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India’s manufacturing activity slips for the first time in 22 months

he Index of Industrial Production is the only official monthly indicator which gives an idea about the level of economic activity in manufacturing in the Indian economy. (Bloomberg file photo)
Updated on Oct 12, 2024 03:38 AM IST

Is IIP a correct indicator of economic activity?

he Index of Industrial Production is the only official monthly indicator which gives an idea about the level of economic activity in manufacturing in the Indian economy. (Bloomberg file photo)
Published on Nov 14, 2023 12:02 PM IST

India’s K-shaped recovery crisis

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The Index of Industrial Production (IIP) grew at 5.8% in September
Published on Nov 13, 2023 09:14 AM IST

Inflation eases below tolerance band of 6%

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Updated on Apr 13, 2023 02:20 AM IST

What does data tell us about spike in milk prices?

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Updated on Apr 12, 2023 10:24 AM IST

Industrial production at 22.4 % in March, rises after 2 months

Employees guide finished corrugated steel roofing onto a pallet in the tube mill at the manufacturing facility of Uttam Galva Steels Ltd., the Indian unit of ArcelorMittal, in Khopoli, Maharashtra, India.
Published on May 12, 2021 07:14 PM IST

Industrial production grows by 1 pc in December

The IIP had grown by 0.4 per cent in December 2019.
Published on Feb 12, 2021 06:00 PM IST

All eyes on the economy | HT Editorial

Union finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman at National Media Centre, New Delhi, November 12, 2020
Updated on Nov 13, 2020 08:42 PM IST

State of the economy: The recovery question

Finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman addresses the media in New Delhi on Monday.
Updated on Oct 13, 2020 05:54 AM IST

Industrial production declines 8% in August

A worker pours molten iron from a ladle to make automobile spare parts inside an iron casting factory in Ahmedabad in this tile photo. Industrial production declined by 8 per cent in August, official data showed on Monday.
Published on Oct 12, 2020 06:35 PM IST

What IIP numbers tell us about industrial activity in lockdown

A labourer works at Shankar Chowk elevated U-turn flyover during the ongoing Covid-19 lockdown in Gurugram on June 13, 2020.
Updated on Aug 19, 2020 02:05 AM IST

Economic data will help policy

The government needs to realise that ensuring publication of quality economic data is as important as monitoring health indicators during the pandemic
Updated on Jun 16, 2020 07:33 PM IST

April factory output contracts by 55.5%

During April, manufacturing production contracted 64.3% while mining and electricity output shrank by 27.4% and 22.6%, respectively.
Updated on Jun 13, 2020 08:09 AM IST

Industrial production grows 4.5 % in February

Electricity generation grew at 8.1 per cent as against a growth of 1.3 per cent in February 2019. Mining sector output grew by 10 per cent compared to a growth of 2.2 per cent earlier. (Photo by Sakib Ali /Hindustan Times)
Updated on Apr 09, 2020 06:09 PM IST

Factory output recovers in November, expands by 1.8%

The number underlines the signs of some sort of recovery in industrial activity
Updated on Jan 11, 2020 06:46 AM IST

The economic contraction | HT Editorial

The second factor at play is the squeeze on farm incomes through low inflation
Updated on Nov 12, 2019 06:20 PM IST

Why Modi government 2.0 might have to change its political economy script

In the first two quarters after the new government took over in May, GDP growth increased by 3.4 percentage points again.
Updated on Sep 14, 2019 09:09 AM IST

Auto in slow lane: Making sense of crash in car sales

A comparison of domestic sales of two-wheelers and passenger cars with quarterly GDP figures suggests that the recent deceleration in vehicle sales is in keeping with the fall in GDP growth.
Updated on Jun 14, 2019 08:30 AM IST

Rural incomes slow down, may necessitate stimulus

Several consumer product firms that reported tepid January-March results have attributed this to falling rural sales.
Updated on May 14, 2019 09:39 AM IST

Core sectors’ growth slows down to 2.1 % in February

Eight infrastructure sectors -- coal, crude oil, natural gas, refinery products, fertilisers, steel, cement and electricity -- had expanded by 5.4 per cent in February 2018.
Updated on Apr 01, 2019 10:42 PM IST

Inflation at 4-month high in February, industrial growth slows down

The CSO, however, revised marginally upwards the IIP growth number for December 2018 to 2.6 per cent from the earlier estimate of 2.4 per cent.
Updated on Mar 12, 2019 09:43 PM IST

Retail inflation eases to 2.05% in January, factory output improves

Workers and customers look through the goods at a wholesale food grain and commodities shop in the Agricultural Product Marketing Committee (APMC) Yard in Bangalore.
Updated on Feb 12, 2019 06:04 PM IST

Demand back in economy as corporate earnings set to rise in double-digit for third straight quarter

The manufacturing economy seems to have overcome the aftershocks of demonetisation and GST.
Updated on Jul 13, 2018 11:44 PM IST

Infrastructure growth rises 5.3% in February as cement, refinery outputs pick up

Cumulatively, the eight core sectors grew by 4.3% in April-February 2017-18 against 4.7% in the same period last fiscal.
Updated on Apr 02, 2018 06:29 PM IST