India wins 39 medals at the 2026 Commonwealth Games and finishes fourth overall, according to reporting from NDTV. The total includes 39 medals across the events India participates in, despite a smaller athletics slate than in previous editions. Sources note that India competes in a reduced 10-sport program for the 2026 Games. The revised schedule excludes some sports that have traditionally contributed to India’s medal haul, which helps explain why the tally is described as the lowest in 24 years. Despite the lower number, NDTV frames India’s performance as competitive relative to the field, citing the team’s fourth-place finish. The coverage attributes the constrained medal outcome mainly to the program reduction and the absence of certain historically strong disciplines, rather than to changes in India’s overall competitiveness across the included events. The reports collectively highlight both the numerical dip compared with prior Games and the relatively strong placing reached under the modified program.