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The Graphic Truth: India's sliding economic growth

Prime Minister Modi of India and the ruling BJP have tried to divert attention away from the country's slowing economic growth (its worst economic slowdown in six years) with words and actions designed to appease their Hindu nationalist base. Here's a look at India's GDP growth rate in 2019 and projections for 2020.

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