"Agriculture sector growth is abysmal and core sector growth is stagnant and manufacturing (is) down - What is the Modi Government celebrating", asked Congress spokesman RS Surjewala.The CPM's Sitaram Yechury too spoke of the "crisis" in the farm sector. Onions selling at Rs 80 a kg," said Yechury.Trinamool chief Mamata Banerjee blamed the Centre for these skyrocketing prices. "Last year Q2 GDP growth was 7.5% and this year it is 6.3%. "...we cannot say now whether this will mark an upward trend in the growth rate. We should wait for the growth rates over the next 3-4 quarters before we can reach a definite conclusion," tweeted Chidambaram.

Source: Times of India December 01, 2017 05:58 UTC