India, Feb. 2 -- Finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Sunday cited billionaire Elon Musk's remarks on a global statistics report that ranked India second in terms of a forecast on contribution to global real GDP (gross domestic product) in 2026.

The finance minister said that New Delhi "will bridge" the gap with China, which stood at the first rank on the list reshared by the Tesla CEO in an X post.

On January 31, the Tesla CEO had reshared a post by 'World of Statistics' (@stats_feed) that ranked the top 10 contributors to global real GDP growth (2026). The post, which cited the IMF (International Monetary Fund) as its data source, ranked India second with 17 per cent and China first with 26.6 per cent. Musk reposted with a caption, ...