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India is yet to overtake Japan in GDP size
The New Indian Express Kochi
|May 26, 2025
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DESPITE the excitement on social media and recent claims by a top government official, India has not yet overtaken Japan to become the world's fourth-largest economy.
According to the latest International Monetary Fund (IMF) projections, India's GDP is expected to reach $3.9 trillion by the end of the 2024-25 fiscal year—short of Japan's projected $4.026 trillion GDP for the 2024 calendar year.
This story is from the May 26, 2025 edition of The New Indian Express Kochi.
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