Summary:
New Delhi, Nov 30 (PTI) India"s GDP growth slowed to 8.4 per cent in the second quarter of 2021-22, mainly due to waning low base effect, but the economy has surpassed the pre-COVID level, official data showed on Tuesday.
The GDP growth in April-June quarter this fiscal stood at 20.1 per cent.
The Indian economy had contracted by 24.4 per cent in April-June last year.
The gross domestic product (GDP) had contracted by 7.4 per cent in the corresponding July-September quarter of 2020-21, according to data released by the National Statistical Office (NSO).
The government had imposed a nationwide lockdown at the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic last year.
This year, a massive second wave of the pandemic hit the country in the middle of April, which forced states to impose fresh restrictions.