According to official data released on Tuesday, India’s industrial production growth has increased to 4.1 percent in March due to the increase in manufacturing growth and power sector compared to the same period last year amid the West Asia crisis. However, this growth of IIP is being seen at its lowest level in five months. An official statement said factory output, measured by the Index of Industrial Production (IIP), had grown by 3.9 per cent in March 2025. This means that the country’s IIP has increased currently as compared to last year. The National Statistical Office (NSO) has revised industrial production growth for February 2026 to 5.1 percent from the provisional estimate of 5.2 percent released last month. The previous low of IIP growth was recorded at 0.5 per cent expansion in October 2025. Let us also tell you what kind of figures have been released by the government.
how were the figures
NSO data also showed that manufacturing sector output slowed down to 4.3 percent in March 2026, compared to 4 percent in the same month last year. Mining production growth increased to 5.5 percent from a modest 1.2 percent growth recorded a year ago. Electricity generation increased marginally by 0.8 percent in March, whereas it had expanded by 7.5 percent in the same period last year. In fiscal year 2025-26, the country’s industrial production growth remained almost stable at 4.1 percent compared to 4 percent a year ago. The statement said that in the manufacturing sector, 14 out of 23 industry groups have registered positive growth in March 2026 compared to March 2025. The top three positive contributors in March 2026 are ‘manufacture of base metals’ (8.6 percent), ‘manufacture of motor vehicles, trailers and semi-trailers’ (18.1 percent), and ‘manufacture of machinery and equipment (not elsewhere classified)’ (11.2 percent).
There was an increase in these also
In the “Manufacture of Base Metals” industry group, item groups like “MS Slabs”, “Flat Products of Alloy Steel”, and “HR Coils and Sheets of Mild Steel” have contributed significantly to the growth. According to uses-based classification, the indices for March 2026 stand at 173.3 for primary products, 156.2 for capital goods, 181.4 for intermediate goods and 229.0 for basic infra/construction materials. Apart from this, the indices of Consumer Goods Products and Consumer Non-Durables Products are at 146.2 and 150.6 respectively. The respective growth rates of IIP as per use-based classification in March 2026 compared to March 2025 are 2.2 percent in primary products, 14.6 percent in capital goods, 3.3 percent in intermediate goods, 6.7 percent in basic infra/construction materials, 5.3 percent in consumer goods products and 1.1 percent in consumer non-durables products. Are the percentages.
