The Indian economy has achieved a strong growth rate of 8.2 percent in the second quarter (July-September period) of the financial year 2025-26, which is much higher than the growth rate of 5.6 percent in the same period of the last financial year. This information was given by the Ministry of Statistics and Program Implementation on Friday (28 November). Due to this, the growth rate in the first half of FY 26 has increased to 8 percent, which was 6.1 percent in the first half of FY 2025-26.

The ministry said that in the July-September period of the current financial year, the nominal GDP of the country has increased at the rate of 8.7 percent. In the statement issued by the government, it was said that the reason for the real GDP growth rate exceeding eight percent was the strong performance of the secondary and tertiary sectors. In the second quarter of FY 26, the growth rate of the secondary sector was 8.1 percent and the growth rate of the tertiary sector was 9.2 percent.

What was the growth rate of financial, real estate and professional services?

The growth rate of manufacturing included in the secondary sector has been 9.1 percent and the growth rate of construction has been 7.2 percent. In the tertiary sector, financial, real estate and professional services have grown by 10.2 percent. According to government data, the growth rate of agriculture and allied sectors has been 3.5 percent. At the same time, the growth rate of electricity, gas, water supply and other utility services sector has been 4.4 percent.

What is the increase in PFCE?

Private final consumption expenditure (PFCE) has increased by 7.9 percent in the second quarter of the financial year 2025-26. There was an increase of 6.4 percent in the same period of the last financial year. There has been a decline of 2.7 percent in Government Final Consumption Expenditure (GFCE) in the September quarter of the current financial year. It had increased by 4.3 percent in the same period of the last financial year.

In the information given by the government, it was said that exports have increased by 5.6 percent in the second quarter of the financial year 2025-26, which had increased by 3 percent in the same period of the last financial year. There has been an increase of 12.8 percent in imports in the July-September period of the current financial year, which had increased by one percent in the same period of the last financial year.

Input – IANS