India's industrial growth for the last August over the corresponding month of the previous year is 0.6 per cent. The three sectors that constitute the index are Mining, Manufacturing and Electricity, said an official press release, said Union Minister of State (Independent charge), of Statistics & Programme Implementation.
He announced this while releasing the monthly Quick Estimates of Index of Industrial Production (IIP) for the month of August 2013 compiled by the Central Statistics Office.
The monthly growth rates of these three sectors for the month are 0.2 per cent, 0.1 per cent and 7.2 per cent respectively.
The Minister further added that as per use-based classification there has been positive growth in basic goods (1.5 per cent), intermediate goods (3.6 per cent) and consumer non-durables (5.0 per cent) whereas negative growth has been registered in capital goods 2.0 per cent and consumer durables 7.6 per cent.