The Index of Industrial Production (IIP) grew 1% for December 2020, showed the data released by the Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation (MoSPI) on Friday.
The factory output in the country had contracted 1.9% in November and grew 0.4% in December 2019.
According to the Index of Industrial Production (IIP) data, the manufacturing sector output grew by 1.6% in December 2020.
Mining output declined by 4.8%, while power generation grew 5.1% in December 2020.
Industrial production has been hit due to the Covid-19 pandemic since March last year when IIP contracted by 18.7% in the month.
Consumer Price Index inflation eased to 4.06% in January 2021 as compared to 4.59% in December 2020 and 7.6% in January 2020, according to data released by the Ministry of Statistics and Program Implementation on Friday.
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