2005 increase of 6.6 percent GDP

The prime minister disclosed to the meeting that the actual numbers show that 7 percent growth was achieved last fiscal year 2005-06. It is pertinent to mention here that at the end of the fiscal year 2005-06, due to the availability of data of 9 to 11 months and based upon the provisional figures, the government had announced a GDP growth of 6.6 percent. The prime minister said that the GDP growth during the current year 2006-07 is expected to be higher than 7.2 percent targeted and range between six to eight percent.