Government projects India to become 3rd-largest economy with $7.3 trillion GDP by 2030

Exam-focused facts from the 30 December 2025 current affairs briefing.

Key facts

India’s real GDP grew 8.2 per cent in Q2 FY2025-26, up from 7.8 per cent in the previous quarter and 7.4 per cent in Q4 of 2024-25.
Reserve Bank of India (RBI) revised India’s GDP growth forecast for FY 2025-26 upwards to 7.3 per cent from the earlier estimate of 6.8 per cent.
With GDP valued at $4.18 trillion, India has surpassed Japan to become the world's fourth-largest economy.
India is poised to displace Germany from the third rank in the next 2.5 to 3 years with a projected GDP of $7.3 trillion by 2030.