India, Feb. 27 -- India has raised its growth estimate for the ongoing fiscal after unveiling a new framework for calculating gross domestic product, highlighting the resilience of the world's most populous nation to global trade disruptions.

India's GDP growth rate stood at 7.8% in October-December 2025, according to data released by the Ministry of Statistics and Program Implementation on Friday (27 February 2026). That compares with 6.2% in the year-ago period and 8.2% in the previous quarter. The GDP data released today is according to the new GDP series which shifts the base year to 2022-23 from 2011-12.

The government now sees India's GDP growth rate at 7.6% in FY26, as against the first advance estimate of 7.4% in January under t...