Shimla, March 20 -- Himachal Pradesh recorded an 8.3% real increase in Gross State Domestic Product (GSDP) and a 10.1% rise in nominal growth in 2025-26 despite various challenges like acute financial constraints, cut in Revenue Deficit Grants (RDG), and heavy losses due to natural calamities, according to the Economic Survey for 2025-26, tabled by chief minister Sukhvinder Singh Sukhu in the assembly on Friday.

The survey provides a comprehensive assessment of the state's economy, underscoring resilience despite global uncertainties and climate-related challenges.

Chief minister Sukhu has earlier stated that the RDG reduction is "badly hitting the state economy" limiting fiscal space for development spending and welfare programmes.

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