Macroeconomic Indicators

Real GDP growth showed some marginal rise to 5.5% in Q1 2012-13, after it had decelerated consecutively from 9.2% in Q4 2010-11 to 5.3% in Q4 2011-12. Growth in agriculture, forestry and fishing moved up to 2.9%, after decelerating from 7.5% to 1.7% over the same period; and growth in industry showed a jump to 3.6%, after decelerating from 7.0% to 1.9%. The growth in services sector, however, continued with its decelerating trend from 10.6% in Q4 2010-11 to 6.9% in Q1 2012-13.