Indian industrial production showed tepid growth of 3.3 percent in July from 8.8 percent in the previous month, said Indian Central Statistics Office on Monday.
The lower-than-expected expansion is the lowest since this January and is expected to have implication on Indian central bank's monetary stance to be released later this week.
Indian industrial lobbies have asked the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) to halt hikes of interest rates and even cut interest rates somehow to lift the burden on companies.
The mining, manufacturing and electricity sector posted growth of 2.8 percent, 2.3 percent and 13.1 percent, respectively.
Capital goods and intermediate goods shrank 15.2 percent and 1.1 percent with basic goods expanding 10.1 percent.
By contrast, the manufacturing and capital goods expanded 10 percent and 37.7 percent in June.
Consumer durables and consumer non-durables grew 8.6 percent and 4.1 percent in July, respectively.
Plus, Indian industrial output grew 5.3 percent rather than 5.7 percent in April according to the final revision.
Indian purchasing manager index for manufacturing sector slipped to 52.6 percent in August, which is the lowest in last 29 months, said a survey by HSBC.
Meanwhile, Indian headline inflation is expected to hover close to double-digit growth in August.
Economists now are divided on whether RBI would continue to raise interest rates for another 25 basis on September 16.