Economic Affairs Secretary Subhash Chandra Garg said growth in Asia's third largest economy was expected to grow 7.3-7.5 per cent.
If there was 6.9% growth in India, that would top China's 6.8% annual pace for October-December
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China is projected to grow at 6.8 per cent in 2017, which is 0.1 percentage more than its two previous projections