While a slowdown in the ongoing financial year was anticipated, the steep downward revision in GDP growth for FY25 has taken many by surprise.

India forecast annual growth of 6.4% in the year ending in March, the slowest in four years and below the lower end of government's initial projection, dragged by a weaker manufacturing sector and slower corporate investments.

The slower expansion of Asia’s third largest economy comes in the wake of higher interest rates amid elevated inflation, especially of food commodities.

The Indian economy is projected to grow at 6.4% in 2024-25, down from 8.2% in the previous fiscal year, according to the National Statistical Office (NSO), which released its first advance estimates for national accounts on Tuesday.

India's economy is expected to grow 6.4% in the current fiscal year ending March, the National Statistics Office said on Tuesday, below the initial government projection of 6.5%-7%. India has released its first advance estimates of gross domestic product (GDP),