About IIP

• The Index of Industrial Production (IIP) is a composite indicator that measures the short-term changes in the volume of production of a basket of industrial products during a given period with respect to that in a chosen base period.
• Mining, manufacturing, and electricity are the three broad sectors in which IIP constituents fall.
• It is compiled and published every month by the National Statistical Office (NSO) under the Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation.
• The current base year is 2011-2012.
• The Eight Core Industries comprise 40.27 per cent of the weight of items included in the IIP.

Why in News?

• For the month of March 2024, the Quick Estimates of Index of Industrial Production (IIP) with base 2011-12 stands at 159.2. 
• The Indices of Industrial Production for the Mining, Manufacturing and Electricity sectors for the month of March 2024 stand at 156.1, 155.1 and 204.2 respectively. These Quick Estimates will undergo revision in subsequent releases as per the revision policy of IIP.
• The Quick Estimates of Index of Industrial Production (IIP) are released on 12th of every month (or previous working day if 12th is a holiday) with a six weeks lag and compiled with data received from source agencies, which in turn receive the data from the producing factories/ establishments. 
• The IIP growth rates for the month of March 2024 over the corresponding period of previous year is 4.9 percent. 

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