India’s cotton exports are estimated to have plummeted by 36 per cent to 9.14 million bales in the first 11 months ended June of the current marketing year, a latest US Department of Agriculture (USDA) report said.

Inflation rose to 4.86 per cent in June, driven mainly by rising prices of food articles, especially vegetables including onion.

Domestic passenger car sales declined by nine per cent to 1,39,632 units in June this year from 1,53,450 units in the same month of 2012.

India's economy grew 8.8 per cent on-year in the first quarter, the strongest performance in more than two years, powered by robust manufacturing growth, official data showed on Tuesday.

The economy,