{"id":31938,"date":"2026-08-30T12:14:41","date_gmt":"2026-08-30T06:44:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/?p=31938"},"modified":"2026-08-30T16:35:25","modified_gmt":"2026-08-30T11:05:25","slug":"index-of-industrial-production-iip","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/index-of-industrial-production-iip\/","title":{"rendered":"Index of Industrial Production (IIP)"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2><b>Index of Industrial Production (IIP) Latest News<\/b><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">India\u2019s industrial activity remained resilient in July 2026, with the overall Index of Industrial Production (IIP) standing at 124.8, unchanged from the revised level recorded in June.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><b>About Index of Industrial Production (IIP)<\/b><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It is a <\/span><b>composite indicator<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> designed to measure the changes in the <\/span><b>volume of the production of an item basket<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> over a period of time with respect to its base year.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It provides <\/span><b>insight into the growth or contraction of industrial activity<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> over a given period, making it a crucial economic performance indicator.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It is compiled and released by the <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/national-statistical-office-nso\/\" target=\"_blank\"><b>National Statistics Office<\/b><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> (NSO), <\/span><b>Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation (MoSPI).<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It is <\/span><b>released every month<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> with a time lag of 28 days from the reference month.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>Base Year:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> It is 2022-23.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The first IIP was <\/span><b>prepared with base year 1937<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and thereafter the base year has been revised successively to 1946, 1951, 1956, 1960, 1970, 1980-81, 1993-94, 2004-05 and 2011-12.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The base year is a chosen year taken as a reference point (index = 100) to compare production over time.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b>Source: <\/b><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/ddnews.gov.in\/en\/indias-industrial-output-remains-firm-in-july-as-manufacturing-electricity-sectors-post-gains\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">DD News<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Index of Industrial Production (IIP) measures changes in industrial output over time compared with a base year. 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