MoSPI Permanently Shifts Q4 GDP Release to 7 June from 31 May for Better Data Quality

India's Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation has shifted the release of the Q4 and full-year provisional GDP estimates from the traditional 31 May to 7 June every year. The change, announced on 29 May 2026, is intended to improve the quality of national accounts data by giving statisticians an extra week to absorb corporate results and central government accounts. For 2025-26, the Q4 number will be released on 5 June (a working day before 7 June).

Listed companies in India are permitted up to 60 days to file fourth-quarter earnings under SEBI regulations. The ministry said most financial results and government accounts data become available only on the last working day of May, leaving little time to incorporate them in estimates released on the same day. The extra week is expected to broaden the sample of companies and government heads of account that feed into gross value added (GVA) computation, particularly for manufacturing and services.

Quarterly GDP estimates are an important input for monetary policy decisions by the RBI, fiscal monitoring by the Centre and investment decisions by markets. The new calendar puts the release a few days after the conclusion of the listed-company reporting window, which should reduce the scale of subsequent revisions when the second advance estimates are published. The MoSPI clarified that the change applies to provisional annual estimates as well, both of which will now be published on or before 7 June each year.