India grows slower than estimated, increasing pressure on Modi

New Delhi

INDIA'S GDP grew slower than estimated, boosting pressure on Prime Minister Narendra Modi to make more progress in overhauling Asia's third-largest economy.

Gross domestic product rose 7 per cent April-June from a year earlier, after a 7.5 per cent expansion the previous quarter, the Central Statistics Office said in a statement in New Delhi on Monday. The median of 31 economist estimates in a Bloomberg survey was 7.4 per cent.