The country's industrial output slumped the most in nearly seven years and contracted for the first time in over two years.
The slump was led by a sharp decline in the crucial manufacturing, capital goods and consumer durables sectors.
India's industrial output contracted by 1.1 percent month-on-month (MoM) in August, according to the Index of Industrial Production (IIP) data released by the central statistical organisation (CSO) on October 11.
Industrial output or factory output, is the closest approximation for measuring economic activity in the country's business landscape.