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Falling Industrial Output

October 12 , 2019 1789 days 1090 0
  • 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.
  • The current base year for IIP is 2011-2012.

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