June IIP disappointing, need to promote critical sectors:FM

"The Quick Estimates of IIP for the month of June are disappointing. It is important to focus on the critical sectors, remove bottlenecks and give a fillip to production," Chidambaram said in a statement.

Industrial production has declined by 1.8 per cent in June from a 9.5 per cent growth in the same period a year ago period mainly due to poor show by manufacturing and capital goods sectors,

"The production will revive if there are new investments in the demand creating industries," Chidambaram said.

As per the official data, industrial output in the April- June quarter too contracted by 0.1 per cent this fiscal, against a growth of 6.9 per cent in the corresponding period a year ago.

Earlier this week, Chidambaram had stressed on removing the supply side constraints and boost manufacturing and exports.

"We intend to find practical solutions to the problems that impede higher production or output in the coal, mining, petroleum, power, road transport, railway and port sectors," he had said.

The manufacturing sector, which constitutes over 75 per cent of the index, witnessed a slump in output by a dismal 3.2 per cent in June against a growth of 11.1 per cent in the same month a year ago.

The performance of the manufacturing sector was also dismal in April-June quarter as the output declined by 0.7 per cent against a growth of 7.7 per cent in the three-month period a year ago.