Indian industrial production surprises with a growth of 2.6% in July

13 Sep 2013 Evaluate

In a big surprise and giving much needed respite to the policymakers, India's annual industrial output growth measured by index of industrial production (IIP), grew by 2.6 percent to 171.5 in the month of July from 167.1 in the same month of previous year. After contracting for past two consecutive months, industrial production surged in July mainly on the back of strong output growth witnessed in the manufacturing and electricity sectors. In June, IIP growth had contracted by 2.2% over the same period of previous year.      

The manufacturing sector, which constitutes over 75% of the index, witnessed a robust growth by 3% to 182.7 in July from 177.4 recorded in July 2012. While, electricity sector output grew by a massive 5.2% to 164.5 in the reported month from 156.3 in the same month of the previous year. However, mining sector output declined by 2.3% to 117 in the reported month from 119.7 recorded in July 2012. For the period April-July 2013-14, the cumulative IIP growth fell by 0.2% over the corresponding period of the previous year.

On use based classification, capital goods production, a barometer for investments in the economy, rebounded with a growth of robust 15.6% to 270.6 in July from 234.0 reported in corresponding period of previous year. Further, consumer non- durable products output also surged by 6.8 percent to 143.4 in July from 134.3 in July 2012. However, consumer durable products witnessed a sharp fall of 9.3% to 278.4 in the reported month from 307.0 in same month of previous year.  

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