India's infrastructure output grows 12.1 per cent in October

The Index of Eight Core Industries (ICI) assesses the collective and individual production performance of eight key sectors, namely cement, coal, crude oil, electricity, fertilizers, natural gas, refinery products, and steel.

All these sectors registered positive growth in October 2023 over the corresponding month last year, the Ministry of Commerce & Industry said in a statement.

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Coal, steel, cement and electricity production recorded double-digit growth.

The output growth of eight sectors was at 8.6 per cent in April-October 2023-24 against 8.4 per cent in the year-ago period.

Infrastructure output, consisting of eight sectors such as coal and electricity, contributes to around 40.27 per cent of industrial production which is measured by the Index of Industrial Production.