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INDIA INDUSTRIAL OUTPUT GROWS BY 4% IN SEP, DRIVEN BY MFG SECTOR
Hindustan Times Ranchi
|October 29, 2025
Industrial activity, as measured by the Index of Industrial Production (IIP), grew at 4% in September. While technically a three-month low, the September IIP growth number is not very different from what it was in July and August at 4.3% and 4.1% respectively.
Of the three broad components of IIP, an uptick in manufacturing largely offset a contraction in mining activity and a slowdown in growth in electricity. Manufacturing, which has the highest weightage of 77.6% in the index, grew at 4.8%, up from 3.8% in August. Mining and quarrying, with a weight of 14.4%, contracted by 0.5%, compared to an expansion of 6.6% in August. Electricity, having a weight of 8%, grew at 3.1%, sl
This story is from the October 29, 2025 edition of Hindustan Times Ranchi.
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