India has surpassed Japan to become the world’s fourth largest economy with a size of $4.18 trillion and is poised to overtake Germany to become the third largest by 2030, the government said on Tuesday. With continuing good growth numbers, India is also the world’s fastest-growing major economy, it said. India’s real GDP grew 8.2% in the second quarter of 2025-26, up from 7.8% in the first quarter and 7.4% in the fourth quarter of the last fiscal. The U.S. is the world’s largest economy, and China occupies the second spot. The World Bank has projected a 6.5% growth in 2026, and Moody’s expects India to remain the fastest-growing G20 economy with a growth of 6.4% in 2026 and 6.5% in 2027.

Source: The Hindu December 30, 2025 20:03 UTC