Data showed that the manufacturing sector (5.8 per cent) led the revival in industrial production, followed by electricity (4.4 per cent) and mining sector (1.9 per cent) during the month
Industrial output in November 2024 grows at 5.2%, up from 3.5% in October 2024
Both Sensex and Nifty closed over 1 per cent lower on Tuesday, November 12, with the Sensex ending at 78,675.18 and the Nifty closing at 23,883.45 levels
Retail inflation: The jump in inflation was due to a rise in food prices as food inflation came in at 9.53 per cent in December
Growth in manufacturing output decelerated to 3.1 per cent, whereas that in electricity and mining accelerated to 4.2 per cent and 7.6 per cent, respectively, from last month
CLOSING BELL ON JUNE 12, 2023: The Nifty reclaimed the 17,600 level; In the broader market, BSE Midcap index advanced 0.5 per cent, and Smallcap added 0.7 per cent on Monday.
One reason for decline is muted domestic demand, particularly in rural areas due to high inflation
Experts say manufacturing is declining due to a slump in overseas demand and production-linked incentive schemes will take time to yield results
Core inflation inches up; manufacturing activity declines
FinMin blames adverse base effect, increase in food and fuel prices
Flat growth may prompt the monetary policy committee not to go for an aggressive rate hike in August
Electricity was the biggest driver of industrial output, rising 23.5%. Manufacturing output grew by 20.6%, while mining output grew by 10.9%
Electricity output rose to double digits in April
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The BSE Midcap index was down 0.5 per cent, while the Smallcap index was up 0.2 per cent
IIP had already shrunk by a record 16.7% in March which saw seven days of lockdown
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India's industrial production is expected to stay muted in the near term, owing to weak exports, rural distress, credit constraints and uncertainty over the election outcome, a report said Monday. According to Dun and Bradstreet's (D&B) latest Economy Forecast, the Index of Industrial Production (IIP) is likely to have grown by 3-3.2 per cent during February 2019. As per the IIP data in January released by the Central Statistics Office (CSO), the growth in industrial production declined to 1.7 per cent as against 7.5 per cent a year ago, owing to subdued performance of the manufacturing sector, especially capital and consumer goods. "Given the headwinds in the global economy and domestic structural bottlenecks, the concerns to growth remain heightened," said Arun Singh, lead economist, Dun & Bradstreet India. Singh further noted that in the short term, the risks remain accentuated as the concerns on the global front are growing while, domestically, the uncertainty on the ...