‘No oil impact on GDP growth’

Industry body ASSOCHAM today said rising oil prices are unlikely to affect India's GDP growth rate as the economy was no longer susceptible to oil shocks.
"With the changing contours of economic indicators, the relationship between crude oil consumption and the GDP has weakened in recent years and the GDP is being driven by other factors that offset the adverse impact of rising crude oil prices on it," it said in a release.

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