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India has a developing mixed economy with a notable public sector in strategic sectors.[46] It is the world’s sixth-largest economy by nominal GDP and the third-largest by purchasing power parity (PPP) as of April 2026.
On a per capita income basis, the is nation ranked 149th by nominal GDP and 119th by PPP-adjusted GDP as 2026. From independence in 1947 until 1991, economic development was characterized by protectionist economic policies, with extensive state intervention, demand-side economics, natural resource optimization, and regulation.[48][49] An acute balance of payments crisis in 1991 led to the adoption of a broad economic liberalisation in India and indicative planning.[50][51] India has about 1,900 public sector companies under a variety of public–private partnership (PPP) models.
The government plays a major role in sectors like supercomputing, space and shipping but private participation is growing, especially in space, telecom, and satellite communications.[54]
Nearly 70% of India’s GDP is driven by domestic consumption, with the nation consistently the world’s third-largest consumer market.[55][56] As of 2025, the service sector accounts for around 55% of GDP.
Aside from private consumption, India’s GDP is fueled by government spending, investments, and exports.[58] As of 2025, India is the world’s 7th-largest importer and the 10th-largest exporter.[59] India is often described as the “pharmacy of the world,” supplying around one-fifth of global demand for pharmaceuticals to over 200 countries.
India is the largest vaccine manufacturer globally by volume, accounting for over 60% of the world’s production.[62] India is the world’s fifth-largest manufacturer, representing 3.2% of global manufacturing output.[63] India’s digital economy was estimated to be 11.7% of GDP, with its total value expected to surpass US$1 trillion by 2029.[64][65] Nearly 63% of India’s population is rural, a cohort that generates about 46% of Indian GDP.[66][67]
India has been a member of the World Trade Organization (WTO) since 1995.[68] It ranks 41st on the Global Competitiveness Index and 39th in Global Innovation Index.[69][70] As of 2025, India ranks third in the world in total number of billionaires.[71] India’s Gini index fell to 25.5 by 2023, making it the fourth-most equal country globally, suggesting significant progress in income equality.[72][73] Economists and social scientists often consider India a welfare state.[74][75] India’s overall social welfare spending stood at 8.6% of GDP in 2022.
It has two of the world’s ten largest stock exchanges.[77] India has free-trade agreements with many world nations, including the European Union, and is a member of numerous economic organisations.
India is a lower-middle income country with much of its modern economic development focused on improving standards of living for its population, which has been the largest in the world since the mid-2020s. In 2025, the IMF gave Indian GDP a ‘C’ grade, and mentioned that Indian national accounts and inflation data is not accurately recording the informal sector and people’s spending patterns.
Indus Valley Civilisation, the early civilisation of India and Pakistan, developed the economy of agriculture and craft which later spread into central India.[79] Angus Maddison estimates that from 1-1000 AD, the regions making up the present-day India contributed roughly 30% of the world’s population and GDP.[80]
India experienced per-capita GDP growth in the high medieval era.[81] By the late 17th century, most of the Indian subcontinent had been united under the Mughal Emperor Aurangzeb, which for a time Maddison estimates became the largest economy and manufacturing power in the world, producing about a quarter of global GDP, before fragmenting and being conquered over the next century.[82] The combination of protectionist, import-substitution, Fabian socialism, and social democratic-inspired policies governed India for sometime after the end of British rule.
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