CMIE ups GDP growth forecast to 6.2

8220;The Indian economy8217;s performance during the first-half of the 2009-10 has turned out much better than our expectations. This warrants an upward revision in our real GDP growth for the second consecutive month. The revision this time is from six per cent to 6.2 per cent,8221; it said.

CMIE last month also had upped the GDP growth to six per cent from the 5.8 per cent that it had projected in September.

The industrial sector including construction is expected to grow by 7.4 per cent while the services sector by 8.5 per cent in FY 10,the report said.

Last fiscal,the growth in the two sectors was 3.9 per cent and 9.7 per cent,respectively.