FY26 GDP growth likely to be 7% or more: CEA

India’s full-year gross domestic product (GDP) growth in 2025-26 (FY26) is expected to be 7 per cent or above, given the strong performance of the economy in the first two quarters, Chief Economic Advisor (CEA) V Anantha Nageswaran said on Friday.

- RUCHIKA CHITRAVANSHI

Addressing a press briefing on the second quarter GDP numbers, the CEA said, “We are looking at an economy that has shown dynamism and cumulative positive impact of the last 10-11 years of investments in physical, digital infrastructure, the resilience on the part of exporters to the tariff shock and the policy actions taken since June 2024.”

India’s GDP growth saw a six-quarter high of 8.2 per cent in Q2FY26, increasing over the 7.8 per cent growth seen in the first quarter of FY26. The Economic Survey 2024-25 had projected a growth range of 6.3-6.8 per cent for FY26.

The CEA said that the risk factors predominantly come from the global side and need to be monitored.