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.
West Bengal is a state uniquely positioned because it offers many advantages critical to the logistics sector.
The Reserve Bank of India on Wednesday projected India's GDP growth for 2025-26 at 6.5% amid the trade jitters due to the US tariffs.
RBI Governor Sanjay Malhotra on Wednesday announced a 25 basis cut in the policy rate from 6.25 per cent to 6 per cent and change in monetary policy stance from neutral to accommodative to accelerate economic growth.
India will remain the fastest growing economy among the advanced and emerging G-20 countries and the large size of its domestic market makes the country less vulnerable to potential shocks from US tariff policy.
A team of Australian researchers on Tuesday said that 4-degree Celsius rise in global temperatures would cut world GDP by around 40 per cent by 2100 – a sharp increase from previous estimates of around 11 per cent.
