India’s Index of Industrial Production (IIP) growth rate for the month of December 2025 is 7.8 per cent against 6.7 per cent in November 2025, data released by the Ministry of Statistics & Programme Implementation (MoSPI) said on Wednesday.
The growth rates of the three sectors, Mining, Manufacturing and Electricity for December 2025 are 6.8 per cent, 8.1 per cent and 6.3 per cent respectively.
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Within the manufacturing sector, 16 out of 23 industry groups at the NIC 2-digit level have recorded a positive growth in December 2025 over December 2024.
As per the MoSPI data, the top three positive contributors for the month of December 2025 are Manufacture of basic metals (12.7 per cent), Manufacture of motor vehicles, trailers and semi-trailers (33.5 per cent) and Manufacture of pharmaceuticals, medicinal chemical and botanical products (10.2 per cent).
In the industry group Manufacture of basic metals, item groups Flat products of Alloy Steel, MS slabs and Pipes and tubes of Steel have shown significant contribution in growth.
Manufacture of motor vehicles, trailers, and semi-trailers item groups Axle, Auto components/ spares and accessories and Commercial Vehicles have shown significant contribution in growth.
Further, in the manufacture of pharmaceuticals, medicinal chemicals, and botanical products, the item groups Vaccine for veterinary medicine, Digestive enzymes and antacids (incl. PPI drugs), and API & formulations of vitamins have shown significant contribution in growth.
The corresponding growth rates of IIP in Primary goods is 4.4 pc, 8.1 pc in Capital goods, 7.5 pc in Intermediate goods, 12.1 pc in Infrastructure/ Construction Goods, 12.3 pc in Consumer durables and 8.3 pc in Consumer non-durables.