{"id":95,"date":"2016-04-13T17:04:52","date_gmt":"2016-04-13T11:34:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.indiaeconomyandbusiness.com\/is\/?p=95"},"modified":"2022-07-25T19:02:04","modified_gmt":"2022-07-25T13:32:04","slug":"iip-growth-industrial-production","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.indiaeconomyandbusiness.com\/is\/iip-growth-industrial-production\/","title":{"rendered":"IIP Growth – How good are the numbers..??"},"content":{"rendered":"
The data for IIP growth for Feb’16 show a smart recovery. The IIP growth rate has improved to 2.0% against three consecutive months of decline at an average pace of -2.0%. Which means it is a reversal of nearly 4%. While most of the gain has come \u00a0from mining and Electricity, manufacturing has also showed a modest growth of 0.7%.<\/p>\n
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Beyond the given numbers, an analysis of previous years of data show an interesting pattern and projection of the trend means less than desired growth in March’16. For five years\u00a0till 2015, the Feb Index has shown an average value of almost 4% lower than Jan figure and subsequently, shows a sharp increase of 10.7% in March over Feb. (Attached excel Sheet) While the reason for this trend is difficult to determine, it may be due to industries’ practice to hold back a part of February production\/ inventory to take care of any discrepancy in figures before the final March closing.<\/p>\n