India Economy Thread

Vikramaditya1 said:
Overall GDP growth rate of 7.8% is not bad either. If we didn't have Trump and Iran war the growth would've been higher.
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bro, Q1 growth at 7.8%, totaling 81.36 trillion rupees, which equals 855 billion US dollars. Use your smart brain — Q1 is 855 billion. 2026GDP ~ 3.42 trillion US dollars!??? why??
 
Thinking said:
We are consistently hitting 2 lakh crore figure. Soon festivals are coming. Last year's tax cuts were a boon. Unfortunately, incomes need to grow if we are to maintain GST collection.
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It's not that simple. If I'm not mistaken, the tax burden on every Indian citizen should be increasing, not decreasing. Modi's government is full of math whizzes who find it easy to manipulate numbers day in and day out to fool the faithful. Add GST on top of currency overissuance, and under this double exploitation, prices are soaring. Coupled with this year's international situation, the result is that almost all commodity prices in India are now generally higher than in China—rice is even more expensive than in China right now. The purchasing power of most Indians is plummeting; the only thing left is that self-deceiving PPP-adjusted GDP figure that ranks third in the world.

India is a deficit country and has to import too many essential goods—coal, oil, natural gas, gold—which are the bedrock of prices.
 
jr_pdf said:
bro, Q1 growth at 7.8%, totaling 81.36 trillion rupees, which equals 855 billion US dollars. Use your smart brain — Q1 is 855 billion. 2026GDP ~ 3.42 trillion US dollars!??? why??
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At constant prices is the term you're looking for and then it'll make sense.
 
jr_pdf said:
bro, Q1 growth at 7.8%, totaling 81.36 trillion rupees, which equals 855 billion US dollars. Use your smart brain — Q1 is 855 billion. 2026GDP ~ 3.42 trillion US dollars!??? why??
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88.27 trillion which is $929bn. GDP for 2026-27 is expected to be around $3.9 trillion. Another year without hitting $4t. Maybe 2028 will bring the luck.
 
hydrabadi_arab said:
88.27 trillion which is $929bn. GDP for 2026-27 is expected to be around $3.9 trillion. Another year without hitting $4t. Maybe 2028 will bring the luck.
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Too much Rupee depreciation and inflation.


Based on the available information, India's economy is currently facing the twin challenges of rising inflation and a depreciating rupee, which are closely linked. Here is a breakdown of the current situation.

📈 Inflation on the Rise​

After a period of relative calm, retail inflation in India has been increasing and is now at a critical point.

  • Latest Data: In June 2026, India's retail inflation, measured by the Consumer Price Index (CPI), rose to 4.38% year-over-year. This marks the first time in 17 months that inflation has breached the Reserve Bank of India's (RBI) target of 4%.
  • Key Drivers: A major factor is food inflation, which accelerated to 5.32% in June, driven in part by weak monsoon rains. Additionally, economists are forecasting a challenging outlook, with estimates for the 2026/27 average CPI inflation ranging from 4.2% to 5.1%. There is even a risk of it rising to 5.5% if September's rainfall remains weak.

📉 Rupee Depreciation Pressures​

The Indian rupee is under significant pressure, hovering around record lows against the US dollar. In late August 2026, the exchange rate was trading around 95.5 INR per 1 USD. This weakness is driven by a combination of strong external and internal factors.

  • External Pressures: A stronger US dollar, fueled by expectations that the US Federal Reserve may continue to raise interest rates, is putting pressure on emerging market currencies like the rupee. Furthermore, high and rising global oil prices (with Brent crude approaching $90 a barrel) are a major burden for India, which imports nearly 90% of its crude oil, increasing the demand for dollars.
  • Internal Capital Outflows: The rupee is also being weakened by significant foreign investor outflows from Indian stock markets, which has been described as the most severe capital flight since 1993. This is driven by a combination of global factors and declining investor confidence in India's relative attractiveness.
  • Intervention by the RBI: To prevent a more drastic fall, the Reserve Bank of India has been actively intervening in the foreign exchange market by selling US dollars. Data suggests the RBI has sold at least $50 billion in a single day to defend the 95.70-95.80 range.

🔗 The Connection: A Vicious Cycle​

Inflation and currency depreciation are reinforcing each other in a challenging cycle.

