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India’s Industrial Production Rises 8% as Manufacturing Strengthens
India’s factories and utilities made more goods in August 2026 than they did a year earlier.
Overall industrial production grew by 8%.
Factories grew by 9%, helping drive the increase.
Electricity and gas supply grew even faster, by 12.3%.
Mining and quarrying went down by 5.6%.
Many manufacturing industries performed well, especially electrical equipment, vehicles and other transport equipment.
Eighteen of 23 manufacturing groups grew.
From April through August, industrial production increased 6.7%, compared with 4.2% during the same period last year.
India’s industrial production grew 8% year-on-year in August 2026, up from a revised 7.4% in July.
Manufacturing output increased 9%, while electricity and gas supply expanded 12.3%.
Mining and quarrying contracted 5.6%, while water supply, sewerage and waste management grew 6.3%.
Eighteen of 23 manufacturing industry groups recorded growth, led by electrical equipment, other transport equipment and motor vehicles.
Industrial output grew 6.7% from April to August 2026, compared with 4.2% during the same period a year earlier.
- Who
- India’s industrial sectors, as reported by the National Statistics Office and the Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation.
- What
- Industrial production rose 8% year-on-year in August 2026, driven mainly by manufacturing and electricity and gas supply.
- Where
- India.
- When
- The data was released on September 28, 2026, covering August 2026.
- Why
- Manufacturing grew 9% and electricity and gas supply grew 12.3%, offsetting a 5.6% contraction in mining and quarrying.
Key facts
- August IIP growth
- 8% year-on-year
- July IIP growth
- 7.4%, revised upward from 6.7%
- Manufacturing growth
- 9% in August 2026
- Electricity and gas supply growth
- 12.3% in August 2026
- Mining and quarrying
- Contracted 5.6%
- April-August industrial growth
- 6.7%, compared with 4.2% a year earlier
- Manufacturing leaders
- Electrical equipment grew 30.9%, other transport equipment 25.3%, and motor vehicles, trailers and semi-trailers 25.2%
Quotes
National Statistics Office
India’s official statistical agency that released the industrial production data
“In August 2026, Index of Industrial Production recorded an 8.0 per cent year-on-year growth, supported by 9.0 per cent growth in Manufacturing sector and strong growth of 12.3 per cent in Electricity & Gas Supply sector.”
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