India Indicators

 New data for Index of Core Industries: 2020 April: 80.9 2019 April: 130.7 YoY growth: -38.1%  Details: The Ministry of Commerce and Industry Office of Economic Adviser (OEA), Department of Industrial Policy & Promotion (DIPP), reports a monthly index, ICI, "Index of Eight Core Industries (Base: 2011-12=100)".  "The Eight Core Industries comprise 40.27 per cent of the weight of items included in the Index of Industrial Production (IIP)." These are Coal, Crude Oil, Natural Gas, Refinery Products, Fertilizers, Steel, Cement, Electricity.   Also see:  https://currentaffairs.gktoday.in/tags/index-of-eight-core-industries The index: (note: reverse-chronological order) Month Index Revisions (second) (first) 2020 Apr 80.9 2020 Mar 133.3 (137.0) 2020 Feb 134.9 (132.9) 2020 Jan 137.4 (136.4) (137.5) 2019 Dec 135.5 (134.3) (133.2) 2019 Nov 129.2 (128.8) (127.5) 2019 Oct 127.4 (127.0) (127.0) 2019 Sep 120.7 (120.7) (120.6) 2019 Aug 128.5 (128.9

March 2020 IIP = 120.1 March 2019 IIP = 144.1 YoY growth rate= -16.7% {Wiki} The level of the Index of Industrial Production (IIP) is an abstract number, the magnitude of which represents the status of production in the industrial sector for a given period of time as compared to a reference period of time. Index of Industrial Production - IIP - 2011-12 series, with 2011-12 normalized to 100 at the monthly level. The data is in reverse chronological order. Year Month IIP YoY Revisions (second) (first) 2020 Mar 120.1 -16.7% 2020 Feb 133.5 4.6% (133.3) 2020 Jan 137.2 2.1% (137.1) 2019 Dec 134.5 0.0% (134.0) (133.5)' 2019 Nov 128.8 1.8% (128.4) (128.4) 2019 Oct 124.0 -6.6% (127.5) (127.7) 2019 Sep 122.9 -4.6% (123.2) (123.3) 2019 Aug 126.2 -1.4% (126.2) (126.6) 2019 Jul 131.8 4.9% (131.5) (131.1) 2019 Jun 129.3 1.2% (129.2) (130.2) 2019 May 135.4 4.5% (135.5) (133.6) 2019 Apr 126.5 3.5% (127.9) (126.8) 2019 Mar 144

 New data for Index of Core Industries: 2020 March: 137.0 2019 March: 146.5 YoY growth: -6.5%  Details: The Ministry of Commerce and Industry Office of Economic Adviser (OEA), Department of Industrial Policy & Promotion (DIPP), reports a monthly index, ICI, "Index of Eight Core Industries (Base: 2011-12=100)".  "The Eight Core Industries comprise 40.27 per cent of the weight of items included in the Index of Industrial Production (IIP)." These are Coal, Crude Oil, Natural Gas, Refinery Products, Fertilizers, Steel, Cement, Electricity.   Also see:  https://currentaffairs.gktoday.in/tags/index-of-eight-core-industries The index: (note: reverse-chronological order) Month Index Revisions (second) (first) 2020 Mar 137.0 2020 Feb 134.9 (132.9) 2020 Jan 136.4 (137.5) 2019 Dec 135.5 (134.3) (133.2) 2019 Nov 129.2 (128.8) (127.5) 2019 Oct 127.4 (127.0) (127.0) 2019 Sep 120.7 (120.7) (120.6) 2019 Aug 128.5 (128.9) (128.2) 2019 Jul 132.6 (132.7) (13