IIP Data: Industrial production shrank by 1.9 per cent in November 2020 Industrial production in the country contracted by 1.9 per cent in November 2020, after registering a growth in October, government data showed on Tuesday, January 12. According to the Index of Industrial Production (IIP) data, the manufacturing sector output shrank by 1.7 per cent in November 2020. The mining output also contracted 7.3 per cent, while power generation grew 3.5 per cent. The IIP had grown by 2.1 per cent in the corresponding month of 2019. Industrial production has been hit due to the COVID-19 pandemic since March 2020, when the IIP declined by 18.7 per cent in the month. ( Industrial production — or the factory output — is gauged by the Index of Industrial Production (IIP) that takes into consideration, the activity recorded in sectors such as mining, manufacturing, and electricity.