In a quarter partially affected by the economic disruptions from the Middle East conflict, India's economy grew at 7.8% year-on-year in the three months to the end of March, a faster-than-expected pace. As per a Reuters poll , the economy was forecast to grow by 7.2% in Jan-Mar, lower than 7.8% in the previous quarter. In the first half of the quarter, India's trade prospects improved sharply as it finalized a " mother of all deals " with the European Union and managed to get the U.S. to lower