Industrial production slowed to 1.5% in June from 1.9% in May

 
        India’s industrial production growth, measured by the Index of Industrial Production (IIP) slowed to 1.5 per cent in June, down from upward revised growth rate of 1.9 per cent in May, according to the data released by the Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation. The factory output had expanded by 4.9 per cent in the same month last year.
Among the three major components of IIP, manufacturing rose 3.9 per cent in June as compared to 2.6 percent in the previous month, while mining output contracted by 8.7 percent, and electricity generation also declined by 2.6 percent.
The corresponding growth rates of IIP as per use-based classification in June 2025 over June 2024 stood at 7.2 percent in Infrastructure or Construction Goods, 5.5 percent in Intermediate goods, 3.5 percent in Capital goods, and growth of 2.9 per cent was registered in Consumer durables.
        Meanwhile, Primary goods saw a deceleration of three percent and Consumer non-durables contracted marginally by 0.4 percent during the month.