India’s GDP growth for the second quarter (July-September) of FY26 threw a surprise, growing at 8.2 per cent, higher than most analysts’ expectations, as well as that of the Reserve Bank of India (RBI), which had expected it to grow at 7 per cent.
The growth in real GDP was brought about by an all-round growth in agriculture, supported by a good kharif harvest; a double-digit growth in corporate performance, which helped manufacturing; a 7.4 per cent growth in construction; as well as services sector growth. The growth was also recorded on the low base of 5.6 per cent that the economy clocked in the same quarter in the previous f
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