Date:20/12/2005 URL: http://www.thehindubusinessline.com/2005/12/20/stories/2005122000281003.htm

Back GDP growth rate

It is welcome news indeed that India's GDP has reached 8.1 per cent in the first quarter. This means an increase of 3.4 per cent in the manufacturing sector as compared to the last year.

K. S. Sundararaman

Chennai

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