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MANUFACTURING SECTOR GROWTH NEWS
New Labour Codes: Missing piece in manufacturing, execution needs political hardsell
November 22, 2025 8:48 am
With some ground work done for increasing the share of manufacturing in the economy, the government has now once again picked up the thread on stalled reforms by consolidating 29 Central labour laws into four labour codes.
Manufacturing sector saw employment, profits improve despite pandemic blows: Survey
February 06, 2024 7:24 am
Total number of employees in over 2.50 lakh factories decreased in 2020-21 to 1.60 crore from 1.66 crore in 2019-20, while the number of workers employed in the factories reduced to 1.26 crore from 1.31 core during the same period.
December manufacturing PMI at 18-month low on slower pace of orders, output
January 04, 2024 12:16 am
Despite a loss of growth momentum, the manufacturing sector still expanded strongly in the month. There were softer, albeit sharp, increases in factory orders and output, while business confidence towards the year-ahead outlook strengthened, S&P Global said.
India's manufacturing PMI growth eases to 57.5 in September
October 03, 2023 11:02 am
India's Manufacturing Purchasing Managers' Index, compiled by S&P Global, fell to 57.5 last month from 58.6 in August, missing the Reuters poll forecast for 58.1.
India's May manufacturing PMI grows at highest pace since October 2020 at 58.7
June 01, 2023 10:44 am
The Manufacturing Purchasing Managers' Index, compiled by S&P Global, rose to over a 2-1/2 year high of 58.7 in May from April's 57.2, confounding a Reuters poll expectation for a drop to 56.5.
Manufacturers less optimistic about demand conditions in Q1: RBI survey
April 08, 2023 5:27 am
The survey encapsulates qualitative assessment of the business climate by Indian manufacturing companies for Q4 of FY23 and their expectations for Q1 of FY24 as well as outlook on selected parameters for the two subsequent quarters.
Manufacturing PMI expands to 3-month high
April 04, 2023 1:41 am
The PMI average for the final fiscal quarter (55.7) came in below that recorded in the prior period (56.3 in Q3), the survey said.
India's manufacturing PMI hits 3-month high of 56.4 in March
April 03, 2023 10:47 am
India's manufacturing sector expanded at its quickest pace in three months in March on improved output and new orders, although firms shed jobs for the first time in over a year, a private business survey showed.
India's August manufacturing growth continues to trend higher on strong demand, easing inflation concerns: PMI
September 01, 2022 12:21 pm
The seasonally adjusted S&P Global India Manufacturing Purchasing Managers' Index (PMI) was little changed from July's reading of 56.4, posting 56.2 in August.
Higher capacity utilisation signals investment revival
August 06, 2022 5:19 am
“Capacity utilisation in the manufacturing sector is now above its long-run average, signalling the need for fresh investment activity in additional capacity creation,” RBI Governor Shaktikanta Das said in his monetary policy statement.
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