India's industrial production down 1.6% year-on-year in January
Economy > Economy - general 16 March 2021 Industrial production in the country declined by 1.6 per cent year-on-year in January2021, despite the 0.4 per cent growth in real GDP recorded in fiscal third quarter (October-December 2020-21), belying the government’s claim of the beginning of a broad-based economic recovery. Industrial output had risen by 1.6 per cent in December, according to revised estimates. The decline in industrial production has badly affected the manufacturing sector, which has over 77 per cent weightage in the index of industrial production (IIP), contracting by 2 p...