The National Statistical Office (NSO), Ministry of Statistics and Program Implementation released the estimates of Gross Domestic Product (GDP).
India’s Q1 GDP is marking an upward trajectory and growing at 13.5%
Indian Economy continued its recovery from the post-pandemic impact.
However, the GDP growth figure is significantly lower in comparison to the Reserve Bank of India’s projection of 16.2% GDP growth in Q1 FY23.
The Gross Domestic Product figure for the April-May-June Quarter was a significant improvement over the previous quarter i.e., Jan-Feb-March 2022.
In which India’s GDP grew only by 4.1%.
In the same quarter last year - April-May-June 2021 the country had witnessed GDP growth of 20.1 percent.
However, the figure was magnified due to the economic contraction in the pandemic year.
In this Quarter, Private consumption witnessed a growth of nearly 26 percent.
NSO as an agency that was formed on the recommendation of the Rangarajan Commission.
NSO was formed after merging the National Sample Survey Office (NSSO) and Central Statistics Office (CSO) under the Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation (MoSPI).