Dhaka, Nov. 29 -- India's economic growth accelerated to 8.2 percent year-on-year in the July-September period, boosted by strong consumer spending and a front-loading of production ahead of local festivals and punitive US tariffs.

Economists polled by Reuters had forecast a 7.3 percent expansion for the quarter ended September, during which the US imposed an additional 25percent punitive tariff on Indian exports, raising the total levy to 50 percent.

The gross domestic product INGDPQ=ECIgrew by 7.8 percent in the previous quarter.

Private consumer spending, which accounts for around 57 percent of GDP, rose 7.9 percent year-on-year in July-September, compared with a 7 percent rise a quarter ago, the data released on Friday showed.

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