Going by this data release, the average growth rate during the the UPA-II regime between 2008-09 and 2012-13 was at 6 percent. The average growth rate in subsequent five years under the NDA have shown average growth of 7.16 percent.
According to the new series, growth in 2008-09 plummeted to 3.1 percent compared to the old series estimate of 3.9 percent.
In 2009-10, GDP growth was at 7.9 percent as per the new series as compared to the 8.5 percent estimated under the old series.
In 2010-11, the new series shows growth at 8.5 percent compared to the estimate of 10.3 percent under the old series.
