Decline in GDP growth indicates economic emergency| Master Stroke

India's economic growth dropped to a six-year low of 5 per cent in the April-June quarter of 2019-20 due to a sharp deceleration in the manufacturing sector and sluggish agriculture output, according to official data released on Friday.  The previous low was recorded at 4.9 per cent in April-June 2012-13. The economic growth was 8 per cent in the same quarter of 2018-19. This is the fourth successive decline in the GDP growth rate.