NEW DELHI \u2013 The World Bank raised India\u2019s gross domestic product (GDP) forecast for 2025\u201326 (FY26) to 6.5 per cent from 6.3 per cent projected in June.<\/p>\n
It further revised downwards the estimate for 2026\u201327 (FY27) by 20 basis points to 6.3 per cent due to higher-than-expected tariffs on India\u2019s exports to the United States.<\/p>\n
In its South Asia Outlook, the World Bank said India is expected to remain the world\u2019s fastest-growing major economy, supported by continued strength in consumption growth.<\/p>\n
The report further noted that almost one-fifth of India\u2019s goods exports went to the United States in 2024, equivalent to about 2 per cent of GDP.<\/p>\n
The government\u2019s reforms to the Goods and Services Tax (GST), reducing the number of tax brackets and simplifying compliance, are expected to support activity. Forecast for FY26\/27 has been downgraded, however, as a result of the imposition of a 50 per cent tariff on about three-quarters of India\u2019s goods exports to the United States, the report added.<\/p>\n
\u201cIndia is expected to be the world\u2019s fastest-growing source of energy demand in the medium term and will surpass China to become the single largest source of energy demand by 2050.\u201d<\/p>\n
Recently, Morgan Stanley said India\u2019s economy needs to expand at an extraordinary 12.2 per cent pace each year to solve its underemployment crisis. It underscored the risk that millions of young Indians may remain locked out of productive work, fueling social strains at home.<\/p>\n
India\u2019s economy grew 7.8 per cent in the June quarter, outpacing expectations, but that pace still falls far short of what\u2019s needed to absorb the 84 million people set to join the workforce over the next decade, Morgan Stanley said. The report also pointed to poverty levels as a lingering drag on household consumption in the country.<\/p>\n
Without stronger industrial and export growth, accelerated infrastructure rollout, and sweeping reforms to upgrade skills and improve the business climate, India risks falling into a jobs trap, Morgan Stanley warned.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"NEW DELHI \u2013 The World Bank raised India\u2019s gross domestic product (GDP) forecast for 2025\u201326 (FY26) to 6.5…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":67488,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11],"tags":[138,54284,219,2344,111,139,69,22204],"class_list":["post-67487","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-economy","tag-business","tag-economic-affairs","tag-economy","tag-india","tag-new-zealand","tag-newzealand","tag-nz","tag-the-statesman"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/67487","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=67487"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/67487\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/67488"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=67487"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=67487"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=67487"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}