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The Asian Development Bank (ADB) has revised down India's Gross domestic product (GDP) growth forecast to 10 percent for the current fiscal (FY22) from 11 percent predicted earlier, citing the adverse impact of the second wave of the pandemic.

The growth forecast for India in fiscal year 2021 (ending in March 2022) was revised down, as the spike in COVID-19 cases during May dented the recovery. However, it said the outbreak dissipated faster than anticipated, resulting in several states easing lockdown measures and returning to more normal travel patterns.

In its Asian Development Outlook forecast in April this year, the multilateral funding agency had projected India to grow at 11 per cent in the current fiscal year. Because consumption will recover only gradually, government spending and exports will contribute more to FY2021's growth than they did in the previous fiscal year.