Industrial output growth slows to 3-month low

New Delhi: India’s industrial production growth decelerated to a three-month low of 4.8 per cent in January, pulled down by subdued performance in the manufacturing and mining sectors, according to official data released on Monday.

The factory output, measured in terms of the Index of Industrial Production (IIP), expanded by 5.2 per cent in January 2025. The previous low was witnessed in October 2025 at 0.5 per cent. The IIP growth was 7.2 per cent in November 2025, an official statement said. The National Statistics Office (NSO) revised the industrial production growth for December 2025 to 8 per cent from the provisional estimate of 7.8 per cent released in January 2026. Manufacturing sector’s output growth decelerated to 4.8 per cent in January 2025, compared to 5.8 per cent in the year-ago month. Mining output slowed to 4.3 per cent compared to a growth of 4.4 per cent recorded a year ago.