Index of Industrial Production
Industrial Production Index124.8
July 2026
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The Indian economy
Production, prices, power, transport, jobs and wages show how demand moves from factory floors to household incomes.
Production and industry
India’s Industrial Production Index was 124.8 in July 2026
Wholesale prices stood at 110.8 in August 2026. Both indices use 2022–23 as the base year, equal to 100, and retain their own release dates.
Source: Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation and Office of the Economic Adviser, India Dispatch Research
Finished steel use rose 8.3% from April through June 2026–27
41.57 million tonnes was consumed from April through June. Every year in the chart covers the same elapsed period.
Finished steel consumption from April through June
Finished steel consumption41.57 million tonnes
2026–27
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Source: Ministry of Steel, India Dispatch Research
Energy
Petrol use rose 8.2% in August 2026 from a year earlier
Monthly domestic consumption covers petrol, diesel, LPG and aviation fuel.
Petrol3.84 million tonnes
August 2026
1m +0.6%1y +8.2%
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Diesel7.02 million tonnes
August 2026
1m −13.2%1y +6.8%
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LPG2.35 million tonnes
August 2026
1m 0%1y −17.2%
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Aviation fuel726 thousand tonnes
August 2026
1m +3%1y +2.3%
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Source: Petroleum Planning and Analysis Cell, India Dispatch Research
Large-station power generation grew 7.8% in the year to August 2026
The series covers gross generation from monitored stations above 25 MW and excludes renewable generation.
Monthly generation144.16 TWh
August 2026
1y +7.8%
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Source: Central Electricity Authority, India Dispatch Research
India imported 88.7% of the crude oil it used in 2025–26
245.8 million tonnes of crude oil cost $123 billion. PPAC marks the newest figures provisional.
Crude-oil import dependency88.7%
2025–26
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Crude-oil import bill$123 billion
2025–26
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Source: Petroleum Planning and Analysis Cell, India Dispatch Research
Inflation and prices
Detailed data: Consumer-price inflation
Headline inflation was 4.82% in August 2026
Food inflation was 5.95%. The series retains the base year printed in each Ministry of Statistics release.
Year-on-year headline consumer-price inflation
Headline consumer-price inflation4.8%
August 2026
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Source: Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation, India Dispatch Research
3 of 39 essential-commodity prices were lower than a year earlier on 26 September 2026
Rankings use the change in all-India average retail prices from one year earlier.
Largest increases
| Commodity | Now | 1m | 6m | 1y |
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| Onion1 Kg | ₹54$0.564 | +15.6% | +114.1% | +100.9% |
| Sugar1 Kg | ₹56$0.586 | −13.8% | +21% | +21% |
| Sunflower Oil (Packed)1 Kg | ₹194$2.02 | +1% | +6% | +19.1% |
| Coriander (whole)250 gm | ₹44$0.457 | +2.4% | +15.8% | +17.2% |
| Gur1 Kg | ₹66$0.693 | −1.1% | +15.7% | +16.7% |
| Palm Oil (Packed)1 Kg | ₹153$1.6 | +2% | +8.4% | +15.7% |
| Soya Oil (Packed)1 Kg | ₹167$1.74 | +1.2% | +8.4% | +14.1% |
| Groundnut Oil (Packed)1 Kg | ₹209$2.18 | +0.4% | +5.8% | +11.1% |
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Largest declines
| Commodity | Now | 1m | 6m | 1y |
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| Potato1 Kg | ₹23$0.239 | +5.3% | +11% | −9% |
| Cumin seed (whole)100 gm | ₹41$0.425 | −1.9% | −0.2% | −2% |
| Tomato1 Kg | ₹39$0.406 | +2.1% | +45.2% | −0.7% |
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Source: Department of Consumer Affairs, India Dispatch Research
Transport and tourism
2.46 million vehicles were registered in August 2026
+18.8% from a year earlier. Vahan, the national vehicle registry, revises old observations when offices or late registrations are added.
Monthly registrations2.46 million
August 2026
1m −6.7%1y +18.8%
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Registrations by vehicle class
| Vehicle class | Registrations | One month | One year |
|---|---|---|---|
| Two-wheelers | 1.67 million | −5.8% | +20.4% |
| Cars | 373,390 | −3.7% | +19.1% |
| Three-wheelers | 90,497 | −6% | +30.7% |
| Agricultural tractors | 82,244 | −25.9% | +2.1% |
| Goods carriers | 76,420 | −7.5% | +21.4% |
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Source: Ministry of Road Transport and Highways, India Dispatch Research
India logged 137.89 million goods shipments in July 2026
E-way bills are digital permits normally required to move goods with a consignment value above ₹50,000 ($522). The declared assessable value was ₹36.28 trillion ($379 billion). Incoming interstate bills are not added again.
