WHAT'S NEXT?: India's ambitions, particularly in technology and economic growth targets promise much from this populous country determined to be a world leader.
[New] 2026: Adani Group announced plans to invest USD 100 billion by 2035 to develop renewable-powered, AI-ready hyperscale data centers across India, expanding national capacity from about 2 GW to 5 GW and potentially catalyzing a USD 250 billion AI infrastructure ecosystem over the next decade.
MarkNtel Advisors
[New] The future of global digital banking includes a substantial Indian component, and that future is arriving faster than most investors anticipated.
TechBullion
[New] The Reserve Bank of India has launched its medium-term strategy 'Utkarsh 2029' for April 2026-March 2029, aiming to build a future-ready financial ecosystem.
Adda247
[New] Google Play will label verified investment apps in India to curb scams.
Politico
[New] India's new free trade agreements with the European Union and the United Kingdom as well as Sri Lanka's planned phase-out of para-tariffs are expected to result in broad-based real income gains for household across the entire income distribution.
World Bank
[New] The CEA has projected deployment of 80 GW of battery energy storage systems by 2035-36 as part of India's long-term generation planning framework.
Center for Strategic and International Studies
[New] India plans to invest 12.2 trillion rupees in infrastructure in the next financial year, a ~9% increase from last year.
Last Week in ConTech
[New] The SHANTI Act marks a paradigm shift by breaking the decades-old state monopoly on nuclear power, aligning India's energy policy with its 2047 economic ambitions.
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[New] India has secured positions in major UN bodies, including the Commission on Science and Technology for Development (2027-2030), the Committee on Non-Governmental Organizations (NGO Committee) (2027-2030), and the Committee for Programme and Coordination (2027-2029).
Guidely
[New] For calendar 2027, India's growth is projected to remain steady at 6.5%, indicating a stable medium-term path rather than further acceleration.
Business Today
[New] The 47% Intensity Reduction Target: India pledged to reduce emissions relative to GDP by 47% by 2035 compared with 2005.
youth4planet
[New] Enhancing cooperation with Saudi Arabia and other Gulf states could help Pakistan regain the trust that had been eroding as India expanded its strategic and economic partnerships with Arab states.
Dawn
[New] India's Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) plans to launch the crewed Gaganyaan mission on the LVM3 rocket to a circular 400 km orbit for a three-day human spaceflight demonstration.
Grokipedia
[New] India's Gaganyaan G1 was originally planned as the Indian Space Research Organisation's (ISRO) first crewed spaceflight, but has been delayed to NET 2027, sending three astronauts to a 400 km low Earth orbit for a three-day mission to demonstrate human spaceflight capabilities.
Grokipedia
[New] India's Gaganyaan program includes an uncrewed test flight in late 2025 or early 2026 using the LVM-3 rocket, with the crewed three-astronaut orbital demonstration delayed to no earlier than 2027.
Grokipedia
[New] Electric bus penetration in India stood at only 5% in FY25, projected to reach 10-12% of new bus sales by FY27, per India Ratings and Research, signaling enormous headroom for growth.
Persistence Market Research
[New] India is emerging as a critical global consumption engine, with GDP growth projected to be nearly double that of leading economies.
Bain & Company
[New] India's GDP per capita is expected to surpass $4,000 by 2030, which has been a key inflection point for discretionary spending in other markets.
Bain & Company
[New] By the end of the decade, more than one in ten retail dollars and one in four non-grocery retail dollars are expected to be spent online. / IndiaBain & Company
Last updated: 19 April 2026
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