Industrial growth slips to 3.1% in September due to waning low base effect

13 Nov 2021 Evaluate

The Index of Industrial Production (IIP) indicating industrial growth slipped to 3.1 per cent in September, mainly due to the waning low base effect while mining and manufacturing sectors performed well. The IIP growth witnessed double-digit growth from May onwards this year, mainly due to the lower base effect. For the month of September 2021, the Quick Estimates of Index of Industrial Production (IIP) with base 2011-12 stood at 127.9 compared to 124.1 in the same month last year. The index stood at 122.9 points in September 2019.

The manufacturing sector, which constitutes 77.63 per cent of the IIP, grew 2.7 per cent in September. The mining sector output rose 8.6 per cent in September while power generation increased 0.9 per cent. The manufacturing sector had recorded a growth of 0.4 per cent in September 2020. The mining sector output grew 1.4 per cent in the same month. The electricity generation had grown by 4.9 per cent in September 2020. The Indices of Industrial Production for the Mining, Manufacturing and Electricity sectors for the month of September 2021 stood at 95.1, 129.9 and 167.9 respectively.

The output of capital goods, which is a barometer of investment, grew 1.3 per cent in September 2021. It had witnessed a contraction of 1.2 per cent in the year-ago period. Consumer durables manufacturing contracted 2 per cent in the month under review against a growth of 5.3 per cent in September 2020. Consumer non-durable goods production contracted 0.5 per cent in September over a 2.4 cent growth in the year-ago period. As per Use-based classification, the indices stood at 117.3 for Primary Goods, 91.5 for Capital Goods, 140.2 for Intermediate Goods and 142.5 for Infrastructure/ Construction Goods for the month of September 2021. Further, the indices for Consumer durables and Consumer non-durables stood at 126.4 and 146.6 respectively for the month September 2021.

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