  1. A Weak Rupee Fuels Inflation: A depreciating rupee makes imports more expensive, particularly critical goods like oil and electronics. This increases the cost of production and consumer prices, contributing directly to inflation. This is known as the "exchange rate pass-through" effect.
  2. High Oil Prices Worsen the Cycle: High oil prices are the perfect storm. They increase the demand for US dollars (putting downward pressure on the rupee) while simultaneously raising domestic fuel and transport costs (pushing inflation higher).
  3. Policy Dilemma for the RBI: The central bank is in a difficult position. To control rising inflation, it may be forced to raise interest rates. However, raising rates could further slow down economic growth, which is also a concern. Goldman Sachs, for instance, expects the RBI may need to hike rates by 50 basis points.

⚠️ A Temporary Fix: The FCNR Scheme​

To combat the rupee's decline, the RBI introduced a scheme to attract foreign currency deposits from Non-Resident Indians (NRIs). While this scheme successfully brought in over $73 billion** and boosted India's foreign exchange reserves to a record high of **$729 billion, analysts point out that it is a temporary measure.

  • "Borrowed Dollars": Former RBI Governor Duvvuri Subbarao has warned that this is essentially "borrowed dollars" that must be repaid in the future. He argued that these inflows do not build long-term investor confidence and that India needs more sustainable foreign direct investment and portfolio investments instead.
  • Limited Impact: Because these dollars are not directly sold in the open market to meet immediate demand but are swapped with the RBI, the scheme has been more effective at building reserves than in actually strengthening the rupee in the long run.

💎 Outlook​

The trajectory of the Indian rupee and inflation in the near future will largely depend on global factors like the path of the US dollar, the direction of oil prices, and the Middle East situation, combined with domestic developments like the monsoon season. The central bank's ability to manage this delicate balance between controlling inflation and supporting growth will be crucial.
 
To those brothers who give me dislikes:

As far as I know, among the vast number of Indian families, households, and even individuals in Africa, they have all developed very well. Even if they are not wealthy, they are respectable figures, living much better than the vast majority of ordinary Indian civilians. Perhaps you are all North Indians, and your emotions have gone to your heads, thinking that I am insulting India. Calm down a bit, use your heads, and think about whether what I said is right or not.
 
hydrabadi_arab said:
88.27 trillion which is $929bn. GDP for 2026-27 is expected to be around $3.9 trillion. Another year without hitting $4t. Maybe 2028 will bring the luck.
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The Modi government is particularly adept at playing with propaganda, such as frantically touting the 7.8% growth rate, and selectively presenting various distorted data.

Today ,Modi is again appealing for people not to buy gold. At the same time, his human loudspeakers are reveling and blaring out 7.8%. Any human with intelligence can sense the strangeness in it. In reality, for ordinary citizens, in order to hedge against inflation and rupee depreciation, gold remains the best choice—after all, ordinary citizens in India cannot get U.S. dollar banknotes either. Now is the moment to compare the power of devotion. Gold has been the faith of Indians for thousands of years; Modi is the faith of a portion of Indians for these past few decades. I bet on gold
 
jr_pdf said:
The Modi government is particularly adept at playing with propaganda, such as frantically touting the 7.8% growth rate, and selectively presenting various distorted data.

Today ,Modi is again appealing for people not to buy gold. At the same time, his human loudspeakers are reveling and blaring out 7.8%. Any human with intelligence can sense the strangeness in it. In reality, for ordinary citizens, in order to hedge against inflation and rupee depreciation, gold remains the best choice—after all, ordinary citizens in India cannot get U.S. dollar banknotes either. Now is the moment to compare the power of devotion. Gold has been the faith of Indians for thousands of years; Modi is the faith of a portion of Indians for these past few decades. I bet on gold
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Modi is a genius. He introduced gold certificates, asked citizens to buy these papers and not real gold. The scheme ended but enough people brought it and with current gold price India govt will loss $30bn.

His claim to fame was genocide of muslims in Gujarat and general anti-minority which Indian hindus love to this day otherwise he would have been voted out long ago.
 
hydrabadi_arab said:
88.27 trillion which is $929bn. GDP for 2026-27 is expected to be around $3.9 trillion. Another year without hitting $4t. Maybe 2028 will bring the luck.
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You are very wise. Perchance you can be the man to fix finances of nations in dire need?
 
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