Goods movements137.89 million
July 2026
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Assessable value₹36.28 trillion$379 billion
July 2026
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Source: Goods and Services Tax Network, India Dispatch Research
Drivers made 351 million highway toll payments in August 2026
FASTag, the windshield tag that pays highway tolls electronically, processed ₹71.85 billion ($750 million) across 129.09 million tags issued to date.
Monthly toll payments351 million
August 2026
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Monthly toll value₹71.85 billion$750 million
August 2026
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Tags issued to date129.09 millionAugust 2026
Banks live40NETC participants
Average toll payment₹205$2.14Average of reported monthly payments
Source: National Payments Corporation of India, India Dispatch Research
Indian Railways carried 6.91 billion passengers in 2023–24
1.59 billion tonnes of revenue-earning freight was loaded in the same year.
Passengers originating6.91 billion
2023–24
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Revenue-earning freight1.59 billion tonnes
2023–24
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Latest monthly passengers638.1 millionJune 2026
From a year earlier+2.3%623.7 million a year ago
Latest monthly freight142.21 million tonnesJune 2026
Source: Indian Railways, India Dispatch Research
Indian airlines carried 12.13 million domestic passengers in August 2026
The ten-year series covers scheduled domestic traffic. The load factor is the share of available seats that were filled.
Scheduled domestic passengers12.13 million
August 2026
1m +1.1%1y −6.3%
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Passenger load factor79%
August 2026
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Source: Directorate General of Civil Aviation, India Dispatch Research
Indian airports handled 31.01 million passengers in August 2026
The series includes domestic and international passengers. Airport rankings compare the latest month with the same month a year earlier.
Passengers through airports31.01 million
August 2026
1m +1.2%1y −6.2%
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Largest airports by passenger traffic
| Airport | Passengers | 1y |
|---|---|---|
| Delhi (DIAL) | 6.08 million | +2.7% |
| Mumbai (MIAL) | 4.05 million | −10.4% |
| Bengaluru (BIAL) | 3.4 million | −3.1% |
| Hyderabad (GHIAL) | 2.19 million | −11.5% |
| Chennai | 1.68 million | −11.1% |
| Kolkata | 1.4 million | −12.5% |
| Kochi | 979,732 | +2.1% |
| Pune | 908,137 | +0.8% |
| Ahmedabad | 877,764 | −17.2% |
| Guwahati | 463,935 | −6.2% |
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Freight through airports240 thousand tonnes
August 2026
1m −35.4%1y −27.3%
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Source: Airports Authority of India, India Dispatch Research
Foreign tourist arrivals were 16.3% below their 2019 peak in 2025
9.15 million foreign tourists arrived, against 10.93 million in 2019.
Monthly arrivals1.08 million
December 2025
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Annual arrivals9,148,766
2025
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Source: Ministry of Tourism, India Dispatch Research
Telecom
India had 1.07 billion broadband connections in March 2026
Average wireless data use reached 26.7 GB per data subscriber a month. Subscriber stocks and usage are quarter-end measures.
Broadband subscribers1.07 billion
March 2026
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Wireless data use26.7 GB
per subscriber per month
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Rural internet subscribers440.87 millionMarch 2026
Urban internet subscribers651.93 millionMarch 2026
Wireless revenue per user₹196$2.05per subscriber per month
Source: Telecom Regulatory Authority of India, India Dispatch Research
Jobs and businesses
52.8% of people aged 15 and above were working in August 2026
The worker population ratio was 55.8% in rural India and 47% in urban India.
Worker population ratio
Working52.8%
August 2026
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Latest labour-market rates
| Area | In labour force | Working | Unemployed |
|---|---|---|---|
| India | 55.6% | 52.8% | 5% |
| Rural | 58.2% | 55.8% | 4.1% |
| Urban | 50.4% | 47% | 6.8% |
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Source: Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation, India Dispatch Research
White-collar hiring was 5% higher than a year earlier in July 2026
The index tracks openings advertised on Naukri, a private platform. It does not count all jobs in India.
