
New Delhi: Industrial production grew by just 1.8 per cent year-on-year in December 2011 due to contraction in mining and capital goods sectors and a lower manufacturing sector growth. Factory output growth, as measured by the Index of Industrial Production (IIP), was at 8.1 per cent in December 2010. Output of the manufacturing sector, which constitutes over 75 per cent of the index, rose at a lower rate of 1.8...

12:01 PM, Feb 10, 2012

New Delhi: Poor performance of the manufacturing and mining sectors pulled down overall growth of industry to 7.8 per cent in 2010-11 from 10.5 per cent in the previous fiscal. Factory output in March, as measured in terms of the Index of Industrial Production (IIP) released on Thursday, also witnessed lower growth of 7.3 per cent, compared to 15.5 per cent expansion in the same month a year ago. However,...

11:31 AM, May 12, 2011

Growth driven by a robust performance by the manufacturing sector. ...

01:03 PM, Feb 12, 2010

Are the UPA's dreams of 7 per cent now going to remain a pipe dream? ...

02:28 AM, Feb 28, 2009

A significant fall in manufacturing output may have led to the drastic fall. ...

09:47 PM, Feb 12, 2009

Industrial growth dropped to -0.4 per cent for October, reflect IIP numbers. ...

03:17 AM, Dec 13, 2008

However, experts say it's not yet time to celebrate. ...

06:42 PM, Nov 13, 2008

The IIP figures provide data of sector wise growth, year on year. ...

12:50 PM, Oct 10, 2008

Industrial output is geared to the domestic market, accounting for a fifth of GDP. ...

03:09 PM, Sep 12, 2008

The mining sector registered a 4.7 pc growth rate from April-June. ...

01:59 PM, Aug 12, 2008

London: Chris Tremlett's bounce and James Anderson's swing will be key to nullify Sachin Tendulkar's threat on England in the upcoming Test series against India, reckons former skipper Michael Vaughan. I have seen him driving through balls early on and be bowled or lbw on a number of occasions. England could also undermine him with bounce, which is why Tremlett will be the key. If the ball is swinging, James...

12:27 AM, Feb 13, 2008

While India Inc’s services are selling like hot cakes what’s keeping the manufacturing sector in the back of beyonds? ...

12:21 AM, Feb 26, 2007

A strong showing by manufacturing sector offset the slowdown in power generation and mining production. ...

01:29 PM, Oct 12, 2006