Core industries post 6.5% growth in month of October

The core industries’ output grew 6.5 % (about eight industries which form part of core industries) in October on the back of double digit growth in output of coal and petroleum refinery products. The eight core industries i.e. – coal, crude oil, natural gas, petroleum refinery products, steel, cement and electricity – have a weightage of 37.90 % in the index of industrial production. This overall performance is much better than the 0.4 % increase recorded in October last year and five

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