World Bank Executive Director Challenges Claims of India's Q1 GDP Growth

Neelkanth Mishra, World Bank Executive Director, has strongly refuted claims that India's economy grew by only 2.6% in the first quarter of the current fiscal year, calling them "ill-educated" and "egregiously wrong." This comes amidst a political debate over government-released growth figures, which reported a 7.8% growth. Mishra's comments address arguments that a lower growth rate would result if an "original" base from June 2025 was used for the June 2026 quarter.