The Indian economy experienced a faster-than-anticipated expansion of 8.4% in Q3FY24, pushing FY24 growth to 7.6%, up from 7.3% in January. The growth was primarily driven by investment and manufacturing, but also by a downward revision to the previous year s numbers and a boost in net taxes. The growth reached its highest level in one and a half years, with the FY23 number revised downwards to 7% from 7.2% projected earlier.
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The latest Household Consumption Expenditure Survey (HCES) is not expected to have a significant impact on consumer price index and inflation calculations. Rural spending on food was down 6.5 percentage points in 2022-23 to 46.4% from 2011-12.