World Bank lowers India’s ’26 growth outlook to 6.3%

The World Bank on Wednesday lowered India’s growth forecast for the current fiscal by 4 percentage points to 6.3 per cent amid global economic weakness and policy uncertainty.

In its previous estimate, the World Bank had projected India’s growth at 6.7 per cent for the fiscal year 2025-26.

In India, growth in FY24/25 disappointed because of slower growth in private investment and public capital expenditures that did not meet government targets, the World Bank said in its twice-yearly regional outlook.

“In India, growth is expected to slow from 6.5 per cent in FY24/25 to 6.3 per cent as in FY25/26 as the benefits to private investment from monetary easing and regulatory streamlining are expected to be offset by global economic weakness and policy uncertainty,” said its South Asia Development Update, Taxing Times.

On Tuesday, the IMF also lowered India’s GDP forecast for the current fiscal to 6.2 per cent.