Industrial production, as represented by Index of Industrial Production (IIP) with base 2011-12 for the month of October 2018 stands at 132.4, which is 8.1 percent higher as compared to the level in the month of October 2017. The cumulative growth for the period April-October 2018 over the corresponding period of the previous year stands at 5.6 percent.
The Indices of Industrial Production for the Mining, Manufacturing and Electricity sectors for the month of October 2018 stand at 107.9, 133.5 and 166.0 respectively, with the corresponding growth rates of 7.0 percent, 7.9 percent and 10.8 percent as compared to October 2017.
In terms of industries, twenty one out of the twenty three industry groups (as per 2-digit NIC-2008) in the manufacturing sector have shown positive growth during the month of October 2018 as compared to the corresponding month of the previous year.
As per Use-based classification, the growth rates in October 2018 over October 2017 are 6.0 percent in Primary goods, 16.8 percent in Capital goods, 1.8 percent in Intermediate goods and 8.7 percent in Infrastructure/ Construction Goods.