Industrial turnaround?

Overall industrial output has grown at a rate lower than that of the core sector in each month of 2012-13 (till Jan), barring Oct. In Feb, the core sector output, with a weight of 38 per cent on the Index of Industrial Production (IIP), declined 2.5 per cent, the first fall since July 2005. The low base - of 160.2 points in Feb 2012 - could, however, help IIP register high growth numbers in the month this year, data for which will be released today. (Click on graphic)