New Delhi, April 14 -- The International Monetary Fund (IMF) on Tuesday revised India's 2026-27 economic growth forecast upwards by a notch to 6.5%, from its January estimate, as the benefits of a reduction in additional US tariffs on Indian goods from 50% to 10% outweighed the adverse impact of the US-Israel-Iran war.

The IMF said in its latest World Economic Outlook released on Tuesday that positive contributions from the carryover of the strong 2025-26 outturn also helped.

Before the West Asia war began, India's Economic Survey 2025-26 projected a 6.8-7.2% growth for the current fiscal year.

The multilateral agency also revised India's 2025-26 growth up from its January forecast by 0.3 percentage points and its October estimate by o...