New Delhi: Contraction in manufacturing and mining activity plunged India’s September factory output deep in the red.

The Index of Industrial Production (IIP) declined (-) 4.3 per cent in September from (-)1.40 per cent in August 2019.

“The Quick Estimates of IIP with base 2011-12 for the month of September 2019 stands at 123.3, which is 4.3 per cent lower as compared to the level in the month of September 2018,” the Ministry of Statistics & Programme Implementation said.

“The cumulative growth for the period April-September 2019 over the corresponding period of the previous year stands at 1.3 per cent.”