New Delhi: India’s industrial production growth remained steady at 4 per cent in September this year due to the good performance of the manufacturing sector, according to official data released on Tuesday.
The factory output, measured in terms of the Index of Industrial Production (IIP), had expanded by 3.2 per cent in September 2024.
The National Statistics Office (NSO) revised the industrial production growth to 4.1 per cent for August 2025 from the provisional estimate of 4 per cent released last month.
Manufacturing output benefited from strong performances in key segments — “manufacture of basic metals” grew 12.3%, “electrical equipment” rose 28.7%, and “motor vehicles, trailers and semi-trailers” expanded 14.6%.
Within these categories, items such as MS slabs, electric heaters, transformers, and auto components contributed significantly to growth.
In contrast, mining activity contracted 0.4% against 6.6% growth a month earlier, while electricity output rose 3.1%, down from 4.1% in August.
By use-based classification, infrastructure goods rose 10.5% versus 10.4% in August, while consumer durables grew sharply by 10.2% compared with 3.5% in the previous month. Consumer non-durables, however, fell 2.9%, improving from a 6.4% decline earlier.
Among other segments, primary goods grew 1.4% versus 5.4% month-on-month, and capital goods rose 4.7% compared with 4.5% in August.
