The Quick Estimates of Index of Industrial Production (IIP) with base 2004-05 for the month of August 2015 have been released by the Central Statistics Office of the Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation.

The General Index for the month of August 2015 stands at 176.9, which is 6.4% higher as compared to the level in the month of August 2014. The cumulative growth for the period April-August 2015-16 over the corresponding period of the previous year stands at 4.1%.

The Indices of Industrial Production for the Mining, Manufacturing and Electricity sectors for the month of August 2015 stand at 119.4, 185.3 and 194.4 respectively, with the corresponding growth rates of 3.8%, 6.9% and 5.6% as compared to August 2014 (Statement I).

The cumulative growth in the three sectors during April-August 2015-16 over the corresponding period of 2014-15 has been 1.2%, 4.6% and 3.2% respectively.

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