India's GDP grows 8.7% in 2021-22 compared to 6.6% contraction in 2020-21

India's GDP grew 8.7% in the financial year 2021-22, as compared to a contraction of 6.6% in 2020-21, as per provisional estimates released by the Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation on Tuesday. In January-March quarter (Q4), the GDP growth slowed to 4.1%, compared to a 5.4% growth during the October-December quarter (Q3) of 2021-2022.