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[h=1]India's manufacturing picks up in Jan: Report[/h]
In a shot in the arm for the government ahead of the week long ‘Make in India’ celebrations, the manufacturing activity in the country has returned to growth in the new year after a contraction in December.
The Nikkei Manufacturing Purchasing Managers’ Index (PMI), compiled by Markit, jumped to a four-month high of 51.1 in January after slumping to a 28-month low of 49.1 in December. The 50-mark demarcates contraction from expansion.
“The opening month of 2016 saw a rebound in new business – from both domestic and external clients – leading manufacturers in India to scale up output following a short-lived downturn recorded in December,” Pollyanna De Lima, Economist at Markit and author of the report said.
Read more at: http://www.deccanherald.com/content/526498/indias-manufacturing-picks-up-jan.html
In a shot in the arm for the government ahead of the week long ‘Make in India’ celebrations, the manufacturing activity in the country has returned to growth in the new year after a contraction in December.
The Nikkei Manufacturing Purchasing Managers’ Index (PMI), compiled by Markit, jumped to a four-month high of 51.1 in January after slumping to a 28-month low of 49.1 in December. The 50-mark demarcates contraction from expansion.
“The opening month of 2016 saw a rebound in new business – from both domestic and external clients – leading manufacturers in India to scale up output following a short-lived downturn recorded in December,” Pollyanna De Lima, Economist at Markit and author of the report said.
Read more at: http://www.deccanherald.com/content/526498/indias-manufacturing-picks-up-jan.html