A laborer works at the construction site in Kolkata, India, Aug. 31, 2015. India’s economic expansion decelerated to 7% in the quarter ended June 30.

India’s economy, defying weakness in developed countries and elsewhere in emerging Asia, expanded 7% in the April-through-June quarter, making it one of the world’s fastest-growing as China downshifts.

Asia’s third-largest economy also continued to distinguish itself from its neighbors by being fueled not by investments or exports but by consumer spending, which grew 7.4% year-on-year, according to official figures released Monday. Indians are still opening their pocketbooks despite a withering of demand in other large economies, which has sapped trade and production growth around the globe.

That fact isn’t lost on New Delhi. As China’s economy stumbles, Indian officials have spoken of seizing the moment to showcase their economy’s resilience and vast potential.

Not all are taking India’s rosy recent output data at face value, however. Earlier this year, the government revised its methodology for estimating gross domestic product, causing the official growth figures to jump. Other indicators, from auto sales to industrial production, remained less robust.

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