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IIP June 2025: 1.5%; digital payments

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Battle IAS current affairs title card: IIP June 2025: 1.5%; digital payments (GS3 · Economy, 28 July 2025)

What happened

  • IIP grew 1.5% in June 2025; manufacturing grew 3.9% and mining fell 8.7% [PIB].
  • Over 65,000 crore digital transactions were made from FY 2019-20 to FY 2024-25; PIDF has deployed about 4.77 crore touch points [PIB].

Background

  • RBI set up PIDF in 2021 for tier-3 to 6 cities, NE and J&K [PIB].

Why it matters

  • Acceptance points in small towns drive digital use.

How to use this in Mains

GS-III Indian economy: growth, development and employment

  1. As per PIB (2025-07-28): IIP grew 1.5% in June 2025; manufacturing grew 3.9% and mining fell 8.7%.
  2. Acceptance points in small towns drive digital use.
Quotable data point

Over 65,000 crore digital transactions were made from FY 2019-20 to FY 2024-25; PIDF has deployed about 4.77 crore touch points.

PIB: IIP June 2025, 28 Jul 2025

Exam angle

UPSC

Prelims: PIDF.

Practice MCQs

Original practice questions (not PYQs).

Practice · UPSC

PIDF was set up by

Answer (b) & explanation

PIB.

Go deeper

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Official source: PIB: IIP June 2025, 28 Jul 2025

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