Industrial Production Growth Estimated At 134.4% In April Due To Low Base Effect

Index of Industrial Production, April 2021: The indices for the mining, manufacturing, and electricity sectors for April 2021 stand at108.0, 125.1, and 174.0, respectively.

Industrial production grew by 13.4 per cent in April 2021 from a year earlier, government data showed on Friday, June 11, registering a sharp recovery as a result of the base effect due to the COVID-19 lockdown that hit economic activity last year. The industrial output index increased to 126.6 in April from 54.0 in the corresponding month last year. The industrial production, or the factory output, gauged by the Index of Industrial Production (IIP), grew 22.4 per cent in March. (Also Read: Retail Inflation Likely Rebounded To 5.30% In May 2021: Poll ) According to the industrial production data released by the Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation, the indices for the mining, manufacturing, and electricity sectors for April 2021 stand at 108.0, 125.1, and 174.0, respectively. The government did not release the data in percentage terms. The industrial production was higher than a poll conducted by news agency Reuters last week, which estimated that the factory output likely jumped 120 per cent in April, from a year ago. The Reuters poll conducted with more than 50 economists, predicted the retail inflation in May 2021 likely rebounded to 5.30 per cent, driven by higher rates of food and energy. Moreover, the country's output of the eight core sectors — also known as the infrastructural output, and accounting for about 40 per cent of the total industrial production, rose 56.1 per cent in April.