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Where is the recovery?

Declining inflation softens an unexpectedly sharp fall in the IIP

Signs of a revival in investments?

While the capital goods segment in the Index of Industrial Production (IIP) contracted 18 per cent in the first quarter of the current financial year, new data from the Department of Industrial Policy and Promotion (DIPP) suggest that the investment climate in the country may be on the cusp of improving.According to DIPP data, complied by CARE, there has been 18.7 per cent increase in investment proposals in the first half of 2016 (January to June) over the previous year. In value terms though, the increase is a marginal 1.3 per cent. Taken together, the employment generation prospects of these proposals represent a 37 per cent increase over the corresponding period in the last year. The proposals include those filed under IEM (Industrial Entrepreneur Memorandum), LOI (Letter of intent) and DIL (Direct Industrial Licensing).Electronic equipment and textiles together account for nearly half of these investments, up from roughly a fourth last year. This could be construed to mean that t

Industrial production outlook remains subdued

This is so because non-oil, non-gold imports fell about 10 per cent in July against over one per cent the previous month

June industrial growth at 8-month high

Push from electricity, mining, automobiles;capital goods continued to fall

July CPI rises to 6.07%, June IIP growth improves at 2.1%

June CPI was at 5.77% while May IIP was 1.2%

Factory production expands 1.2% in May

Manufacturing sector rises marginally by 0.7%; capital goods decline for seventh straight month

The April blues

Industrial output numbers warn against policy complacency

Industrial output growth slips into negative zone

IIP fell 0.8% as manufacturing contracted 3.1 % in April

April IIP: Capital goods segment contracts by 24.9%

Latest numbers suggest private sector investments continue to remain sluggish

April IIP disappoints at -0.8%

The April numbers represent a break in the rising trend seen in two previous consecutive months of February and March

Govt to come out with updated IIP, WPI indices

As part of the revision, the basket of items and weightage assigned to different entries on the basis of which indices is computed will be updated

Industrial output up 0.1% in March

Manufacturing growth in March at -1.2%; Mining growth at -0.1%

April CPI rises to 5.39%; March IIP drops to 0.1%

Food inflation picked up to 6.32% in April ; annual industrial growth slows down to 2.4 % in 2015-16 from 2.8 % in previous year

Mid-course correction

Industrial growth, inflation numbers call for quick action

Industrial output up 2% in February

Manufacturing, three-fourths of the index, showed marginal growth of 0.7 per cent in February

Capacity underutilisation behind weak IIP numbers: report

Excess inventory and capacity under-utilisation are the main reasons behind weak industrial output, says a report by credit ratings agency SMERA

IIP numbers disappointing, recovery volatile: Raghuram Rajan

The industrial output for the third month in a row remained in the negative territory, contracting 1.5% in January

IIP contracted in January for third month in a row

Manufacturing output shrinks 2.8%

January IIP likely to contract, but core sectors to show growth

Slow rise in manufacturing, Jat agitation likely to hit IIP in January

India's infrastructure growth at 2.9% in Jan

It was 2.3% in year-ago period