New Delhi, India — January 28 (ANI): India’s Index of Industrial Production (IIP) recorded a growth of 7.8 percent in December 2025, according to official data released on Wednesday.
The IIP reached its highest level in more than two years after registering a growth of 7.2 percent in November 2025. Growth in December was driven by a strong performance in manufacturing, which rose 8.1 percent, along with mining at 6.8 percent and electricity at 6.3 percent.
Data released by the Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation showed the IIP for mining, manufacturing, and electricity at 153.0, 169.9, and 204.9, respectively, for December.
Within the manufacturing sector, 16 out of 23 industry groups recorded positive growth in December 2025 compared with December 2024. The top three contributors were the manufacture of basic metals, which grew 12.7 percent, manufacture of motor vehicles, trailers, and semi-trailers at 33.5 percent, and manufacture of pharmaceuticals, medicinal chemical, and botanical products at 10.2 percent.
Under the use-based classification, the indices stood at 164.6 for primary goods, 124.0 for capital goods, 182.8 for intermediate goods, and 219.1 for infrastructure and construction goods in December 2025. The indices for consumer durables and consumer non-durables were recorded at 139.0 and 180.7, respectively, according to the release.
The corresponding growth rates of IIP under the use-based classification in December 2025 over December 2024 were 4.4 percent for primary goods, 8.1 percent for capital goods, 7.5 percent for intermediate goods, 12.1 percent for infrastructure and construction goods, 12.3 percent for consumer durables, and 8.3 percent for consumer non-durables.
Based on the use-based classification, the top three positive contributors to IIP growth in December 2025 were infrastructure and construction goods, primary goods, and intermediate goods.
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