India Climbs to 94th in 2026 UN SDG Index โ Its Highest-Ever Rank
India rose to 94th of 167 countries in the 2026 UN SDG Index with a score of 68.3, its best-ever rank, though hunger and health remain weak areas.
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India rose to 94th of 167 countries in the 2026 UN SDG Index with a score of 68.3, its best-ever rank, though hunger and health remain weak areas.
Goldman Sachs upgraded India's CY2026 GDP growth forecast to 6.8% and cut its inflation projection after the US-Iran peace deal lowered oil prices.
In its latest Asia-Pacific outlook, S&P Global Ratings projected India's real GDP growth will slow to 6.6% in FY27 from 7.7% in FY26, and consumer inflation will rise to 5.1%, citing energy stress, a sub-par monsoon and slowing global growth.
MoSPI announced on June 24, 2026 that India will release its first-ever monthly Index of Services Production (ISP) โ a services-sector counterpart to the IIP โ with base year 2024-25, beginning with trial data on July 14.
NITI Aayog's 8th Trade Watch Quarterly, released on June 23, 2026, shows India's trade grew 5.4% in Q4FY26 on strong services exports and flags heavy dependence on China for pharmaceutical ingredients.
India advanced two places to 70th on the World Economic Forum's Energy Transition Index 2026 and was among the strongest improvers, even as global transition readiness fell for the first time in over a decade.
IIT Delhi is India's highest-ranked university in the QS World University Rankings 2027 at 118th globally, up five places and equalling the best-ever Indian rank.
A CAG report found state government expenditure surged 131% over 10 years, with welfare and development driving the rise.
UNICEF's Children's Climate Risk Report 2026 warns over 1.1 billion children face three or more climate hazards, with hundreds of millions of Indian children exposed to extreme heat.
India introduced a new Producer Price Index series and plans to phase out the WPI within five years.
The World Bank lowered its 2026 global growth forecast to 2.5%, the slowest since 2020, citing the Middle East conflict.
The Global Peace Index 2026, released by the Institute for Economics and Peace, ranked India 127th, down from 115th in 2025, while Iceland remained the world's most peaceful country for the 19th straight year.
The SIPRI Yearbook 2026 ranks India the world's fifth-largest military spender at $92.1 billion in 2025 and estimates India's nuclear arsenal at about 190 warheads as of January 2026, against Pakistan's estimated 170.
The government will phase out the Wholesale Price Index over five years and introduce a more comprehensive Producer Price Index, with a revised WPI series (base 2022-23) launching on June 15, 2026.
The Centre has approved revising the Wholesale Price Index base year from 2011-12 to 2022-23 and will launch new Producer Price Indices (PPIs); the new series releases on June 15, 2026.
The World Economic Forum, with Frontiers, released its Top 10 Emerging Technologies of 2026 report at the Summer Davos meeting in Dalian on June 23, 2026.
The FAO's State of World Fisheries and Aquaculture (SOFIA) 2026 report shows India produced 9% of the world's aquatic animals in 2024, second only to China, and leads in inland fisheries.
Jio Platforms climbed 320 places to break into the global top 20 of WIPO's PCT patent rankings, the only Indian firm on the list.
The Ministry of Statistics has launched a new Index of Industrial Production series with base year 2022-23, expanding coverage to new sectors and adding 120 new items to better reflect the current industrial economy.
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