India’s factory output growth rises 3.5% in October

12 Dec 2024 Evaluate

India’s factory output growth measured in terms of the Index of Industrial Production (IIP) rose 3.5 percent in October 2024, up from 3.1 percent the previous month. The growth is driven by a climb in manufacturing and a modest pick up in mining and electricity generation. This marked the second consecutive month of IIP growth, after the index contracted by 0.1% in August. The Quick Estimates of IIP stood at 149.9 against 144.9 in October 2023. Industrial output is the closest approximation for measuring the economic activity of the country's business landscape. In the April-October period, industrial output increased by 4 percent, compared to a revised 7 percent from a year earlier.

Among the three main sectors, manufacturing logged a growth of 4.1 percent in October, as compared to 3.9 percent in the preceding month. The output of the mining sector increased to 0.9 percent from 0.2 percent in September, and electricity generation increased by 2 percent from 0.5 percent. The Indices of Industrial Production for the Mining, Manufacturing and Electricity sectors for the month of October 2024 stood at 128.5, 147.9 and 207.8 respectively. Within the manufacturing sector, 18 out of 23 industry groups at NIC 2 digit-level have recorded a positive growth in October 2024 over October 2023. The top three positive contributors for the month of October 2024 are - Manufacture of basic metals (3.5 percent), Manufacture of electrical equipment (33.1 percent) and Manufacture of coke and refined petroleum products (5.6 percent).

As per the use base classification, the indices stood at 149.9 for Primary Goods, 109.4 for Capital Goods, 163.4 for Intermediate Goods and 183.0 for Infrastructure/ Construction Goods for the month of October 2024. Further, the indices for Consumer durables and Consumer non-durables stood at 130.2 and 146.3 respectively. The corresponding growth rates of IIP as per Use-based classification in October 2024 over October 2023 are 2.6 percent in Primary goods, 3.1 percent in Capital goods, 3.7 percent in Intermediate goods, 4.0 percent in Infrastructure/ Construction Goods, 5.9 percent in Consumer durables and 2.7 percent in Consumer non-durables. Based on use-based classification, top three positive contributors to the growth of IIP for the month of October 2024 are - Primary goods, Intermediate goods, and Consumer durables. 


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