India, with a growth rate of 6.6 per cent in this financial year, is among the fastest growing economies in Asia amid a global slowdown triggered by a massive energy shock due to the ongoing Russia-Ukraine conflict, according to the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD). The OECD, the Paris-based intergovernmental body that focuses on economic policy, reports in its latest ‘Economic Outlook’ that India is set to be the second-fastest growing economy in the G20 in FY 2022-23, behind Saudi Arabia.

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