BusinessCentre Sees GDP Growth At 7.2% For 2018-19, Up From 6.5% Last Year
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Centre Sees GDP Growth At 7.2% For 2018-19, Up From 6.5% Last Year
Central Statistics Office releases First Advance Estimates 2018-19 report
Growth in real GVA seen at 7% in 2018-19, as against 6.5% in 2017-18
Economic growth of 6.7% in 2017-18 was slowest in four years
Most private economists have lowered the country's growth forecast to around 7% for 2018-19
The government on Monday said it estimated GDP or gross domestic product growth at 7.2 per cent in 2018-19, as against 6.7 per cent in 2017-18. The economic growth projection was part of the "First Advance Estimates of National Income 2018-19" report by the Central Statistics Office (CSO), under the Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation.