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Domestic consumption, a key pillar of the Indian economy, has slowed sharply in recent months. © Reuters

Henny Sender, Nikkei Asian Review columnist

The elephant is slowing its pace. Alas! It was not supposed to be like this.

India's gross domestic product grew only 5% year-on-year in the April-June quarter, the lowest in more than six years. "India is in the midst of a discernible slowdown with GDP growth down 200 basis points over the last three quarters," note economists at J.P. Morgan in Mumbai.

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