India’s industrial output falls 1.2 percent in February

October 12th, 2009 NEW DELHI - India's industrial recovery is well on track and the manufacturing output would expand by 7.5-8 percent this fiscal, a key economic adviser of the government said here Monday. "I think that the industrial production number clearly indicates that industrial recovery is well on the way," Prime Minister's Economic Advisory Committee Chairman C.

October 12th, 2009 NEW DELHI - Further signs of recovery in Indian industry emerged Monday with the latest official data indicating a growth of 10.4 percent in industrial production during August this year - highest in the last 22 months - over the corresponding month last year. The index for industrial production grew 10.4 percent in the month, as per the data released by the Central Statistical Organisation here.

September 11th, 2009 NEW DELHI - Further signs of recovery in India's industry emerged Friday with the latest official data indicating a 6.8 percent growth in July over the like month last year. Notably, the manufacturing output rose 6.8 percent during the month, as per the data on the index of industrial production released by the Central Statistical Organisation here.

September 11th, 2009 BEIJING - China's industrial output accelerated 12.3 percent in August from a year earlier, after gaining 10.8 percent in July, the National Bureau of Statistics said Friday. The August growth rate was 0.5 percentage points lower than the growth figure for the like month last year, but 1.5 percentage points up from July.

September 11th, 2009 NEW DELHI - Country's industrial output rose 6.8 percent in July from a year earlier, in line with estimates, data showed on Friday, riding on higher demand for goods such as cars and higher mining activity. The industrial recovery may offset for interval of agricultural production attacked by irregular monsoon and help the economy.

August 12th, 2009 BRUSSELS - Industrial production in the 16-nation euro area posted a monthly decline of 0.6 percent in June and plummeted by 17 percent when compared to the same month last year, data released Wednesday showed. The European Union statistics office (Eurostat) said month-on-month output in the 27-member European Union also fell, by 0.2 percent.

August 12th, 2009 NEW DELHI - Further signs of recovery in India's industrial sector emerged Wednesday with the latest official data indicating a 7.8 percent growth in June over the like month the previous year. Notably, the manufacturing output rose 7.3 percent during the month, as per the data on the index of industrial production released by the Central Statistical Organisation here.

July 14th, 2009 Euro industry output down 17 pct in MayBRUSSELS — Industrial output in the 16 nations that use the euro sank 17 percent in May from a year earlier, the EU statistics agency said Tuesday, a somewhat milder drop than in the previous two months. Demand for European goods at home and abroad has slumped dramatically during the downturn.

July 10th, 2009 NEW DELHI - India's industrial production registered 2.7 percent growth in May - the highest since September last year - signalling economic recovery, fresh data showed Friday. The index of industrial production (IIP) had expanded by 1.4 percent in April, signalling the early signs of recovery.

June 12th, 2009 NEW DELHI - India's industrial output grew 1.4 percent in April as against a decline of 0.75 percent in March, in what analysts said can be taken as early signs of recovery. Data on index of industrial production (IIP) released by the commerce ministry Friday showed that the growth also came after two successive months of decline and was led mainly by a 7.1 percent increase in electricity generation.

May 12th, 2009 NEW DELHI - India's industrial output fell for the third consecutive time in four months in March by a steep 2.3 percent compared to the same month last year, according to data released by the government Tuesday. Production in the manufacturing sector declined 3.3 percent during the month under review from the year earlier.

May 12th, 2009 NEW DELHI - India's industrial output fell for the third consecutive month in March by a steep 2.3 percent compared to the corresponding month last year, according to government data released Tuesday. This was the third fall in four months.

March 27th, 2009 NEW DELHI MA - Despite an 8.3 percent growth in cement production and 6 percent in coal output, the composite index for six core industries logged a mere 2 percent expansion in February, against 7 percent in the like month of last fiscal. Data released by the commerce and industry ministry Friday showed that the cumulative growth in the six core infrastructure industries was 3 percent for the first 11 months of this fiscal, against 5.8 percent for the corresponding period of last fiscal.

March 12th, 2009 NEW DELHI - India's industrial production fell 0.5 percent in January to log a decline for the second month in a row, despite the stimulus packages announced by the government to pump prime the economy in the wake of the global slowdown. The slide, based on the official data on index of industrial production released by the industry ministry Thursday, was on account of a 0.8 percent drop in manufacturing index and a 0.4 percent fall in the index for mining.

February 11th, 2009 NEW DELHI - After a marginal recovery in November, India's industrial production fell 2 percent the next month with no signs of abatement in the impact of the global meltdown on the country's economy. Data on the Index of Industrial Production (IIP) released Thursday also showed that the index for manufacturing, that has the maximum weight, fell 2.5 percent, versus 8.6 percent in the like month of previous fiscal.