India, Jan. 30 -- The Government of India has issued a release:
The Chemicals and Petrochemicals sector continues to play a significant role in the industrial development of the Indian economy, with strong backward linkages to petroleum refining and natural gas processing and forward linkages with several downstream industries.
As highlighted in the Economic Survey 2025-26, the sector contributed 8.1 per cent to the overall manufacturing sector's Gross Value Added (GVA) in Financial Year 2024.
The Economic Survey further notes a consistent upward trend in the production of selected major chemicals and petrochemicals over the last decade. Total production increased from 45,638 thousand metric tonnes (MT) in FY16 to 58,617 thousand MT in F...