Industrial output contracts for 1st time in nearly 2-yrs
The Free Press Journal|October 12, 2024
India's IIP contracts 0.1% in August; at 22-month low
Industrial output contracts for 1st time in nearly 2-yrs

After a gap of nearly two years, India's industrial production turned negative as it contracted by 0.1 per cent in August, mainly due to a decline in the mining and power generation sectors' output, in addition to an almost flat expansion in the manufacturing sector.

According to the data released by the National Statistical Office (NSO), factory output growth based on the Index of Industrial Production (IIP) has also been revised downwards for July to 4.7 per cent from the earlier estimate of 4.8 per cent.

"The IIP growth rate for the month of August 2024 is (-) 0.1 per cent, which was 4.7 per cent in the month of July 2024," NSO said in a release.

The IIP growth in August 2023 was 10.9 per cent.

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