Mumbai, Oct. 3 -- The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has released results of its 70th round of the quarterly Order Books, Inventories, and Capacity Utilisation Survey (OBICUS), which was conducted during Q2:2025-26 and covered 980 manufacturing companies. The survey provides a snapshot of the demand conditions in India's manufacturing sector during April-June 2025. At the aggregate level, capacity utilisation (CU) in the manufacturing sector recorded a seasonal decline to 74.1 per cent in Q1:2025-26 from 77.7 per cent in the previous quarter. The seasonally adjusted CU (CU-SA) increased by 30 basis points from the previous quarter and stands at 75.8 per cent in Q1:2025-26. Both CU and CU-SA for Q1:2025-26 are higher compared to their levels ...