Industrial output growth slips to 2.7 pc in April, dragged mining, power sectors
The National Statistics Office (NSO) also revised upwards industrial production growth for March to 3.9 per cent from the earlier estimate of 3 per cent released last month.
The factory output, measured in terms of the Index of Industrial Production (IIP), rose by 5.2 per cent in April 2024, the data showed.
New Delhi, May 28 (PTI) India's industrial production growth slowed to 2.7 per cent in April 2025 due to poor performance of manufacturing, mining and power sectors, according to official data released on Wednesday.
The NSO data showed that the manufacturing sector's output growth slightly decelerated to 3.4 per cent in April 2025 from 4.2 per cent in the year-ago month.
Mining production contracted by 0.2 per cent as against a growth of 6.8 per cent growth a year ago.
Power output growth also slowed to 1 per cent in April 2025 against 10.2 per cent in the year-ago period. PTI KKS MR
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