evidence: The debate surrounding the economic performance of different governments often takes center stage in political discourse. In India, the administrations of Manmohan Singh and Narendra Modi have been pivotal in shaping the country’s economic landscape. To shed light on this debate, I conducted an analysis comparing GDP growth during the UPA regime (2004–2014) under Manmohan Singh and the NDA regime (2014–2022) under Narendra Modi. [...] Critics argue that both governments faced unprecedented economic challenges. The Manmohan Singh government grappled with the global economic recession of 2008, while the Modi government faced the COVID-19 pandemic in 2022. To address these concerns, I employed bootstrapping (non-parametric) and Monte Carlo simulations (parameteric). [...] Comparing the economic performance of the Manmohan Singh and Narendra Modi regimes is a complex task. My analysis, which considered both actual GDP data and simulated scenarios, suggests that while the UPA government may have had a slightly better GDP trajectory, the Modi government faced significant challenges that impacted the final GDP figures.