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.
India's fiscal deficit up to February 2025 (FY2024-25) was Rs 13.47 trillion ($157.62 billion), or 85.8% of the estimate for the financial year ending March 31, government data showed on Friday.
Global ratings agency Fitch on Wednesday said that the low reliance on external demand is expected to insulate India from US action on tariffs, with the economy maintaining growth of 6.5 per cent in FY26 and 6.3 per cent the following year.
The decline in retail inflation to a level that is below the RBI’s targeted level of 4 per cent is expected to pave the way for accelerating GDP growth ahead as it provides the central bank with more headroom to cut interest rates and expand liquidity to spur economic activity and create more jobs.
With global headwinds fading, the Indian economy should be able to comfortably register 6-7 per cent real GDP growth, it added.
The massive 350-point rally in the Nifty on Friday was primarily driven by the far better-than-expected Q3 GDP numbers which came at 8.4 per cent year on year, says V K Vijayakumar, Chief Investment Strategist, Geojit Financial Services.
India stands at a crossroad, where economic prosperity clashes with political identity.
Significant internals from the GDP numbers are the 11.6 per cent growth in manufacturing, the 9.5 per cent growth in construction and 10.6 per cent growth in the capital formation.
The bank's economists also revised upward their prediction for 2024-25 by 50 basis points to 7 per cent .
