Edited By Rajas Kelkar

As India elects former finance minister Pranab Mukherjee as the new president today, the economy would grow at its slowest pace in a decade this fiscal year. According to a Reuters Poll, at 6.3 per cent for 2012-13, it would be the slackest pace of growth for India since 2002-03. Here are ten facts about the state of the economy:

As India elects former finance minister Pranab Mukherjee as the new president today, the economy would grow at its slowest pace in a decade this fiscal year. According to a Reuters Poll, at 6.3 per cent for 2012-13, it would be the slackest pace of growth for India since 2002-03. Here are ten facts about the state of the economy: