Overview

• Government data report 7.8% growth for April–June FY26, the strongest pace in five quarters.
• BJP figures seized on the print to attack Rahul Gandhi, with Amit Malviya calling it the “hardest slap of reality” and claiming his credibility is “dead.”
• Union Agriculture Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan hailed India as a “long live economy” and credited farmers and scientists, highlighting agriculture’s outsized contribution.
• Coverage notes the quarter’s reading came before the 25% tariffs on Indian imports announced by President Donald Trump in July, leaving future effects to be seen.
• On Sunday, Malviya defended the data and the deflator methodology against critics, asserting broad-based momentum across agriculture, manufacturing, construction and services.