India’s economy strong amid global trade tension, GDP growth is estimated to be 6.2% in 2025: IMF
New Delhi:
India Economic Growth: The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has released the fresh global outlook amidst Trump government’s new tariff announcements and growing trade tension. IMF says that even though global uncertainty has increased, India’s GDP growth is expected to be 6.2% in 2025 and 6.3% in 2026. This figure is better in many big economy of the world.
Global growth rate reduced, trust in India remains intact
According to April 2025 World Economic Outlook released in Washington on 22 April, IMF has reduced the estimate of global growth rate to 2.8% for this year. It was 3.3% in January. For 2026, IMF has reduced global growth rate to 3%. This cut has been due to the implementation of large tariffs from America and increasing trade tension.
What are the factor behind India’s growth?
IMF has said that India’s growth is getting support from the increasing private consumption in rural areas. Due to this, India will continue to grow firmly despite global slowdown. The IMF had estimated India’s growth rate to be 6.5% in January, which has now been reduced to 6.2%.
India much better than other countries
At the same time, China’s growth rate is estimated to be reduced to 4.0% in 2025 and 4.6% in 2026. Tariff will also have an impact on America’s economy and the growth rate in 2025 can be 1.8% in 2025 and 1.7% in 2026. That is, India is in a much better position than these countries.
Impact on global trade also
IMF has also said that global trade growth in 2025 can be only 1.7%, which is 1.5% less than earlier estimates. This means that the speed of business at the international level is going to be sluggish.
RBI also cut a slight cut in estimates
Earlier, the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has also estimated the country’s GDP growth 6.5% for 2025-26, which is 0.20% less than the February estimate. The reason for this is also being considered as global uncertainty and tariff war.
Although the world’s big economy is struggling with tariffs and trade tension, but the economy of India has once again shown strength. Both IMF and RBI have hoped India’s better performance. This confidence indicates that India is capable of getting out of global slowdown on the basis of domestic demand and policy support.
