India’s core sector output increased to 4.3 per cent, up from 3.1 per cent in November on an annual basis, official data released on Tuesday showed.
The Index of Eight Core Industries (ICI) measures the collective and individual production performance of eight key sectors, namely cement, coal, crude oil, electricity, fertilizers, natural gas, refinery products, and steel.
Infrastructure output contributes to around 40.27 per cent of industrial production which is measured by the Index of Industrial Production (IIP).
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