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India's IIP records 5% growth in July

The Quick Estimate of Index of Industrial Production (IIP) growth rate for the month of July 2025 is 3.5 percent as against 1.5 percent in June 2025, according to an official release.

The growth rates of the three sectors, mining, manufacturing and electricity for the month of July 2025 are (-) 7.2 percent, 5.4 percent and 0.6 percent respectively.

The Quick Estimates of IIP stands at 155.0 against 149.8 in July 2024. The Indices of Industrial Production for the mining, manufacturing and electricity sectors for the month of July 2025 stand at 107.7, 156.9 and 221.5 respectively.

Within the manufacturing sector, 14 out of 23 industry groups at NIC 2 digit-level have recorded a positive growth in July 2025 over July 2024. The top three positive contributors for the month of July 2025 are – manufacture of basic metals (12.7 percent), manufacture of electrical equipment (15.9 percent) and manufacture of other non-metallic mineral products (9.5 percent).

The corresponding growth rates of IIP as per use-based classification in July 2025 over July 2024 are (-)1.7 percent in primary goods, 5.0 percent in capital goods, 5.8 percent in intermediate goods, 11.9 percent in infrastructure/ construction goods, 7.7 percent in consumer durables and 0.5 percent in consumer non-durables (statement III).  Based on use-based classification, top three positive contributors to the growth of IIP for the month of July 2025 are infrastructure/ construction goods, intermediate goods and consumer durables.