White-collar hiring index3,227
July 2026
1y +5%
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Source: Info Edge, India Dispatch Research
Agriculture employs 41.6% of workers and produces 16.2% of value added
Industry employs 25.8% of workers and services employ 32.6%. The employment figures are modelled estimates. The value-added figures come from national accounts.
Share of employment in agriculture
Agriculture41.6%
2025
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Agriculture share of gross value added
Agriculture16.2%
2025
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Source: World Bank, India Dispatch Research
Listed IT-services companies made ₹2.11 in sales for each rupee spent on staff in the second quarter of 2025–26
This is the latest quarter for which the Reserve Bank of India published an exact IT-services ratio. The figure describes company accounts and is not a direct measure of worker productivity.
Manufacturing sales for each rupee spent on staff
Manufacturing18.2
first quarter of 2026–27
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Source: Reserve Bank of India, India Dispatch Research
India’s formal provident-fund payroll recorded 12.98 million net additions in 2024–25
The Employees’ Provident Fund Organisation, or EPFO, records provisional net additions for workers covered by the statutory provident fund. The total fell 1.3% from the previous financial year. The Employees’ State Insurance Corporation, or ESIC, reports its own registrations separately below.
Annual EPFO-covered net payroll
Net payroll12.98 million
2024–25
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Monthly movements in the published series
| Month | First-time entries | Exits | Rejoiners | Net payroll |
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| April 2025 | 933,308 | 1.45 million | 1.94 million | 1.43 million |
| May 2025 | 994,824 | 1.31 million | 1.78 million | 1.46 million |
| June 2025 | 1.1 million | 1 million | 1.81 million | 1.9 million |
| July 2025 | 979,383 | 518,459 | 1.64 million | 2.1 million |
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Annual new ESIC registrations
New ESIC registrations19.69 million
2025–26
1y −12.8%Paid contribution 73.2%
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Source: Employees’ Provident Fund Organisation and Employees’ State Insurance Corporation, India Dispatch Research
India had an estimated 86.73 million unincorporated establishments in the second quarter of 2026
They employ 136.99 million people. 82% use the internet and 80% use online financial services, including UPI, India’s shared instant-payments network, wallets and card terminals.
Establishments86.73 million
second quarter of 2026
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Workers136.99 million
second quarter of 2026
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Where the establishments and workers are
| Activity | Establishments | Workers | Workers per establishment |
|---|---|---|---|
| Manufacturing | 22.72 million | 35.66 million | 1.57 |
| Trade | 23.19 million | 39.56 million | 1.71 |
| Other services | 40.82 million | 61.76 million | 1.51 |
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Same quarter a year ago +9.2%Registered under an act 42.5%
Source: Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation, India Dispatch Research
Farming and rural incomes
Rice production reached 154 million tonnes in the latest 2025–26 estimate
21.57 million tonnes of basmati and other rice were exported in 2025–26. Production and trade are separate series with their own release dates.
Rice production
Rice154.02 million tonnes
2025–26
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Basmati rice exports by volume
Basmati6.52 million tonnes
2025–26
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Basmati rice exports by value
Basmati$5.67 billion
2025–26
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Source: Ministry of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare and Department of Commerce, India Dispatch Research
Agricultural daily wages varied across the states reported for July 2026
The chart uses general agricultural labourers wages. Where the Labour Bureau reports no value, the chart leaves a gap.
