GDP growth slowed for the third consecutive quarter in the October-December 2018 period, according to data released on Thursday.
Growth fell to 6.6% in the third quarter, the lowest in the last six quarters.
The growth estimate for fiscal 2018-19 has been scaled down to 7% from the earlier estimated 7.2%.
The slowdown was led by agriculture, which is estimated to grow at 2.7%, against the earlier estimate of 3.8%.
The manufacturing sector is estimated to grow at 8.1%, marginally lower than the previously estimated 8.3%.
The government on Thursday revised downwards its estimate for GDP growth in the 2018-19 fiscal.

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