India GDP Growth Forecast: V. Anantha Nageswaran, the chief economic adviser of India, believes that the country will exceed its GDP growth trajectory of 6.8 per cent comfortably in FY26, on the back of GST and income tax relief, stronger private investment and improving foreign inflows.

Nageswaran, while speaking at the CNBC-TV18 Global Leadership Summit 2025, said that he’s comfortable saying even north of 6.8 per cent for India’s growth projection, adding that his original range was 6.3 to 6.8 per cent earlier.

The Economic Survey tabled in parliament in January had projected real economic growth of 6.3-6.8 per cent for FY26.

“At this point, I’m quite confident saying growth will definitely be above 6.5%, and I’m even comfortable projecting it to be above 6.8%. However, before I tal

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