♦ The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has projected India’s GDP growth to remain above 6 percent, despite all the odds amid rising global trade tensions.

♦ The IMF released the April 2025 World Economic Outlook (WEO) report in Washington on 22 April 2025.

♦ The outlook report pegs the Indian economy to grow at 6.2 percent in Fiscal Year 2025-26 and 6.3 percent in 2026-27. 

♦ The IMF expects global growth to decrease to 2.8 percent this year and 3 percent next year (2026), indicating a cumulative downgrade of around 0.8 percentage points, following.  

♦ While for China, the growth projection has been slashed to 4 percent for 2025 and 4.6 percent for next year (2026), the US is expected to be more affected with 1.8 percent GDP growth forecast this year, followed by 1.7 percent in 2026.