Q2 GDP growth at 6.3%, rises from 5.7% in June quarter

This halts a five-quarter slide as businesses started to overcome teething troubles after the bumpy launch of GST

The economic growth pace picked up to 6.3% in the three months ending in September, halting a five-quarter slide as businesses started to overcome teething troubles after the bumpy launch of GST.

This is a sound acceleration from 5.7% in April-June, but still lags China's 6.8% and Philippines' 6.9% for the three months through September.

It was 7.5% in the year-ago period.

The data will help Prime Minister Narendra Modi, who is facing criticism over the hasty July launch of GST for hitting millions of small businesses due to complex rules and technical glitches.

Gross value added,