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IIP contracts 1.2% in Feb on weakness in consumer and capital goods

Fall in consumer and capital goods production is the reason; Jan IIP revised to 3.3%

Note ban effect eases as industrial output rises 2.7% in Jan

IIP had contracted 0.1% in December; April-Jan IIP at 0.6% vs 2.7% y-o-y

IIP bounces back in Jan, expands by 2.7%

The IIP output was a revised -0.1% in December

IIP expected to see muted growth in January, say economists

Industrial output had fallen 0.4 per cent in December from a year earlier

IIP contraction a fallout of demonetisation: FM Arun Jaitley

Industrial production contracted to four-month low of 0.4 per cent in December

Industrial production contracts 0.4% in December

IIP had risen by 5.7% in November; April-Dec IIP at 0.3% vs 3.2% YoY

State specific IIP needed for comprehensive view of production: Economists

Centre has asked states to bring out monthly state IIP figures on 2011-12 base year

Demonetisation fails to pull down industrial growth, IIP at 13-month high

The sharp rise was due to low industrial numbers in November 2015

No demonetisation effect seen in November as IIP rises to 5.7%

Growth was driven up by a surge in capital goods production

Industrial production expected to see mild upturn in October

Sluggish manufacturing growth, subdued industrial demand pulls down growth prospects during

Industrial output rises 0.7% in September

However, capital goods decline for 11th straight month; growth in consumer non-durables almost stagnant

IIP contracts for the second straight month

However, good monsoon, early onset of festive season raise hope of revival in demand for consumer durables, as farm incomes rise

L&T, BHEL offer glimmer of rebound

Analysts optimistic on improvement; June quarter performance of capital goods firms was encouraging

IIP to formulate product packaging standard for domestic market

IIP has been a certifying body for packaging of export markets, it doesn't still have any say in packaging standards for domestic markets

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