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Latest reported daily wage
| State | Men | Women |
|---|---|---|
| Andhra Pradesh | ₹602$6.28 | ₹439$4.58 |
| Arunachal Pradesh | ₹471$4.92 | Not reported |
| Assam | ₹412$4.3 | ₹374$3.91 |
| Bihar | ₹394$4.11 | ₹300$3.13 |
| Chhattisgarh | ₹280$2.92 | ₹228$2.38 |
| Daman and Diu, Dadra Nagar and Haveli | ₹396$4.13 | Not reported |
| Goa | ₹575$6 | ₹400$4.17 |
| Gujarat | ₹335$3.49 | ₹298$3.11 |
| Haryana | ₹591$6.16 | ₹503$5.25 |
| Himachal Pradesh | ₹542$5.65 | ₹553$5.77 |
| Jammu & Kashmir | ₹614$6.41 | Not reported |
| Jharkhand | ₹319$3.33 | ₹295$3.08 |
| Karnataka | ₹527$5.5 | ₹409$4.27 |
| Kerala | ₹863$9 | ₹677$7.07 |
| Madhya Pradesh | ₹338$3.53 | ₹294$3.07 |
| Maharashtra | ₹386$4.03 | ₹275$2.87 |
| Mizoram | ₹588$6.13 | ₹488$5.09 |
| Odisha | ₹420$4.38 | ₹396$4.13 |
| Puducherry | ₹692$7.22 | ₹352$3.67 |
| Punjab | ₹463$4.84 | Not reported |
| Rajasthan | ₹447$4.67 | ₹369$3.85 |
| Sikkim | ₹479$4.99 | ₹469$4.89 |
| Tamil Nadu | ₹640$6.68 | ₹396$4.13 |
| Telangana | ₹431$4.5 | ₹367$3.83 |
| Tripura | ₹490$5.11 | Not reported |
| Uttar Pradesh | ₹407$4.25 | ₹339$3.54 |
| Uttarakhand | ₹517$5.39 | ₹400$4.17 |
| West Bengal | ₹437$4.56 | ₹375$3.92 |
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Source: Labour Bureau, India Dispatch Research
India’s rural jobs guarantee provided 2.28 billion days of work in 2025–26
The Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act, or MGNREGA, guaranteed eligible rural households access to public work. The series uses completed financial years as reported in the Ministry’s state table.
Days of work2.28 billion
2025–26
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Source: Ministry of Rural Development, India Dispatch Research
Monsoon-crop sowing was 4.7% behind the previous year on 24 July 2026
78.7 million hectares had been planted with kharif, or monsoon-season, crops, against 82.6 million hectares at the same point in the previous season.
Area sown78.7 million hectares
24 July 2026
| Crop | Current season | Previous season | Change |
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| Rice | 23.44 million hectares | 24.06 million hectares | −2.6% |
| Pulses | 8.46 million hectares | 9.15 million hectares | −7.5% |
| Millets and coarse cereals | 14.22 million hectares | 16.15 million hectares | −11.9% |
| Oilseeds | 16.35 million hectares | 16.7 million hectares | −2.1% |
| Sugarcane | 5.76 million hectares | 5.67 million hectares | +1.5% |
| Jute & Mesta | 0.63 million hectares | 0.62 million hectares | +2.1% |
| Cotton | 9.87 million hectares | 10.27 million hectares | −3.9% |
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Source: Ministry of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare, India Dispatch Research
The monsoon was running 12% below normal through 26 September 2026
749.2 mm of rain was recorded from 1 June to 26 September 2026. IMD’s normal band runs from −19% to +19%, so the national reading still classifies as normal.
1,008.1 mm received
531.8 mm received
949.6 mm received
536.1 mm received
Largest deficits
| State or union territory | Rain | Departure |
|---|---|---|
| Meghalaya | 1,070.4 mm | −60% |
| Manipur | 565.2 mm | −44% |
| Arunachal Pradesh | 931.3 mm | −43% |
| Punjab | 255 mm | −42% |
| Puducherry (UT) | 251.3 mm | −36% |
| Goa | 1,976.3 mm | −33% |
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Largest surpluses
| State or union territory | Rain | Departure |
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| Ladakh (UT) | 49.4 mm | +123% |
| Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Daman and Diu | 2,991.5 mm | +37% |
| Odisha | 1,477.6 mm | +31% |
| Sikkim | 1,825.8 mm | +11% |
| Andaman & Nicobar Islands (UT) | 1,743.9 mm | +11% |
| Nagaland | 1,090.7 mm | +7% |
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Source: India Meteorological Department, India Dispatch Research
Reservoirs held 96.97 billion cubic metres on 6 August 2026
52.8% of monitored live capacity, against 132.37 billion cubic metres a year earlier and 99.83 billion cubic metres in the long-run average for the same date.
Storage as a share of capacity52.8%
6 August 2026
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Source: Central Water Commission, India Dispatch Research
94.47 million farmers have been paid so far in the April–July 2026–27 round
PM-Kisan, the central government’s income transfer to eligible landholding farming households, pays in three instalments a year. This instalment stays open through July, and the count can rise until it closes. A farmer paid in every period appears in every period’s count.
Period-wise beneficiaries94.47 million
April–July 2026–27
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Source: Ministry of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare, India Dispatch Research