India's industrial production growth recovers to 5.2% in January

Infrastructure goods and capital goods grew at a robust 8.1 per cent and 10.95 per cent, respectively

Growth in factory output, or index for industrial production, recovered to a two-month high of 5.2 per cent in January, from 4.7 per cent in December, on the back of a lower base and double-digit growth in the electricity output, the Index of Industrial Production (IIP) data released by the National Statistical Office (NSO) on Friday showed.

The growth in electricity output accelerated to 12.7 per cent, whereas manufacturing also recovered to 3.7 per cent. The expansion in mining output, however, decelerated to 8.8 per cent from 9.8 per cent last month.

In the first 10 months of FY23 (April-January),