New Delhi, Sept. 3 -- India's economy grew by 7.8 per cent in the April-June quarter, beating analyst expectations, official data released on 31 August by Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation (MoSPI) showed.

The first-quarter Gross Domestic Product (GDP) numbers have been caught in a crossfire, with a slugfest of unending salvos from Congress party accusing Modi government of using PR to 'polish the picture.'

Prime Minister Narendra Modi termed the GDP growth a 'herculean feat.'

The Congress party cited criticism by former finance secretary Subhash Chandra Garg on GDP numbers to attack the government, saying it must understand that 'PR can polish the picture' of GDP but not the economy itself. Party general secretary in ...