NEW DELHI (Reuters) - India's industrial output rose 2.1 percent in June from a year earlier, mainly driven by consumer durables and electricity production, government data showed on Friday.

Economists surveyed by Reuters had forecast a 1.5 percent increase in output compared with a provisional 1.2 percent year-on-year expansion in May.

(Reporting by Manoj Kumar; Editing by Malini Menon)

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First Published: Aug 12 2016 | 8:45 PM IST

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