According to government data, India's industrial output rose at its fastest pace in more than two years last December, driven by strong manufacturing and mining activity. Overall Performance December 2025 Growth: The Index of Industrial Production (IIP) surged to a 7.8% year-over-year increase, marking a more than two-year high. Revisions:...
India among top 15 emerging retail markets
A.T. Kearney's Global Retail Development Index for 2013 views India favorably and realistically. It points to India's large, young, increasingly brand- and fashion-conscious population. Retail growth of 14 to 15 percent per year is expected through 2015. "Modern retail" remains limited (7 percent in 2012), but it is expected to...
Rising Income fuel India's spiralling consumer economy
It took 33 years for India to increase its per-capita annual income from $100 to $500, but only five years to double it from $500 to $1,000. It's not surprising then, that Indian industry reported huge rises in sales in June: cars (34 per cent), refrigerators (32 per cent), air...