Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee today said economic growth during the current financial year could exceed 7.2 per cent projected by the Central Statistical Organisation (CSO).
Unveiling the budget for 2010-11 in Lok Sabha, he said: "Final figures may turn out to be higher as the economy has done well in the second quarter, ending September 2009, recording a growth rate of 7.9 per cent."
The economic growth figures, released by the CSO earlier in the day, said economy grew by 6 per cent in the third quarter ending December 2009.
Following the global crisis, India's growth rate slipped to 6.7 per cent during 2008-09 from over 9 per cent during the three preceding years.
