India’s industrial production rises 3.6% in October

According to the Index of Industrial Production data, manufacturing and electricity generation sectors registered a growth of 3.5% and 11.2%, respectively.

Representational image | An employee assembles door plates for Mahindra & Mahindra Ltd. | Photo: Udit Kulshrestha | Bloomberg

New Delhi: Industrial production rose 3.6 per cent in October, mainly due to better performance of manufacturing and electricity generation sectors, official data showed on Friday.

According to the Index of Industrial Production (IIP) data, manufacturing and electricity generation sectors registered a growth of 3.5 per cent and 11.2 per cent, respectively.

The mining sector witnessed a contraction of 1.5 per cent in October.

The IIP had contracted by 6.6 per cent in October 2019.