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India GDP Growth Rate: Amid the ongoing crisis in the Middle East, there is a good news for the country on the economic front. In fact, India’s GDP has grown at a rate of 7.7 percent during the financial year 2025-26. This information has been given in a report released by the Ministry of Statistics and Program Implementation (MoSPI) on Friday. With this, the growth in the last quarter of January-March 2026 came down slightly to 7.8 percent from 8 percent in October-December 2025 (up from the earlier estimate of 7.8%).

There have also been marginal changes in GDP growth projections for April-June 2025 (6.7% to 6.8%) and July-September 2025 (8.4% to 8.3%). The full-year GDP growth figure of 7.7% released on Friday, known as the provisional estimate, is higher than MoSPI’s second advance estimate of 7.6% announced in February.

‘Strength in domestic demand, softening in some sectors’

In the financial year 2024-25 India’s GDP Had increased by 7.1 percent. The latest GDP data comes hours after the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) reduced its forecast for 2026-27 to 6.6% from 6.9%. Governor Sanjay Malhotra has warned that domestic demand remains strong and activity in manufacturing and service sectors is increasing, but there are early signs of slowdown in some sectors.

reserve Bank of India According to the new estimate, the growth is expected to be 6.6% in April-June 2026, 6.3% in July-September 2026, 6.5% in October-December 2026 and 6.8% in January-March 2027. In April, the central bank had expected the country’s GDP to grow by 6.8%, 6.7%, 7% and 7.2% in the four quarters of 2026-27.

Rapid growth seen in these sectors

In the financial year 2025-26, manufacturing, trade, repair, hotel, transport, communication and services to broadcasting and storage and financial, real estate and professional services sectors have recorded double-digit growth at both constant and current prices. From the expenditure perspective, both Private Final Consumption Expenditure (PFCE) and Gross Fixed Capital Formation (GFCF) have seen a growth rate of more than 7.5% in the financial year 2025-26.

Figures based on new base year

The ministry has clarified that these new year and quarterly GDP estimates have been prepared on the basis of the new series released on February 27, 2026, in which the base year has been changed to 2022-23. It is being said that this growth rate of 7.8% in the fourth quarter is a positive sign for the country’s industrial production, manufacturing and service sector in the times to come.