In New Delhi, German Ambassador to India Philipp Ackermann described India’s 8.2 percent real GDP growth in the July–September quarter of 2025–26 as “very impressive,” saying the strong upward trend makes India an increasingly attractive market and a stable, economically powerful regional partner for German investors.
Official data from the National Statistics Office (NSO), Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation (MoSPI), showed India’s real GDP expanded 8.2 percent in Q2, up from 5.6 percent in the same quarter a year earlier. Nominal GDP rose 8.7 percent in the quarter. Chief Economic Adviser V. Anantha Nageswaran has said the economy is poised to record growth above 7 percent for the 2025–26 fiscal year.
Ackermann told ANI that the rapid pace of growth is positive news for German businesses and reinforces India’s appeal as a destination for investment. German companies are already active across sectors such as automobile manufacturing, green energy, industrial machinery and emerging technologies, and the ambassador suggested those ties are likely to deepen as the market expands.
Bilateral cooperation also extends to security. The 10th meeting of the India–Germany Joint Working Group on Counter Terrorism, held in Delhi last month, saw both sides unequivocally condemn terrorism in all forms, including cross‑border attacks. Participants discussed policy priorities and challenges such as preventing online radicalisation, the misuse of new and emerging technologies by terrorists, countering terrorist financing, capacity building, judicial cooperation, and exchanges on the designation of terrorists and entities.
Both countries reaffirmed commitments to strengthen collaboration in multilateral fora, including the United Nations, the Global Counter‑Terrorism Forum, the Financial Action Task Force and the No Money for Terror ministerial initiative, underscoring the broadening strategic and economic ties between India and Germany.
