Gross Domestic Product
                                     
                                    Real gross domestic product for Q1 FY2025-26 noted a growth of 7.8% on a year-on-year basis, as compared to 6.5% in Q1 FY2024-25.
                                     
                                    
                                        
                                     
                                    
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                                    Monetary  Policy
                                     
                                    In the fourth Bi-monthly Monetary Policy for FY2025-26, the RBI-MPC unanimously decided to maintain status quo on policy rates. Consequently, key policy rates stand as: Repo rate at 5.50%, Standing Deposit Facility rate at 5.25% and Marginal Standing Facility and Bank rate at 5.75%.
                                     
                                    
                                        
                                     
                                    
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                                    Consumer Price  Index
                                     
                                    The Consumer Price Index (Combined) inflation for September 2025 printed at 1.5% as compared to the previous reading of 2.1%.
                                     
                                    
                                        
                                     
                                    
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                                    Wholesale Price  Index
                                     
                                    The Wholesale Price Index inflation printed at 0.1% in September 2025 as compared to 0.5% in the previous month, on an annual basis.
                                     
                                    
                                        
                                     
                                    
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                                    Index of Industrial  Production
                                     
                                    IIP growth printed at 4.0% in September 2025, as compared to the revised reading of 4.1% in August 2025, on a year-on-year basis.
                                     
                                    
                                        
                                     
                                    
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