India’s logistics cost has dropped to 10-10.7 per cent of GDP in the Financial Year 2026, according to a report, due to a cumulative investment of $360 billion in infrastructure development.
Bengal today is crying for industry and employment. At independence, it was among India’s leading industrial states.
Moody's Ratings on Tuesday slashed India's GDP growth forecast for year 2026 by 0.8 percentage points to 6 per cent amid higher energy costs. The cut in growth forecast is primarily on subdued private consumption, capital formation, and industrial activity amid higher energy costs.
India's growth is set to decelerate to 6.7 per cent in the current fiscal, from 7.7 per cent in 2025-26, according to BMI, a Fitch Group firm. It said the GDP expansion is likely to slow significantly due to waning momentum and oil price shock from Iran war.
India’s Gross Domestic Product (GDP) growth may slip to around 6 per cent in the current fiscal, while retail inflation could rise to the Reserve Bank of India’s (RBI) upper tolerance band of 6 per cent, if the Indian crude basket averages $120 per barrel, EY said.
The IMF projection of India’s nominal GDP for 2025-26 of $4,187.017 billion, against Japan’s $4,186.431 billion, ($586 million or Rs.5,011 crore more), is going to make India the fourth largest economy in the world, pushing Japan to fifth position.
In the face of a turbulent global economic environment and persistent urban demand fragilities, India’s rural economy has quietly emerged as a resilient pillar of growth.
Fitch highlighted that the revised estimate for India shows a stronger contribution from labour inputs, mainly total employment, rather than labour productivity.
In 2025, the world finds itself suspended between progress and paradox. Across continents, women have stepped into roles once denied to them, leading nations, heading global corporations, and excelling in academia, science, and the arts.
India’s 7.4 per cent GDP growth in the final quarter of the 2024-25 fiscal year is more than just a statistical surprise ~ it is a testament to the economy’s underlying resilience at a time when global growth remains tentative and fragmented.
