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How fast is construction growing?

7.7%

Q1 2026-27▼ 1.0 vs Q4 2025-26

MoSPI · released 31 Aug 2026 · next due by 30 Nov 2026

How fast is construction growing?
Period	Value (%)
Q1 2026-27	7.7
Q4 2025-26	8.7
Q3 2025-26	7.0
Q2 2025-26	7.8
Q1 2025-26	5.2
Q4 2024-25	7.5
Q3 2024-25	5.2
Q2 2024-25	5.6
Q1 2024-25	8.1
Q4 2023-24	8.4
Q3 2023-24	8.7
Q2 2023-24	13.2
Q1 2023-24	9.0

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India's construction sector grew 7.7% in real terms (GVA) in Q1 2026-27, compared with 8.7% in Q4 2025-26. Source: MoSPI, Quarterly Estimates of GDP (base 2022-23).

Cite as: Quarterly Estimates of GDP (National Accounts Statistics) (NSO, MoSPI), Q1 2026-27

What this shows

Construction value added grew 7.7% in real terms in Q1 (April–June) 2026-27, up from 5.2% a year earlier; at current prices it grew 16.5%.
Indicators MoSPI tracks for the quarter rose too: cement production 8.9%, finished steel consumption 8.3% and IIP infrastructure/construction goods 7.2% (press note annexure, 31 August 2026).
The fastest quarter on the new series was Q2 2023-24 (13.2%); the slowest, Q1 2025-26 and Q3 2024-25 (5.2% each).

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Quarterly Estimates of GDP (National Accounts Statistics) (NSO, MoSPI), Q1 2026-27

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Source and method

Source: MoSPI, Quarterly Estimates of GDP (base 2022-23)
Table: GVA at basic prices, 2.3 Construction: press note Q1 2026-27, Statement 1; NAS 2026 Statement 8.18.1
Released: 31 Aug 2026
Retrieved: 18 Oct 2026
Next due: by 30 Nov 2026
Processing: Copied as published.
Licence: GODL-India

What exactly is measured

Year-on-year growth in real gross value added by construction, by quarter of the financial year, at constant 2022-23 prices. Construction covers buildings and infrastructure works. The latest quarter is a first estimate.

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Exam facts

Published by: National Statistics Office (NSO), Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation
Survey / report: Quarterly Estimates of GDP (National Accounts Statistics)
Base year: 2022-23
Frequency: Quarterly, about two months after the quarter ends (Q1 = April–June)
Measures: Year-on-year growth of real gross value added in construction (buildings and infrastructure works), at constant 2022-23 prices
Syllabus: GS-III · Economy

The new national accounts series with base year 2022-23 was released on 27 February 2026, replacing the 2011-12 base; growth rates from the two series are not comparable.
Quarterly estimates use the benchmark-indicator method: the previous year's estimates are extrapolated with indicators of each sector's performance (MoSPI press note, Q1 2026-27).
On 31 August 2026 MoSPI updated every quarter from Q1 2022-23 to Q4 2025-26 with the new Output Producer Price Index and the IIP on base 2022-23.

History: every published version

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No figure in this series has been revised since we began recording on 18 Oct 2026.

18 Oct 2026, 21:03 IST13 periods, latest Q1 2026-27: 7.7% · first snapshotArchived source83c91d610ea6

Release notes (1)

Aug 20267.7%Q1 2026-27, first estimate

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