The industry groups- 'Beverages', 'Manufacture of textiles' and 'Manufacture of coke and refined petroleum products' have shown remarkable increases of 17.5%, 10.5% and 9.3% respectively in their volume of production during the month of August, 2018 compared to that of August, 2017.
The volume of food products has decreased by 0.5%.
Among the 10 industries recorded negative growths in volume of production of manufacturing industries: 'Manufacture of electrical equipment', 'Manufacture of paper and paper products' 'Manufacture of tobacco products' have reported negative growth rates of 28.4%, 25.5% and 24.6% respectively.
The IIP describes changes of the volume of goods and services produced over time. Its main purpose is to provide a measure of the short-term changes in the volume of industrial production from the manufacturing sector in the country. The IIP is based on year 2015 as 100 percent production.