Economic Survey 2025 shows India in bright light in an increasingly darker world
The Hindu
The Economic Survey 2025-26 highlights India's growth potential amid global economic uncertainties, projecting a medium-term growth rate of 7%.
The Economic Survey 2025-26 has painted a rosy picture of India’s domestic growth outlook, raising the country’s medium-term outlook to 7% from its earlier estimate of 6.5%.
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However, it has simultaneously outlined a relatively grim outlook for the global economy, estimating a 10-20% chance of a crisis worse than the global financial crisis of 2008 unfolding in 2026. Even its best-case scenario is a continuation of conditions as they were in 2025, but “increasingly less secure and more fragile”.
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The Survey, authored by Chief Economic Advisor V. Anantha Nageswaran, tabled in Parliament by Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman, went on to say that each of its three probabilistic scenarios for the globe could pose risks to India.
For India, it pointed to the growth of capital, improved labour participation, and greater efficiency in the deployment of these two factors of production as the key drivers of a higher medium-term growth outlook.
The Economic Survey reveals a decline in agricultural growth to 3.5% in 2025-26, despite steady foodgrain production increases.
Economic Survey 2025-26 warns unconditional cash transfers risk state finances, impacting fiscal sustainability and medium-term growth.
Economic Survey 2025-26 advocates for tax rationalization on debt-assets to enhance investment in corporate bonds and savings.
Restrictions may also be levied on marketing of infant and toddler milk and beverages to tackle rising obesity
Commercial Vehicles major Tata Motors Ltd. (TML) for the third quarter ended December 31, 2025 reported a 48% fall in consolidated net profit to ₹705 crore as compared with ₹1,355 crore in the year ago period due to one-time impacts of Labour Code and de-merger.
India’s energy gap between supply and demand has dropped to nil by November 2025
India's pharma industry shifts to value-driven approaches, focusing on complex generics, innovation, and expanding medical device exports.
The Economic Survey advocates scrapping MGNREGS, citing structural flaws, while introducing a new rural employment law for improved effectiveness.
The Economic Survey warns that an AI-led correction amid geopolitical tensions could severely impact global financial markets.
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The Economic Survey 2025-26 highlights India's growth potential amid global economic uncertainties, projecting a medium-term growth rate of 7%.