India’s industrial output growth slipped to a 10-month low of 1.5% in June 2025, dragged down by contractions in mining and electricity production due to the early arrival of the monsoon, according to official data released by the National Statistical Office (NSO) on Monday.In comparison, factory output as measured by the Index of Industrial Production (IIP) had expanded 4.9% in June 2024. This marks the slowest growth since August 2024, when IIP was nearly flat, PTI reported.The NSO also revised May 2025’s industrial growth upward to 1.9% from its earlier estimate of 1.2%.Among sectors, manufacturing saw a modest improvement, with output rising 3.9% in June, slightly up from 3.5% a year earlier.However, mining output contracted sharply by 8.7%, a stark reversal from 10.3% growth in June 2024. Electricity generation also shrank by 2.6%, compared to 8.6% growth in the same period last year.In the first quarter of FY26 (April–June), industrial output grew by just 2%, significantly slower than the 5.4% recorded in the same period last year.