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The Living Planet Report 2026 was released on 8 October 2026 by WWF in partnership with the Zoological Society of London (ZSL). It records a 73% decline in the average size of monitored wildlife populations worldwide between 1970 and 2022, based on nearly 35,803 population trends across 5,790 vertebrate species.
The World Bank ranked India among the top 10 emerging-market performers in artificial intelligence readiness on 6 October 2026. The assessment appeared in the report titled India and Artificial Intelligence: Seizing the Development Opportunity. The report linked India’s position to its technical workforce, globally integrated information technology sector, and digital public infrastructure.
India ranked 31st in the World Economic Forum’s Travel & Tourism Development Index 2026, which assessed 110 economies and was published on 25 September 2026. India moved up nine places from 39th in the 2024 index, while Japan secured the first rank in the 2026 edition.
The World Economic Forum’s September 2026 Chief Economists’ Outlook, based on an August 2026 survey, places India at the top of the global growth outlook. The survey covers expectations for growth, inflation, household incomes, and business conditions across major regions.
The World Economic Forum released the Global Gender Gap Index 2026 on 16 September 2026. India ranked 131st among 145 countries in the index, and its position remained unchanged from the previous edition.
GIFT City, or Gujarat International Finance Tec-City, ranked 37th globally in the Global Financial Centres Index 40 and 26th in the FinTech rankings in September 2026. The index assessed 139 financial hubs worldwide through 144 quantitative measures and 39,531 professional assessments.
The International Monetary Fund (IMF) welcomed India’s efforts to modernise its macroeconomic statistical framework on 10 September 2026 in Washington. The IMF said that the inclusion of a new Index of Industrial Production (IIP) series and a new Producer Price Index (PPI) series in the national accounts release can improve the accuracy of India’s Gross Domestic Product (GDP) estimates. India has also updated its GDP calculation series by adopting 2022-23 as the new base year.
Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan’s S.P. Jain Institute of Management & Research (SPJIMR), Mumbai, ranked 26th globally and 2nd in India in the Financial Times Masters in Management (FT MiM) 2026 ranking. The institute moved up from 35th globally and 3rd in India in the 2025 edition.
NITI Aayog released the Investment Friendliness Index 2026 on 17 July 2026 to rank Indian States and Union Territories on investment-related conditions. The index covered 28 States and eight Union Territories across eight pillars, including infrastructure, business climate, resources, government policy, regulatory ease, institutional environment, financial health, and environmental resilience.