NEW DELHI: India’s industrial production expanded 4.9% year-on-year in April 2026, driven by a strong 6.2% rise in manufacturing output, according to data released Monday by the Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation (MoSPI).
The figures mark the first release under the revised Index of Industrial Production (IIP) series, which shifts the base year to 2022-23 from 2011-12 and broadens coverage to better reflect the current industrial structure.
The IIP stood at 118.9 in April, compared with 113.4 a year earlier.
Manufacturing, which accounts for more than 76% of the index, was supported by robust growth in motor vehicles, electrical equipment and machinery production. Seventeen of 23 manufacturing industry groups recorded positive growth during the month.
Mining and quarrying contracted 5.1%, while electricity and gas supply rose 4.9%. Water supply, sewerage and waste management grew 6.6%.
Under the use-based classification, capital goods output surged 16%, signaling strong investment demand, while intermediate goods expanded 7.7% and infrastructure and construction goods rose 7.1%.
Addressing a press conference, MoSPI Secretary Saurabh Garg said the revised IIP series “plugs gaps in the previous basket” and now includes sectors such as minor minerals, rare earth minerals, gas supply and water-related services. He noted that higher weights have been assigned to sectors such as plastics, rubber products and automobiles to better capture the changing structure of India’s industrial economy.
The revamped series includes 463 item groups, up from 407 earlier, and introduces separate indices for renewable and non-renewable electricity generation, as well as granular tracking of fuel, metallic and non-metallic minerals. The next IIP data release for May 2026 is scheduled for June 29.
