What was the growth rate of India's Index of Industrial Production in August 2026?
- A.5.4 per cent
- B.6.7 per cent
- C.8.0 per cent
- D.9.6 per cent
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Explanation
The correct answer is 8.0 per cent. Factory output measured by the Index of Industrial Production rose at that rate in August 2026 over the same month a year earlier, helped by manufacturing and by a strong showing from electricity and gas supply. The option of 6.7 per cent is wrong because that was the quick estimate for the previous month, July 2026, and is given only for comparison. The option of 5.4 per cent is wrong because no such headline rate was reported for the month under discussion. The option of 9.6 per cent is wrong as well; the figure closest to it in the release is the manufacturing sector's own growth rate, which was 9.0 per cent and applies to one sector rather than to the overall index.
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Practice Questions
Which sector recorded a contraction in the Index of Industrial Production for August 2026?
- A.Manufacturing
- B.Mining and quarrying
- C.Electricity and gas supply
- D.Water supply, sewerage and waste management
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It was the only one of the four sectors to shrink during the month, falling 5.6 per cent, and its index stood at 85.7, the lowest of the four.
Read the full explanation →Under the use-based classification of the IIP, which category recorded the highest growth in August 2026?
- A.Primary goods
- B.Consumer non-durables
- C.Capital goods
- D.Infrastructure and construction goods
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Capital goods cover machinery and equipment used to produce other goods, so the rate is read as a sign of investment demand.
Read the full explanation →The upgrade of the sewage treatment plant at Visakhapatnam Port supports which green port initiative of the Ministry of Ports, Shipping and Waterways?
- A.Harit Sagar
- B.Sagarmala
- C.Harit Tat
- D.Nile Sagar
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Sarbananda Sonowal laid the foundation stone for raising the capacity of the port's sewage treatment plant from 10 million litres a day to 15 million litres a day, which includes a new 5 million litre plant, at an estimated cost of about Rs 11 crore.
Read the full explanation →How much cargo did Visakhapatnam Port handle in the 2025-26 financial year?
- A.71.17 million metric tonnes
- B.81.17 million metric tonnes
- C.91.17 million metric tonnes
- D.101.17 million metric tonnes
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Sarbananda Sonowal told port employees that Visakhapatnam Port had handled this record quantity of cargo in the 2025-26 financial year, roughly 10 per cent more than the year before, and that it was the port's fourth consecutive year of growth.
Read the full explanation →At which port did Sarbananda Sonowal dedicate a waterfront Port Promenade to the public in November 2026?
- A.Paradip Port
- B.Visakhapatnam Port
- C.Kandla Port
- D.Chennai Port
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The Union Minister of Ports, Shipping and Waterways, Sarbananda Sonowal, dedicated the new waterfront promenade at Visakhapatnam Port in Andhra Pradesh and on the same day laid foundation stones for four fresh works that together come to about Rs 560 crore.
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