New Delhi [India], February 1: The Union Budget for FY25-26 strikes a balance between fiscal discipline and the need for sustained economic growth. The government's decision to reduce the fiscal deficit target from 4.8% to 4.4% is an important step towards long-term financial stability. Alth
After the Economic Survey projected India's real GDP growth for FY26 in the range of 6.3-6.8 per cent, a report by Bank of Baroda stated that with an assumed GDP deflator of 3.5 per cent, the country's nominal GDP growth could be around 9.8-10.3 per cent.
India must grow around 8 per cent for a decade or two to achieve its Viksit Bharat dreams, the Economic Survey has asserted, at a time when the country's growth showed weak progress in the first two quarters of the current financial year.
Revolutionary Socialist Party MP NK Premachandran raises concerns over India's fiscal situation, questions the feasibility of a $5 trillion economy and 7% GDP growth target.
Congress MP Rajiv Shukla on Friday slammed the BJP-led government at the Centre for its handling of the economy, saying that inflation is on the rise while GDP growth is not sufficient.
Noting that India's GDP growth for 2024-25 is expected to be 6.4 per cent as per government data, the Congress on Thursday said that the Modi government is taking India into the "middle-income trap, which will make us uncompetitive, underproductive, and unequal".
The government is expected to continue on its fiscal deficit reduction path, bringing it down to 4.4 per cent of GDP in FY26. A strategic focus on investment and spending reforms will help balance fiscal prudence with economic expansion.
Amid evolving economic conditions, Deloitte India, in its latest Economic Outlook, has revised its annual GDP growth projection for 2024-25 to 6.5-6.8 per cent, with expectations for 6.7-7.3 per cent in the following year.
The International Monetary Fund (IMF) retained India's growth forcastat 6.5 per cent for for fiscal 2026 and fiscal 2027, the global economic body said in its World Economic Outlook report.
India's economic outlook for 2025 presents cautious optimism with consumer spending expected to recover, aided by a positive outlook for agriculture and rural consumption, according to the latest Economic Outlook Survey by the Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce and Industry (FICCI).
India is currently experiencing a cyclical economic downturn, with gross domestic product (GDP) growth projected at 6.1 per cent for both FY25 and FY26, according to a report by Nirmal Bang.
With the Union Budget for FY26 scheduled to be presented on February 1, 2025, a report by Goldman Sachs underlined two key concerns for policymakers, the pace of fiscal consolidation and the government's spending priorities.