India’s industrial output growth saw a 10-month low in June, with Index of Industrial Production (IIP) growing by mere 1.5% as against 1.9% in May 2025.
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Last year in August, the industries had contracted by 6.9%. The eight core industries comprise 40.27% of the weight of items included in the Index of Industrial Production.
Inflation, highest since May 2014, rose both on account of food inflation and core inflation. Economists expect a prolonged pause in rate cuts by the RBI.
The Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation attributed the decline to a large number of industrial units not operating from the end of March due to the lockdown.
Index of Industrial Production figures for May are an improvement over the 58% contraction in April, the first full month of the nationwide Covid-19 lockdown.
According to data from the NSO, the manufacturing sector output grew by 1.5 per cent as compared with a rise of 1.3 per cent in the corresponding month a year ago.
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