India's GDP grows 7.8% in Q1 FY26, highest in five quarters

India’s real Gross Domestic Product (GDP) is estimated to grow by 7.8 per cent in the April to June quarter of the financial year 2025-26, at a five-quarter high. In the fourth quarter of the last financial year, the GDP had grown by 7.4 per cent, whereas the same stood at 6.5 per cent in the first quarter of the previous fiscal year. According to the Quarterly Estimates of GDP for the first Quarter of the current fiscal year released by the Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation today, Nominal GDP has witnessed a growth rate of 8.8 per cent in during the same period.

Agriculture and allied sectors have seen Real Gross Value Added (GVA) growth rate of 3.7 per cent, as compared to the growth rate of 1.5 per cent registered in Q1 of last financial year. In the first quarter of FY26, among Secondary Sectors, Manufacturing is estimated to grow at 7.7 per cent and Construction at 7.6 per cent. Government Final Consumption Expenditure bounced back, registering staggering 9.7 per cent growth rate in Nominal terms, over the growth rate of four per cent in Q1 of FY 2024-25.

Gross Fixed Capital Formation has recorded 7.8 per cent growth on an annual basis. Real Private Final Consumption Expenditure has reported 7.0 per cent growth, lower as compared to the 8.3 per cent growth rate in the corresponding period of previous financial year.