The country’s industrial production grew by eight per cent in August while it grew by 7.4 per cent in July. Good performance in the manufacturing sector and strong growth in electricity and gas supply boosted industrial output. This information has been given in the government statistics released on Monday. This is the fifth monthly data of the Index of Industrial Production (IIP) released under the new series. Let us also tell you what kind of data has been released by the government regarding industrial production.

The figures were as follows in August

1. According to the National Statistical Office (NSO), the IIP recorded an annual increase of eight percent in the month of August. The manufacturing sector grew by 9 percent and the electricity and gas supply sector by 12.3 percent during this period.
2. According to the data, the mining and allied sector recorded a decline of 5.6 per cent during August, while production in the sector increased by 15.8 per cent in the same month a year ago.
3. In August 2025, the industrial production index of the country increased by 4.7 percent. At the same time, the IIP figure for July this year has been revised up to 7.4 percent from the provisional estimate of 6.7 percent announced earlier.
4. IIP growth was 6.7 per cent during April-August of the current financial year, compared to 4.2 per cent in the same period a year ago.
5. 18 out of 23 industry groups in the manufacturing sector reported year-on-year growth in August. During this period, the production of vehicles, trailers and semi-trailers increased by 25.2 percent, the production of electrical equipment by 30.9 percent and the production of other transport equipment by 25.3 percent.
6. Under vehicle, trailer and semi-trailer product group, vehicle components, accessories, passenger cars and commercial vehicles contributed significantly to the growth.
7. In electrical equipment manufacturing, devices that switch or protect electrical circuits, such as switchgear, circuit breakers, switch and control and meter panels and their components, as well as connectors for optical fibers and cables, UPS and solid-state drives, have contributed significantly to growth.
8. Among other transport equipment manufacturing, two-wheelers, railway coaches and parts, maintenance or service vehicles and parts and accessories for motorcycles, mopeds and sidecars contributed to the growth.

There was a surge in this too

According to consumption-based classification, the index of primary products was 111.8, capital goods 140.7, intermediate goods 131.8 and basic infra and construction products 132.5 in August. The consumer durables and non-consumer durables goods indices were 129.4 and 114.3 respectively. In August 2026, under usage-based classification, primary goods increased by 3.5 percent, capital goods by 16.9 percent, intermediate goods by 13.7 percent, basic infrastructure and construction goods by 6.4 percent, consumer durable goods by 11.1 percent and non-consumer durable goods by 2.1 percent. Intermediate goods, capital goods and consumer durables contributed the most to the growth of IIP.