinforced on Monday with the official data on the country's gross domestic product (GDP) suggesting a 7.9 per cent growth in the second quarter of this fiscal.
The economy had registered a 6.1 per cent growth in the first quarter, taking the
cumulative expansion for the first half of the current fiscal to an impressive 7 per cent, as per data released by the Central Statistical Organisation (CSO) in New Delhi.
The bulk of the recovery was led by a 9.2 per cent growth in manufacturing, while mining and construction activities also expanded by 9.5 per cent and 6.5 per cent, respectively. But agriculture continued to me a major drag with a mere 0.9 percent growth.