India’s Index of Industrial Production (IIP) growth rate for April is recorded at 4.9 percent compared to April 2025. The growth rates for Mining & Quarrying, Manufacturing, Electricity & Gas Supply and Water Supply, Sewerage & Waste Management were (-)5.1 per cent, 6.2 percent, 4.9 per cent and 6.6 per cent, respectively, as per the Ministry of Statistics & Programme Implementation (MoSPI).
Within the Manufacturing sector, 17 out of 23 industry groups recorded positive growth. The top three positive contributors for the month of April are Manufacture of motor vehicles, trailers and semi-trailers (12.7%), Manufacture of electrical equipment (19.2%) and Manufacture of machinery and equipment (12.9%).
On the industrial data, Rajeev Juneja, President, PHDCCI said, “India’s industrial sector, over the years, has become more diversified, and technology-oriented. The revised IIP numbers provide a more current reflection of production patterns and will improve the quality of industrial assessment across sectors.”
The manufacturing sector continued to remain the primary growth driver, with strong expansion in motor vehicles, electrical equipment, machinery and transport equipment. Growth in infrastructure and intermediate goods production indicates sustained momentum.
The IIP data has come with base year revised from 2011-12 to 2022-23.
Under the new data, there is an expanded scope & coverage by including Gas Supply, Water Supply, Sewerage, and Waste Management activities while retaining the existing sectors.
Greater granularity by providing separate indices for electricity generation from Renewable and Non-renewable sources, and fuel minerals, metallic minerals and non-metallic minerals.
Item basket revamped to cover 463 item groups with additions of cards with a magnetic stripe, CCTV camera, articles of non-woven textiles, parts of aircraft and spacecraft, stents, vaccine (other than veterinary).
Deletions include Kerosene, Fluorescent tubes and CFLs, Tubes for bicycle/ tricycle/ rickshaw tyres. Tubes for LMV tyres, Printing machinery, Sewing machines.