“Bharat’s Manufacturing Surge”, News18, 03 Oct 2026.
“India’s manufacturing output rose 9% year-on-year in August 2026, the third straight month in which the sector expanded by 8% or more. That reading, published by the National Statistics Office (NSO) on 28 September 2026, pulled the broader Index of Industrial Production (IIP) up to 8% and supplied the clearest hard-data evidence so far this year that factory activity is no longer a sporadic rebound, but a sustained contributor to growth. The index itself stood at 123.3, against 114.2 in August 2025. July’s industrial growth was revised to 7.4% from a provisional 6.7%, so the August acceleration was measured against an already stronger base. Manufacturing carries about 76% of the weight in the new IIP series, whose base year is 2022-23. The 9% gain in manufacturing, up from a revised 8.2% in July 2026 and far above the roughly 3.6% to 4.7% range seen in the same month a year earlier, therefore explains most of the headline improvement.
Electricity and gas supply grew 12.3%, the fastest pace in more than two years, helped by weather-related power demand and by the industrial load itself. Water supply, sewerage and waste management rose 6.3%. The August figures are quick estimates, compiled at a weighted response rate of about 88% and will be revised. Even so, the direction has been consistent; industrial production in April–August of the current financial year grew at 6.7%, compared with 4.2% in the same period of the previous year. Manufacturing has been the principal driver of that cumulative surge. Inside the factory sector, the advance was broad-based, in vindication of Modinomics………”
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