India's June industrial output grows fastest in nearly two years on manufacturing boost

By Shubham Batra

Tue, July 28, 2026 astatine 6:51 AM CDT 1 min read

By Shubham Batra

NEW DELHI, July 28 (Reuters) - India's concern output grew 7.3% successful June, its fastest gait ‌since July 2024, information showed connected Tuesday, ‌driven by beardown manufacturing enactment connected accrued authorities spending and continued ​expansion successful energy generation.

Economists polled by Reuters had expected concern output maturation to accelerate to 5.7% past period from a revised 5.0% successful May.

"It's a better-than-expected print. ‌We broadly expect ⁠the momentum to clasp going guardant connected sustained consumption," said Gaura Sen Gupta, main ⁠economist astatine IDFC First Bank.

In May, the authorities shifted to shaper prices from wholesale prices for calculating mill ​output.

KEY NUMBERS

• ​Manufacturing output grew 7.8% ​year-on-year successful June against ‌a revised maturation of 5.2% successful May.

• Electricity procreation roseate 10.6% year-on-year successful June against a revised summation of 10.3% a period earlier.

• Mining enactment climbed 1% year-on-year successful June against a revised 1.4% autumn ‌in May.

• Output of user ​durables, including cars and phones, ​rose 7.7% year-on-year ​in June against a revised 8% summation ‌a period earlier.

• Capital goods ​output roseate ​14.2% year-on-year successful June against a revised 15.5% summation successful May.

• Industrial output successful April-June grew 5.8%, ​compared to ‌an summation of 3.4% a twelvemonth earlier.

(Reporting by ​Shubham Batra successful New Delhi; Editing by ​Harikrishnan Nair and Eileen Soreng)