Industrial output growth slows to nine-month low

India's industrial output growth experienced a slowdown in May 2025, reaching a nine-month low of 1.2%, primarily due to contractions in the electricity and mining sectors. While manufacturing showed positive growth, driven by machinery, non-metallic minerals, and basic metals

- PRESS TRUST OF INDIA

India's industrial production growth slowed to a nine-month low of 1.2 per cent in May 2025 due to poor performance of manufacturing, mining and power sectors caused by the early onset of Monsoon, according to official data released Monday.

The factory output, measured in terms of the Index of Industrial Production (IIP), had expanded by 6.3 per cent in May 2024. The National Statistics Office also revised downward the industrial production growth for April to 2.6 per cent from the earlier estimate of 2.7 per cent released last month.

The previous low was observed in August 2024 when IIP remained unchanged.