Tag: Index of Industrial Production

Too good to last: On November’s industrial data, the Indian economy

December 30, 2025 admin

India’s relatively strong industrial performance in November 2025, especially driven by the manufacturing sector as it was, was more likely a flash in the pan than the start of a consistent trend. The Index of Industrial Production (IIP) grew 6.7% in November, the fastest growth rate in 25 months. Within this, the manufacturing sector grew…

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IIP growth dips to three-month low of 4% in September as mining, consumer non-durables slip

October 28, 2025 admin

Image used for representation purpose only. | Photo Credit: Getty Images/iStockphoto Industrial activity dipped marginally to a three-month low of 4% in September 2025. The data also shows that the growth in industrial activity during the first half of the financial year (April-September) was the slowest in at least five years. Growth in the Index…

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Index of Industrial Production growth slows to 4% in August 2025, dragged by consumer-facing sectors

September 29, 2025 admin

The mining and quarrying sector grew 6% in August 2025, a 14-month high, snapping a four-month streak of contractions. File | Photo Credit: The Hindu Growth in industrial activity in India slowed to 4% in August 2025 from its 6-month high growth of 4.3% in July. Growth was dragged down by the consumer durables and…

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Questionable cheer: On GDP growth numbers

September 1, 2025 admin

The GDP growth numbers released on Friday (August 29, 2025), showing that growth in Q1 of this financial year stood at 7.8%, came as a pleasant surprise at a time when most of the commentary has been about the factors holding growth back. For instance, even the Reserve Bank of India, as recently as August…

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IIP growth recovers to four-month high of 3.5% on broad-based growth

August 28, 2025 admin

The manufacturing sector grew at a six-month high of 5.4% in July 2025, compared to 4.7% in July 2024. | Photo Credit: K.K. Mustafah Industrial growth jumped to a four-month high of 3.5% in July 2025, driven by a broad-based recovery in the manufacturing, electricity, capital, and consumer goods sectors. However, the Index of Industrial…

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Interrupted growth: On economic activity, climate-related events

July 29, 2025 admin

The Index of Industrial Production (IIP), the nation’s monthly barometer of goods output, revealed a 10-month low growth rate in June, at 1.5%, largely due to the sharp contraction in mining activity, by –8.7% (10.3% in June 2024), and electricity output, by –2.6% (8.6% in June 2024). The early onset of the southwest monsoon, with…

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Industrial output returns to positive trajectory in September

November 12, 2024 admin

Photo used for representation purpose. File | Photo Credit: K. Murali Kumar India’s industrial output returned to the positive trajectory with a moderate uptick of 3.1% in September, after recording the first contraction in 21 months this August, led by a 3.9% growth in manufacturing output even as electricity and mining sectors clocked a mere…

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Industrial output shrank 0.1% in August; manufacturing output grows 1%

October 11, 2024 admin

Photo used for representation purpose only. | Photo Credit: Getty Images/iStockphoto India’s industrial output shrank 0.1% in August, led by contractions of 4.3% and 3.7% in mining and electricity, even as manufacturing output grew a meagre 1%. The National Statistical Office said it is likely that the decline in the growth of Mining sector is…

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India’s industrial output grows 4.8% in July

September 12, 2024 admin

Image for representational purposes only. | Photo Credit: REUTERS India’s industrial output growth rose 4.8% in July, the second-slowest pace in the financial year 2024-25, from an upgraded 4.7% growth in June, even as mining and electricity growth slowed, and non-consumer durables’ production slipped a sharp 4.4%, marking the third contraction in four months. In…

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Inflation drops to 10-month low in March 2024, but no relief on food bills yet

April 12, 2024 admin

A similar easing was recorded in pulses, whose prices rose 17.7% in March, 2024, from 18.5% in February. | Photo Credit: Sushil Kumar Verma India’s retail inflation moderated to a ten-month low of 4.85% in March from 5.1% in February, but food inflation remained sticky at 8.52%, little changed from the 8.66% recorded in the…

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