Industrial production grows by 1 per cent in December

PTI Updated - December 06, 2021 at 09:58 AM.

New Holland Fiat India Pvt. Ltd. employees work on a tractor chassis on the assembly line at the company's production plant in Greater Noida, India, on Thursday, Sept. 9, 2010. India's Industrial production probably climbed 7.8 percent from a year earlier after rising 7.1 percent in June, which was the smallest gain in 13 months, according to the median estimate in a Bloomberg News survey of three economists. Photographer: Pankaj Nangia/Bloomberg

India's industrial production grew by 1 per cent in December, official data showed on Friday.

According to the Index of Industrial Production (IIP) data, the manufacturing sector output grew by 1.6 per cent in December 2020.

Mining output declined by 4.8 per cent, while power generation grew 5.1 per cent in December 2020.

The IIP had grown by 0.4 per cent in December 2019.

Industrial production has been hit due to the Covid-19 pandemic since March last year when IIP contracted by 18.7 per cent in the month.

Published on February 12, 2021 13:04