Industrial output grows 6.7% in November, hits 2 year high

India’s industrial output rose to a two-year high of 6.7 per cent in November, supported by robust growth in the manufacturing and mining sectors, official data released on Monday showed.Factory output, as measured by the Index of Industrial Production (IIP), had increased by 5 per cent in November 2024. The previous peak in industrial growth was recorded at 11.9 per cent in November 2023.
The National Statistics Office (NSO) revised industrial production growth for October 2025 to 0.5 per cent, up from the provisional estimate of 0.4 per cent released earlier.
According to NSO data, manufacturing output expanded by 8 per cent in November 2025, compared with 5.5 per cent growth in the corresponding month last year. Mining production also improved, rising by 5.4 per cent against a 1.9 per cent increase a year ago.In contrast, power generation declined by 1.5 per cent during the month, compared with a growth of 4.4 per cent in November of the previous year.For the April–November period of FY26, overall industrial production growth slowed to 3.3 per cent, down from 4.1 per cent recorded in the same period last fiscal.

(Business Correspondent)