India’s Potential Growth Accelerates to 7%: CEA V. Anantha Nageswaran

Chief Economic Advisor Dr. V. Anantha Nageswaran has highlighted that India’s potential growth rate has accelerated to 7 per cent, up from 6.5 per cent three years ago. Addressing the media in New Delhi on the Economic Survey 2025-2026, Mr Nageswaran said that real GDP growth pre-COVID was 6.4 per cent and in Financial Year 2025 was 6.5 per cent and this year it is predicted to be 7.4 per cent. He added that private final consumption expenditure growth is 7 per cent for this year on top of 7.2 p...