India’s factory output, as measured by the Index of Industrial Production (IIP), contracted by 0.1 per cent in August for the first time after a gap of 21 months.
This data was released by the National Statistical Office (NSO).
The overall industrial output had grown by 4.7 per cent in July and 10.9 per cent in August 2023.
Mining output has recorded a contraction of 4.3 per cent in August as against a growth of 3.8 per cent in July and 12.3 per cent in the year-ago period.
Electricity output also posted a contraction of 3.7 per cent in August compared with 7.9 per cent in July and 15.3 per cent in the year-ago period.
Sectorally, as per the IIP data, 11 out of the 23 sectors in the manufacturing registered contraction in August 2024.