Economic Survey 2026: Nirmala Sitharaman, the Union Finance Minister of India, tabled the Indian Economic Survey 2025-26 in the Lok Sabha today.
The survey, which was a 799-page document that is divided into 16 chapters, has revised the potential growth of the country to 7 percent from 6.5 percent three years ago.
Economic Survey 2026 Takeaways
- The first advance estimate predicts real gross domestic product (GDP) growth and Gross Value Added (GVA) growth to 7.4 and 7.3 percent, respectively.
- The Union Government expect India’s potential growth projected at approximately 7 percent while real gross domestic product growth has been projected at 6.8 to 7.2 percent for FY27.
- The revenue receipts of the Union Government increased to 9.2 percent of GDP of India in FY25.
- Gross Non-Performing Assets (GNPA) reach multi-decadal low of 2.2 percent in the month of September 2025.
- As of March 2025, 55.2 crore bank accounts were opened under Prime Minister Jan Dhan Yojana (PMJDY) with 36.63 crore in semi-urban and rural areas.
- The share of India in the context of global merchandise exports has almost doubled from 1 to 1.8 percent between 2005 and 2024.
- India stood as the largest recipient of remittances in the world with inflows in the country reaching $135.4 billion in FY25.
- The country’s foreign exchange reserves surged to $701.4 billion as of 16 January 2026, offering sufficient cover for 94 percent of external debt and 11 months of imports.
- The survey revealed that domestic inflation in the country averaged a meagre 1.7 percent for April to December 2025.
- The food grain production of India is projected to have reached 3577.3 lakh metric tonnes in agricultural year 2024-25, which is an increase of 254.3 lakh metric tonnes over the previous year.
The Economic Survey 2026 also revealed that the gross enrolment ratio stands at 90.9, 90.3 and 78.7 at the primary, upper primary and secondary stages.
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