GDP jumps 7.9% in January-March 2016, beats analysts' estimates

according to data released by the government on Tuesday.

By comparison, the world's number two economy, China, saw growth slowing to 6.7% for the 2016 January-March quarter, the slowest posted by the world's second largest economy in seven years.

India's numbers were better than analysts' estimates. A Reuters survey of economists expected India's GDP to have grown 7.5 per cent between January and March.

India's GDP rate for 2015-1016 was 7.6%.