India, Jan. 29 -- The Government of India has issued a release:
FIRST ADVANCE ESTIMATE PROJECTS REAL GDP GROWTH AND GVA GROWTH FOR FY26 TO 7.4 AND 7.3 PER CENT RESPECTIVELY
POTENTIAL GROWTH FOR INDIA ESTIMATED AT AROUND 7 PER CENT, WHILE REAL GDP GROWTH FOR FY27 PROJECTED AT 6.8-7.2 PER CENT
CENTRE'S REVENUE RECEIPTS ROSE TO 9.2% OF GDP IN FY25 (PA)
GNPAs REACH MULTI-DECADAL LOW OF 2.2%IN SEPTEMBER 2025
55.02 CRORE BANK ACCOUNTS OPENED AS OF MARCH 2025 UNDER PMJDY, WITH 36.63 CRORE IN RURAL AND SEMI-URBAN AREAS
NUMBER OF UNIQUE INVESTORS CROSS THE 12-CRORE MARK IN SEPTEMBER 2025, WITH NEARLY 25 PER CENT BEING WOMEN
INDIA REMAINES THE WORLD'S LARGEST RECIPIENT OF REMITTANCES, WITH INFLOWS REACHING USD 135.4 BILLION IN FY25
INDIA'S FOREIGN EXCHANGE RESERVES INCREASE TO USD 701.4 BILLION AS OF 16TH JANUARY 2026, PROVIDING COVER FOR 11 MONTHS IMPORTS AND 94% OF EXTERNAL DEBT
DOMESTIC INFLATION AVERAGED 1.7 PER CENT FOR APRIL-DECEMBER, 2025
INDIA'S FOODGRAIN PRODUCTION IS ESTIMATED TO HAVE REACHED 3577.3 LAKH METRIC TONNES (LMT) IN AGRICULTURE YEAR (AY) 2024-25, AN INCREASE OF 254.3 LMT OVER THE PREVIOUS YEAR
MORE THAN Rs.4.09 LAKH CRORE HAS BEEN RELEASED TO ELIGIBLE FARMERS UNDER PM-KISAN SINCE ITS INCEPTION
VIKSIT BHARAT-GRAMG IS A COMPREHENSIVE STATUATORY OVERHAUL OF MGNEREGS ALIGNING RURAL EMPLOYMENT WITH LONG-TERM VISION OF VIKSIT BHARAT 2047
MANUFACTURING GVA GROW BY 7.72% IN Q1 AND 9.13% IN Q2 OF FY26, REFLECTING STRUCTURAL RECOVERY
PRODUCTION LINKED INCENTIVE (PLI) SCHEMES ACROSS 14 SECTORS HAVE ATTRACTED OVER Rs.2.0 LAKH CRORE OF ACTUAL INVESTMENT, GENERATING INCREMENTAL PRODUCTION/SALES EXCEEDING Rs.18.7 LAKH CRORE AND OVER 12.6 LAKH JOBS AS OF SEPTEMBER 2025
INDIA SEMICONDUCTOR MISSION HAS ADVANCED DOMESTIC CAPABILITIES, WITH 10 PROJECTS OF ABOUT Rs.1.60 LAKH CRORE OF INVESTMENT
HIGH-SPEED CORRIDORS INCREASE NEARLY TEN-FOLD-FROM 550 KM (FY14) TO 5,364 KM (FY26, UP TO DECEMBER 2025); 3,500 KM OF RAILWAY ADDED IN FY26
INDIA IS THE WORLD'S 3RDLARGEST DOMESTIC AVIATION MARKET, WITH THE NUMBER OF AIRPORTS INCREASING FROM 74 IN 2014 TO 164 IN 2025
HISTORIC TURNAROUND FOR DISCOMS; RECORDING A POSITIVE PAT OF Rs.2,701 CRORE IN FY25 FOR THE FIRST TIME
INDIA RANKS 3RD GLOBALLY IN OVERALL RENEWABLE ENERGY AND INSTALLED SOLAR CAPACITY
INDIA BECOMES THE FOURTH NATION TO ACHIEVE AUTONOMOUS SATELLITE DOCKING (SPADEX) CAPABILITY
GROSS ENROLMENT RATIO (GER) STANDS AT 90.9, 90.3 AND 78.7 AT THE PRIMARY, UPPER PRIMARYAND SECONDARY STAGES
INDIA NOW HAS 23 IITS, 21 IIMS, AND 20 AIIMS, ALONGSIDE THE ESTABLISHMENT OF TWO INTERNATIONAL IIT CAMPUSES IN ZANZIBAR AND ABU DHABI
INDIA ACCELERATED MATERNAL AND CHILD MORTALITY REDUCTION SINCE 1990, OUTPACING GLOBAL AVERAGES
AS OF JANUARY 2026, THE E-SHRAM PORTAL HAS SUCCESSFULLY REGISTERED OVER 31 CRORE UNORGANISED WORKERS, 54% BEING WOMEN
VACANCIES MOBILISED IN THE NATIONAL CAREER SERVICE PORTAL EXCEEDED 2.8 CRORE IN FY25 AND HAVE ALREADY CROSSED 2.3 CRORE BY SEPTEMBER FY26.
MULTIDIMENSIONAL POVERTY INDEX (MPI) AS MEASURED BY NITI AAYOG SHOWS A DECLINE FROM 55.3% IN 2005-06 TO 11.28% IN 2022-23
SURVEY PROPOSES DISCIPLINED SWADESHI FOR STRATEGIC RESILIENCE: A CALIBRATED THREE-TIERED STRATEGY THAT BUILDS CRITICAL CAPABILITIES, REDUCES INPUT COSTS, STRENGTHENS ADVANCED MANUFACTURING, AND PROGRESSES FROM SELF-RELIANCE TO STRATEGIC INDISPENSABILITY
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