New Delhi, Feb. 12 -- A survey conducted by industry body FICCI revealed sustained and continued growth for India's manufacturing sector in the last two quarters of 2023-24 (October-March).

Compared to the previous quarter, October-December, when 73 per cent of respondents had reported higher production levels, in the current January-March quarter, around 87 per cent of respondents expected either higher or the same level of production.

Responses have been drawn from over 400 manufacturing units from both large and SME segments with a combined annual turnover of over Rs 3.4 lakh crores.

This upbeat assessment of Indian manufacturing is also reflected in higher-order books.

As per the survey, 85 per cent of the respondents in the curre...