TNPSC Thervupettagam

IIP Data-August 2017

October 14 , 2017 2609 days 1350 0
  • According to data released by Central Statistics Office (CSO), factory output measured in terms of Index of Industrial Production (IIP) has grown nine-month high to 4.3% in August 2017.
  • This was mainly due to a robust performance of the mining and power sectors coupled with higher capital goods output
Index of industrial production
  • The Index of Industrial Production (IIP) is an index for India which details out the growth of various sectors in an economy such as mineral mining, electricity and manufacturing.
  • The all India IIP is a composite indicator that measures the short-term changes in the volume of production of a basket of industrial products during a given period with respect to that in a chosen base period.
  • It is compiled and published monthly by the Central Statistical Organisation (CSO) six weeks after the reference month ends.

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