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.
Chief Economic Adviser V Anantha Nageswaran has been requested by the Parliament Standing Committee on Finance to appear before it on Friday to brief members on the subject ‘Roadmap for Indian economic growth in light of global economic and geopolitical circumstances.’
Real GDP has been estimated to grow by 6.5 per cent in the Financial Year 2024-25 while the nominal GDP has witnessed a growth rate of 9.8 per cent, government said on Friday.
In spite of ongoing global uncertainties, India may be able to achieve a real GDP growth of 6.5 per cent in FY26.
India’s private investment conundrum is a pressing issue that requires immediate attention from policy makers. With a 25 per cent year-over-year decline in intended private capex for FY26, it's clear that the economic headwinds are strong.
India will be able to save 1.6 percent of its GDP, amounting to Rs 5 lakh crore, if Lok Sabha and state assembly elections are held simultaneously. This was stated by PP Chaudhary, chairman of the Joint Parliamentary Committee on the Constitution (129th Amendment) Bill, 2024, and the Union Territories Laws (Amendment) Bill, 2024, in Dehradun on Thursday.
