Indicating a persistent slowdown in the economy, industrial production has declined by 1.8 percent in June mainly due to poor show by manufacturing and capital goods sectors.
Industrial output in the April-June quarter too contracted by 0.1 percent this fiscal, according to the official data released Thursday.
Growth in factory output, as measured by the index of industrial production (IIP), was 9.5 percent in June, and 6.9 percent in April-June quarter in 2011-12.
The manufacturing sector, which constitutes over 75 percent of the index, witnessed a slump in output by dismal 3.2 percent in June against a growth of 11.1 percent in the same month a year ago.
The performance of the manufacturing sector was not good in April-June quarter also as the output declined by 0.7 percent against a growth of 7.7 percent in the three-month period a year ago.
The capital goods production also declined by massive 27.9 percent in June against a growth rate of 38.7 percent a year ago.
The output of these goods contracted in April-June period by 19.6 per cent against a growth of 17 per cent in 2011-12.
PTI