Not Only Economy, India is Zooming Past Most Nations in Food, Heritage & Languages
News 18India has leapt past the UK in the last three months of 2021 to become the fifth-biggest economy in the world, according to International Monetary Fund data. The development comes just days after government data showed that India’s GDP rose 13.5 per cent in the June 2022 quarter of the FY 23. GDP Expands in First Quarter India’s economy grew by 13.5 per cent in the April-June period this fiscal — the fastest in the last four quarters — on account of better performance by the agriculture and services sectors, official data showed on Wednesday. India remained the fastest growing major economy as China registered economic growth of 0.4 per cent in the April-June 2022 quarter. The Indian economy grew by 20.1 per cent in April-June 2021-22, as per the data released by the National Statistical Office.