India Delays Q4, FY26 GDP Release by 1 Week to Improve Data Quality

2 articles · Updated · Mint · May 29

India will publish its January-March GDP and provisional FY26 growth figures on June 5 this year, after moving the annual release date from May 31 to June 7.
The statistics ministry said the extra week lets it incorporate more listed-company Q4 earnings and finalized central government accounts, key inputs for gross value added, taxes, subsidies and government consumption.
Economists said the shift should reduce revisions by using more near-final data, though some expect only marginal gains because a one-week delay may add only a slightly larger corporate and state-data sample.
Only the Q4 and provisional full-year release is affected; Q1, Q2 and Q3 GDP schedules remain unchanged.
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