RBI raises India’s GDP growth forecast to 6.8 pc for 2025-26

IANS | October 1, 2025 11:08 AM

Mumbai, Oct 1 (IANS) The RBI has raised its projection of India’s GDP growth rate to 6.8 per cent for 2025-26 from 6.5 per cent earlier, as the implementation of several growth-inducing structural reforms, including streamlining of GST, is expected to offset some of the adverse effects of the external headwinds, Reserve Bank Governor Sanjay Malhotra said on Wednesday.

IREDA’s loan sanctions surge 86 pc to Rs 33,148 crore in H1 FY26

IANS | October 1, 2025 10:41 AM

New Delhi, Oct 1 (IANS) The Indian Renewable Energy Development Agency (IREDA) on Wednesday said that its loan sanctions surged by 86 per cent to Rs 33,148 crore in the first half this fiscal (FY26), compared to Rs 17,860 crore in the same period last financial year.