IIP released
Source: The Sangai Express
Imphal, August 19 2018:
The Directorate of Economics and Statistics, Manipur has constructed the Index of Industrial Production (IIP) for Manipur for the month of April, 2018 with 2011-12 as base year.
The index was released by the Secretary, Economics and Statistics, Government of Manipur, informed a statement of Peijonna Kamei, Director of Economics & Statistics, Manipur.
The General Index for the month of April, 2018 stood at 70.4 showing a negative growth of (-) 57.3 % as compared to the index of April 2017.The Indices of the Industrial Production for Electricity and Manufacturing sectors for the month of April, 2018 stood at 64.4 and 121.6 respectively, with corresponding growth rates of (-) 62.1% and (-) 0.8% as compared to April 2017 .
The industry group 'Manufacture of Food products' has shown the highest positive growth of 27% while the industry group Manufacture of other non-metallic products has shown the highest negative growth of (-) 11.2% in April 2018 for the Manufacturing sector.
The detailed report on the indices is available in the Directorate website www.desmanipur.gov.in.