Unveiling the budget for 2010-11 in Lok Sabha, he said, "final figures may turn out to be higher" as the economy has done well in the second quarter ending September 2009 recording a growth rate of 7.9 per cent.
The economic growth figures, released by the CSO earlier in the day, said economy grew by 6 per cent in the third quarter ending December 2009.Following the global crisis, India's growth rate slipped to 6.7 per cent during 2008-09 from over nine per cent during the three preceding years.
Published 26 February 2010, 06:14 IST