Dip in factory output, low inflation raise rate cut clamour
Industrial production saw the sharpest contraction in three years of 4.2 percent in October, though retail inflation dipped to 4.3 percent.
Dec 12, 2014, 18:55 PM ISTIIP plunges to 3-year low; contracts 4.2% in October
India's industrial output growth rate contracted by 4.2 percent in October, dragged down by a fall in the manufacturing and the capital goods sector.
Dec 12, 2014, 17:43 PM ISTIIP at 3-month high, inflation cools to 5.52%; all eyes on RBI
Reflecting improvement in economy, industrial output grew to three-month high of 2.5 percent in September, while retail inflation cooled to 5.52 percent in October, prompting the industry to step up the demand for a cut in interest rate by the Reserve Bank.
Nov 12, 2014, 21:09 PM ISTIndustrial output grows at 3-month high of 2.5% in Sept
Showing signs of recovery, industrial production grew at three-month high of 2.5 percent in September, mainly on account of better mining and manufacturing output and larger offtake of capital goods.
Nov 12, 2014, 19:31 PM ISTIIP growth remains subdued, industry demands bold reforms
Industrial production growth slowed down to five-month low of 0.4 percent in August mainly due to contraction in manufacturing output and lower offtake of consumer goods.
Oct 10, 2014, 18:50 PM ISTIndustrial production growth disappoints; August IIP at 0.4%
Dashing hopes of quick recovery, industrial output for August slowed to 0.4 percent due to contraction in manufacturing and poor offtake of capital goods.
Oct 10, 2014, 17:46 PM ISTManufacturing may not out be out of the woods, says India Inc
With IIP growth easing to a four-month low, India Inc today said manufacturing may not out be out of the woods even as it hoped for positive investment and infrastructure driven environment to boost growth.
Sep 12, 2014, 19:53 PM ISTRecovery hopes recede as IIP growth slips to 0.5% in July
For the first four months of 2014-15 fiscal, IIP has recorded 3.3 percent growth, as against a contraction of 0.1 percent in the April-July period of 2013-14.
Sep 12, 2014, 19:50 PM ISTIndustrial output growth slows to 0.5% in July
Showing signs of sluggishness in the economy, growth rate of industrial production slowed to 0.5 percent in July, as against 3.4 percent in June.
Sep 12, 2014, 17:39 PM ISTIndustry data to signal stuttering economic revival
India`s industrial output growth likely slowed for a second straight month in July, while inflation probably remained high, with Asia`s third-largest economy struggling to make a sustained recovery from its longest stretch of sub-par growth in decades.
Sep 12, 2014, 14:17 PM ISTJune quarter GDP to be at 6%; FY15 GDP at 5.4%: BofA-ML
India's GDP growth rate in the first quarter of this fiscal year is likely to be around 6 percent up from 4.6 percent in March, driven up by higher industrial growth, a Bank of America Merrill Lynch report says.
Aug 21, 2014, 17:59 PM ISTIndia Ratings ups GDP growth estimate to 5.7%, predicts fiscal slippage
The agency said industrial growth will improve to 5.1 percent as against the earlier estimate of 4.1 percent.
Aug 07, 2014, 16:01 PM IST'RBI could have leveraged abating inflation to cut rates'
Disappointed over RBI's decision to keep interest rates unchanged, India Inc on Tuesday said the central bank could have leveraged abating inflation risks to effect a rate cut, as high cost of credit has been dissuading industry from undertaking capacity expansion.
Aug 05, 2014, 14:39 PM IST