India's Dec infrastructure output growth at 3-month low of 2.4 pct

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Last Updated : Feb 02 2015 | 5:25 PM IST

NEW DELHI (Reuters) - India's annual infrastructure output growth slowed to a three-month low of 2.4 percent in December, mainly dragged down by a sharp slowdown in electricity, coal and cement production, government data showed on Monday.

The output had expanded 6.7 percent year-on-year in November.

The infrastructure sector, which comprises coal, crude oil, oil refining, natural gas, steel, cement, electricity and fertilisers, accounts for 37.9 percent of India's industrial output.

(Reporting by Rajesh Kumar Singh; Editing by Malini Menon)

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