RBI Monetary Policy meeting: GDP growth is expected to have not changed at 6.5 %

The real GDP growth has been offered for a period of 2025-26, this year, by 6.5 percent. This was announced by the Indian Reserve Bank, Sanjay Malhotra, in the MPC speech on Wednesday. RBI kept the gross domestic product expectations in June 6.5 %.

The governor of Malhotra said that the first quarter was 6.5 percent, 6.7 per cent, and Q3, 6.6 percent, and Q4, by 6.3 percent. The real GDP of Q1 2026-27 is expected by 6.6 percent. “The risks are equally balanced,” said ruler RBI.

The same expectations remain like the previous MPC in June.

Meanwhile, RBI maintained the riblo rate unchanged at 5.5 percent with a “neutral” position, and inflation was reviewed from 3.7 percent to 3.1 percent for the current fiscal year.

The governor said that while industrial growth continues under defeat, rural consumption remains flexible, and the services sector is expected to remain prosperous.

The forecast of the GDP of the Governor Malhotra comes amid uncertainty due to US President Donald Trump’s tariff. The 25 percent customs tariff were slapped on India, after which the additional customs tariffs threatened the continued purchases of New Delhi for Russian oil. On Tuesday, Trump said he would announce the definitions of India within 24 hours.

In response to Trump’s threats, India said that the definitions were unfair, taking into account how the United States and the European Union also continued their imports and trade with Russia.