India, June 6 -- RBI Governor Sanjay Malhotra on Friday estimated the country's real GDP growth at 6.5 per cent for the fiscal year 2025-26.

Malhotra made the prediction while announcing the RBI's bimonthly monetary policy after three days of Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) deliberations. This means that the central bank has retained its earlier forecast for the growth in the country's GDP.

"Real GDP growth rate for this year, 2025-2026, is projected at 6.5 per cent, continuing with our earlier forecast, with Q1 at 6.5 per cent, Q2 at 6.7 per cent, Q3 at 6.6 per cent, and Q4 at 6.4 per cent. The risks are evenly balanced," Malhotra said.

The RBI lowered the inflation projection to 3.7 per cent from the earlier estimate of 4 per cent. T...