India's economy grew faster than expected in the last quarter, official data showed Friday, but the impact from US tariffs is expected to bite in the rest of the financial year.

Gross domestic product rose 8.2 percent year-on-year in the July-September period, the statistics ministry said, the fastest rate in over a year.

The growth was an acceleration from the 7.8 percent recorded in the previous quarter and soared beyond analysts' forecasts of 7.4 percent.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi called the figures "very encouraging", hailing in a post on X his government's "pro-growth policies and reforms".

The latest figures were spurred by higher consumer demand, solid manufacturing sector growth and statistical factors.

"Growth has exceeded expectations dramatically," Madhavi Arora, chief e

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