India, Feb. 25 -- The Indian economy is expected to record a growth rate closer to 8.1 per cent in the September-December quarter under the revised series with the new base year of 2022-23, a report said on Tuesday.The country witnessed a growth rate of 8 per cent in the first half of the ongoing financial year ending in March 2026.According to the first advance estimate of the National Statistics Office (NSO) last month, real GDP has been estimated to grow by 7.4 per cent in FY 2025-26 against the growth rate of 6.5 per cent in the previous financial year.

The second advance estimates of GDP for FY26, incorporating additional data and revisions, are scheduled to be released on February 27. So, all the previous quarterly numbers of the f...