Singapore, Sept. 18 -- Moody's Ratings has raised its forecast for India's real GDP growth in fiscal 2026-27 to 7 per cent from 6 per cent, citing the economy's resilience to the global shock from the Middle East conflict, while cautioning that higher energy prices and fiscal pressures could pose risks to the outlook.

The rating agency made the upward revision as part of its periodic review of India's sovereign ratings.

Moody's said India's real GDP growth accelerated to 8.2 per cent year-on-year in the first six months of calendar 2026, from 7.3 per cent in 2025, supported by stronger private consumption, robust fixed investment, continued public infrastructure spending, a likely revival in private investment and sustained services-sec...