India’s IIP growth turns positive, grows 1.8% in November

13 Jan 2020 Evaluate

Turning positive after three months of contraction, India's factory output growth, measured by the Index of Industrial Production (IIP), grew 1.8% in November 2019, mainly on account of improvement in the manufacturing sector. The IIP had contracted by 1.4% in August, 4.3% in September and 4% (revised) in October in 2019. The factory output had grown by 0.2% in November 2018. As per the data released by the National Statistics Office of the Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation, IIP with base 2011-12 for the month of November 2019 stood at 128.4, which is 1.8% higher as compared to the level in the month of November 2018. The cumulative growth for the period April-November 2019 over the corresponding period of the previous year stood at 0.6%.

On the sectoral front, the growth in the manufacturing sector was 2.7% as against a contraction of 0.7% in the same month last year. Electricity generation turned negative (-) 5% as against a growth of 5.1% in November 2018. Mining sector output decelerated to 1.7% from 2.7% in the year ago month. The Indices of Industrial Production for the Mining, Manufacturing and Electricity sectors for the month of November 2019 stand at 112.5, 130.2 and 139.9, respectively. The cumulative growth in these three sectors during April-November 2019 over the corresponding period of 2018 has been (-) 0.1%, 0.9% and 0.8%, respectively.

Besides, production of capital goods, a barometer of investment, contracted by 8.6%. This compares with a contraction of 4.1% in November 2018. Also, there was a contraction of 3.5% in the infrastructure and construction goods segment. As per Use-based classification, the growth rates in November 2019 over November 2018 are (-) 0.3% in Primary goods and 17.1% in Intermediate goods. The Consumer durables and Consumer non-durables have recorded growth of (-) 1.5% and 2.0%, respectively.

In terms of industries, 13 out of the 23 industry groups in the manufacturing sector have shown positive growth during the month of November 2019 as compared to the corresponding month of the previous year. The industry group ‘Manufacture of wood and products of wood and cork, except furniture; manufacture of articles of straw and plaiting materials’ has shown the highest positive growth of 23.2% followed by 12.9% in ‘Manufacture of basic metals’. On the other hand, the industry group ‘Other manufacturing’ has shown the highest negative growth of (-) 13.5% followed by (-) 12.6% in ‘Manufacture of motor vehicles, trailers and semi-trailers’.

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