UP industrial output expands 0.4% in Sept after two months of contraction

Manufacturing, electricity bring about 0.4% rise in industrial index; country's industrial output had contracted 4.3% YoY that month

Industrial production in Uttar Pradesh expanded by 0.4 per cent in September 2019 over the corresponding month last year, owing to a robust performance by the manufacturing and electricity sectors.

Interestingly, India's industrial output had contracted 4.3 per cent year-on-year (YoY) in September 2019, according to the Index of Industrial Production (IIP). India’s industrial index had contracted by only 1.1 per cent in August 2019.

UP’s industrial output turned positive after two straight months of negative growth of 3.6 per cent each in July and August. The state had last seen positive industrial growth in June, at 3.2 per cent,