Top headlines: GDP growth slips to 3.1% in Q4FY20; 4.2% in 2019-20

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GDP growth slips to 3.1% in Q4, stands at 11-year low of 4.2% in FY20

The Indian economy grew at 3.1 per cent in the January-March quarter (Q4) of 2020, its slowest pace in at least two years, as the coronavirus pandemic weakened the already declining consumer demand and private investment, official gross domestic product (GDP) data released on Friday showed. For the full FY20 financial year, the headline number came to an 11-year low of 4.2 per cent, against 6.1 per cent in 2018-19. Read more

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