‘Growth momentum remains strong’: PM Modi hails 7.7% GDP expansion in FY26
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday welcomed India’s latest GDP data, calling it proof of economic resilience, reform impact and the hard work of 140 crore Indians.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday welcomed India’s latest GDP data, calling it proof of economic resilience, reform impact and the hard work of 140 crore Indians.
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 economic growth, celebrated in aggregate terms, hides an uncomfortable truth: much of this progress has bypassed the majority of the population, particularly in rural areas.
A recent IMF report offers key insights for India amid an increasingly debt-laden global economy.
We recently published a paper titled “Relative Economic Performance of Indian States: 1960-61 to 2023-24” where we looked at the fortunes of different Indian states over the last seven decades.
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Confederation of Indian Industry (CII) said Monday that India's consumer durables market is expected to touch a size of Rs 5 lakh crore by FY30 and will become the fourth largest in the world by 2027.
