INDIA’S EXTERNAL PERFORMANCE DEMONSTRATES RESILIENCE TO GLOBAL SHOCKS: ECONOMIC SURVEY 2025-26

• Economic Survey 2025-26, tabled by FM Nirmala Sitharaman on 29 January 2026, dedicates a chapter to the external sector concluding India is resilient to global shocks.
• India's share of global merchandise exports has nearly doubled from 1% (2005) to 1.8% (2024); share in commercial services exports more than doubled from 2% to 4.3%.
• UNCTAD Trade & Development Report 2025 ranks India 3rd in the Global South for trade-partner diversification (index 3.2), after China and UAE.
• High examinable value for GS-III (External Sector, Trade) and Prelims (Economic Survey factoids).