“It doesn’t feel like 7.8% growth.” But does that argument hold up? Tamanna Inamdar speaks to Executive Director, World Bank for India, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka & Bhutan, Neelkanth Mishra on the debate around India’s latest GDP numbers and why the theory may not add up. Neelkanth Mishra

@TamannaInamdar It doesn’t feel like 7.8% growth lol, This happens when anchors studied political science in college but forgot to take the basic math class in school

@TamannaInamdar Growth numbers and governance are two separate dynamics. Aggregate quality of human conscience especially in the political class, which in itself is a microcosm of our society is to be blamed for poor public utility infrastructure, appalling civic sense hygiene and pollution.

@TamannaInamdar Laying roads and their repair contributes to GDP,if GDP is all about roads . I live in a village with very good roads and WiFi in a poor state.

@TamannaInamdar Economy feel pe kab se chalne lagi😂😂

India Unstoppable : April-June Quarter 🛑 Consider India’s macro balance sheet in 5 numbers: 🌸 220% Output Surge: Added 2.2x the net physical volume (PPP) of the US in the latest quarter. 🌸 +$1.47T/Year: Matches ~210% of annual US real PPP additions. 🌸 $160B DII Wall: Domestic capital absorbed $60B in FII exits at record strength. 🌸 95% Rupee Debt: ~83% Debt-to-GDP with zero external default risk (vs US >122%). 🌸 1.8% NPAs: Banking balance sheets at multi-decade lows. ☘️ The growth is real, self-funded, and domestic-driven. 🛑 The global economic scorecard is experiencing a quiet structural inversion. ☘️ When measured by Purchasing Power Parity (PPP), India’s economic expansion is no longer just closing the gap with advanced nations - it is outpacing them in absolute physical additions. In recent quarters, India's real quarterly output expansion reached +$369 Billion in 90 days (growing at 7.8% YoY), generating over 220% (more than 2.2 times) the physical output volume added by the United States (+$170 Billion at a 2.1% YoY pace). 🚨 The Compounding Power of Scale ☘️ With India’s PPP economic base standing at $18.9 Trillion+ -- now roughly 58% of the entire US GDP scale -- the baseline math of global growth has changed. ☘️ Because of this expanded base, India no longer requires double-digit growth rates to match US output additions; a real growth rate of just 3.8% to 4.2% matches US annual physical increments dollar-for-dollar. ☘️ Compounding instead at 7.6% to 7.8% real growth, India adds +$1.40 to +$1.47 Trillion annually, matching more than the entire annual output increment of the United States while building double the physical volume of bridges, highways, power grids, freight corridors, and software infrastructure. 🚨 Sovereign Safety and the Middle-Class Liquidity Engine ☘️ This physical expansion is anchored by clean sovereign balance sheets. Unlike the US, where federal debt exceeds 122% of GDP and remains vulnerable to foreign creditors, India’s debt-to-GDP stands near 83%, with about 95% denominated in domestic Rupees, completely eliminating foreign-currency default risk. ☘️ Systemic bank Gross NPAs have dropped to 1.8%, providing a clean runway for credit expansion. 🛑 The catalyst linking macro output to capital markets was fiscal policy. Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman’s tax overhaul - exempting salaried income up to ₹12.75 lakh - left ₹1,00,000 crore (~$12 Billion) in direct cash with the productive middle class. 🛑 Unshackled from rigid 80C compliance lock-ins, this disposable income funded household consumption while pouring straight into monthly equity SIPs (surging past ₹31,000–₹32,000 crore/month). ☘️ When global hedge funds staged an exit by offloading $60 Billion in equities, domestic institutions and retail savers deployed over $160 Billion, absorbing the entire foreign exit without market distress. ☘️ India is no longer a fragile emerging market dependent on external capital. Supported by a self-funding middle class, India is actively financing its own compounding growth. 🚨 Decoding Data • India: 7.8% × $18.9T ÷ 4 = +$369B (MoSPI Q1 FY27) • US: 2.1% × $32.4T ÷ 4 = +$170B • 369 / 170 ≈ 2.2× (220%) Annual: $18.9T × 7.8% = +$1.47T vs US real ~+$0.70T ≈ 2.1× (not 100% of US real). Stock: $18.9T / $32.4T ≈ 58%. Growth that matches the US increment: ~3.8–4.2%. 🚨 METHODOLOGY NOTE: 58% vs. 61% (Understanding the US Baseline Ratio) When comparing the size of India’s Purchasing Power Parity (PPP) economy to the United States, the exact ratio ranges between 58% and 61%, depending on the reference vintage chosen for the US baseline: * The 61% Baseline (Trailing 2025/Early 2026 Print): * The Arithmetic: India's current PPP base ($18.90T) \div US Trailing Nominal Base ($30.80T) = 61.36% (~61%). * The 58% Baseline (Latest 2026 Run-Rate): * The Arithmetic: India's current PPP base ($18.90T) \div Updated US Current-Dollar Base ($32.40T) = 58.33% (~58%). Contd

