Agri growth rate revised upwards to 3.5%, says Sen
The country's agriculture sector, which accounts for nearly 17% of the GDP, grew by a healthy 3.5% in 2007-08 than the initially estimated 2.6%. "The final estimates in agriculture are much higher...it could be 3.5% in the revised estimates', statistics and programme implementation secretary Pronab Sen said on Thursday, a day ahead of release of GDP growth figures for FY'08. The higher output in agriculture may push up economic growth rate closer to 9%.