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GDP growth slows to five-year low at 5.8 pc in Jan-Mar
PTI
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India's economic growth rate slowed to a five-year low of 5.8 per cent in January-March 2018-19, due to poor performance in the agriculture and manufacturing sectors, official data released Friday said.

The Central Statistics Office (CSO) also revealed that GDP growth during 2018-19 fiscal stood at 6.8 per cent, lower than 7.2 per cent in the previous financial year.

The growth in the gross domestic product (GDP) was slowest since 2014-15. The previous low was 6.4 per cent in 2013-14.

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The fourth quarter growth was below China's 6.4 per cent.

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(Published 31 May 2019, 17:56 IST)