India's industrial output flags gap between textiles, apparel manufacturing
The government's industrial output data, which showed robust growth in August this year, buoyed by the overall manufacturing sector's performance, indicated a prolonged contraction in apparel production, even as the upstream textile industry logged firm upward momentum. According to the Index of Industrial Production (IIP) released by the Statistics Ministry last week, overall growth in August 2026 stood at 8 per cent against 6.7 per cent in the preceding month. Within the manufacturing sector,…



