India's industrial production grew 2.4 per cent in January from a year earlier, government data showed on Tuesday. Analysts polled by Reuters had expected the output to grow 1.2 per cent annually. Revised data for December showed production at factories, mines and utilities shrank 0.5 percent compared with 0.6 per cent contraction earlier. ...
11:41 AM, Mar 12, 2013
Mumbai: The Index of Industrial Production (IIP) for the month of August grew at 2.7 per cent versus a paltry - 0.2 per cent (revised from 0.1) in July. In the April-August period, industrial production expanded an annual 0.4 per cent. A CNBC-TV18 poll had expected the industry to grow very marginally just close to about 0.94 per cent versus a figure of 0.1 per cent in the previous month....
11:24 AM, Oct 12, 2012
New Delhi: The Index of Industrial Production growth dipped to 0.1 per cent in July, as compared to 3.7 per cent in the same month last year. The July IIP growth was, however, better than the June IIP growth that remained unchanged at -1.8 per cent. The manufacturing growth fell to -0.2 per cent versus 3.1 per cent in July 2011. The mining sector growth also fell to -0.7 per...
11:33 AM, Sep 12, 2012
Bangalore: India's industrial output likely remained subdued in July, after falling steeply the previous month, as uncertainty in the global economy hurt exports, and the key infrastructure sector grew at its slowest pace in six months, a Reuters poll showed. The index of industrial production edged up 0.3 per cent year on year in July, according to a median forecast of 30 economists, after shrinking 1.8 per cent in June,...
08:36 AM, Sep 12, 2012
New Delhi: The industrial growth of the country slowed to 4.1 per cent in August on account of the poor performance of the manufacturing sector and a decline in mining output, indicating an economic slowdown. Growth in factory output, as measured in terms of the Index of Industrial Production (IIP), stood at 4.5 per cent in August last year. During the April-August period this fiscal, IIP growth stood at 5.6...
11:42 AM, Oct 12, 2011
New Delhi: Indicating sluggishness in the economy, industrial growth fell to 5.6 per cent in May this year from 8.5 per cent in the same month last year, mainly due to the poor performance of the manufacturing and mining sectors. Factory output in the month of April, as measured in terms of the Index of Industrial Production (IIP), has also been revised downward to 5.7 per cent from the earlier...
12:21 PM, Jul 12, 2011
New Delhi: Industrial growth slowed to 3.6 per cent in February, 2011, compared to 15.1 per cent expansion in the year-ago period, dragged down by poor performance of manufacturing and mining sectors. However, overall 15 out of 17 industry groups achieved positive growth in the second month of 2011. Growth in factory output in February, as measured in terms of the Index of Industrial Production (IIP), was lower than the...
11:33 AM, Apr 11, 2011
New Delhi: Industrial growth nosedived to 2.7 per cent in November 2010 against 11.3 per cent in the same period a year-ago, pulled down by dismal performance of manufacturing sector, particularly the consumer non-durables. In October 2010, the Index of Industrial Production (IIP) had expanded by 11.29 per cent. The industrial growth during April-November of this fiscal stood at 9.5 per cent, against 7.4 per cent in the corresponding period...
12:12 PM, Jan 12, 2011
Industry body feels it would help consolidate manufacturing sector. ...
10:15 AM, Feb 15, 2010
Growth driven by a robust performance by the manufacturing sector. ...
01:03 PM, Feb 12, 2010
Chittagong: Bangladesh debutant Elias Sunny grabbed six wickets against the West Indies as the opening Test headed for a draw on the fifth and final day in Chittagong on Tuesday. The left-arm spinner (6-94) became the third Bangladeshi to bag six wickets in an innings on debut as the West Indies were bowled out for 244 in their first innings in reply to Bangladesh's 350-9 declared. Bangladesh lost Shahriar Nafees...
06:27 PM, Mar 12, 2008