*IMF Rated India as C Grade; Can the New 2022-23 Series Bring A Grade?* 🚨 *Top Points* - Outdated 2011-12 Base Year Replaced by the New 2022-23 Series - India Preparing for new World Bank Business Ready (B-READY) - Former World Bank Ease of Doing Business ranking moved India to Rank 63 in 2020 from 142 in 2014 – an unprecedented jump of 79 places for any major economy 🚨 India needs to be commended for striving for an “A Grade” for national accounts (GDP/GVA data) by releasing the new 2022-23 series on 27 February 2026. The IMF had assigned India’s national accounts a ‘C’ grade mainly because of the outdated 2011-12 base year and other methodological inadequacies that, in its view, somewhat hampered surveillance. 🛑 *Current status* In its 2024 and 2025 Article IV assessments, the IMF assigned India’s national accounts (GDP/GVA data) a ‘C’ grade. This was mainly because of the outdated 2011-12 base year, heavy reliance on single deflation, sizeable production–expenditure discrepancies, and gaps in informal-sector measurement. Other statistical categories (prices, fiscal, external, financial) generally received ‘B’. The overall data-adequacy rating for India remained ‘B’ (broadly adequate for surveillance, with some shortcomings). 🛑 *What the new 2022-23 series does* Over the past five to six years, special efforts have been made to integrate both real-time administrative data and late-arriving survey data so that the picture of economic activity becomes clearer and more complete. 🛑 The series released on 27 February 2026 (and further updated with PPI, rebased IIP and BkSPI) directly targets the IMF’s main criticisms: - Base year moved from 2011-12 to 2022-23. - Single deflation is largely replaced by double deflation (or single extrapolation where appropriate), especially in manufacturing. - Greater use of GST, MCA-21, ASUSE, PLFS and other administrative/high-frequency data. - Integration with Supply-Use Tables to reduce discrepancies. - Improved coverage of the household/unorganised sector. 🚨 The revision impact is clearly visible in the official numbers. Growth rates under the old 2011-12 base have been restated under the new series. For instance, several quarterly and annual figures have moved both upward and downward once the new methodology and updated data sources were applied. These changes reflect a complete switch in the statistical foundation. 🚨☘️ *It is important for readers to understand one crucial point:* data published under the old 2011-12 base is no longer a living reference point. It is no longer the operating data used by the international framework, the IMF, the World Bank, or domestic policymakers for current analysis or surveillance. The new 2022-23 series is now the sole official and internationally recognised set of national accounts. Any comparison that continues to rely on the superseded 2011-12 numbers is comparing current figures against a base that has been formally retired. 🚨 *Gold-standard elements already in place* These changes were not undertaken in isolation. They were carried out under the continuous watch of the global statistical framework that advanced economies themselves follow - the System of National Accounts, the IMF’s Special Data Dissemination Standard, and the methodological guidance contained in the IMF’s Quarterly National Accounts Manual. India remains a subscriber to the SDDS and continues to share data with the IMF, the World Bank and other multilateral institutions in accordance with internationally accepted timelines and standards. 🛑 As of early September 2026, however, the IMF has not yet published a fresh Data Adequacy Assessment that formally upgrades national accounts from ‘C’ to ‘B’ or ‘A’. The upgrade is widely anticipated in the next review cycle, but it remains pending. 🚨 Earlier, India climbed unprecedented 79 places in the World Bank’s Ease of Doing Business ranking - from 142 in 2014 to 63 in the 2020 report 1/2 Contd

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India Readies to Embrace the New World Bank Business Ready ranking 🚨 India’s approach reflects a more proactive engagement with international institutions. By aligning its statistical system with global standards while continuing to meet Special Data Dissemination Standard obligations, the country is working to ensure that its data command full confidence among multilateral agencies, investors and markets. To India’s further credit, a parallel improvement in the business environment deserves mention. India climbed 79 places in the World Bank’s Ease of Doing Business ranking - from 142 in 2014 to 63 in the 2020 report - one of the largest jumps by any major economy. With that ranking discontinued, India is now preparing to participate fully in the World Bank’s successor framework, Business Ready (B-READY), expected to cover the country in the report due around November 2026. 🛑 Taken together, the base-year revision of national accounts and the sustained reform of the business climate signal a consistent effort to raise India’s standing on internationally recognised benchmarks of data quality and economic competitiveness. GDP Gfx credit: BS

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@TamannaInamdar Is he not stick market analyst?

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