NEW DELHI -- India's economic growth accelerated to more than 8% in the April-June quarter, a better-than-expected result that is underpinned by robust manufacturing and expansion in the construction sector.
The data released on Friday comes as a relief to the government of Prime Minister Narendra Modi, which has taken flak for two ambitious but disruptive policies -- taking high-value bank notes out of circulation in November 2016 and implementing a new goods and services tax in July 2017. The moves temporarily slowed the growth of Asia's third-largest economy.
