Budget for 2025-26 to boost India's growth over next few years: S&P Global Ratings

05 Feb 2025 Evaluate

S&P Global Ratings has said that the budget for 2025-26 will boost India's growth over the next few years via domestic demand through income tax cuts and the country will achieve the targeted 4.4 per cent fiscal deficit despite hiking I-T rebate. It said India's union budget is in line with its expectation of gradual fiscal consolidation and that undergirds the positive outlook on India's sovereign ratings BBB-. The deficit targets are also consistent with S&P's projections.

It stated ‘We believe India will hit its deficit targets despite revenue loss from lifting the threshold for minimum taxable income and slower economic growth. Support will stem from continued large dividends from the central bank and potential capital underspending.’ It said the fiscal 2026 budget will boost growth over the next few years via domestic demand through tax cuts for households.

It said ‘We anticipate consumer spending and public investments will maintain real GDP growth at 6.7 per cent in fiscal 2025 and 6.8 per cent in fiscal 2026. These growth rates continue to place India above sovereign peers at similar income levels and should continue to support fiscal revenue increase despite the income tax cuts.’

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