Indian economy on the rise: GDP growth at 8.2%, highest in one and a half years

KOCHI: India's gross domestic product (GDP) growth reached 8.2 percent in the July-September period, the highest rate in one and a half years. India's good performance was despite the global economic problems and Trump's 50 percent import tariff. The growth in the April-June quarter was 7.8 percent. GDP was only 5.6 percent in the same quarter of the previous fiscal.

The Reserve Bank of India had projected a growth of 7 percent. Industrial production grew by 9.1 percent. The manufacturing sector grew by 7.2 percent, while the financial, real estate and professional services sector grew by 10.2 percent. Agricultural production grew by 3.5 percent, while electricity and natural gas production grew by 4.4 percent.

GDP Growth

January-March 2025: 7.4

April-June 2025: 7.8

July-September 2025: 8.2