India's industrial output up 1.7 pct y/y in December

NEW DELHI (Reuters) - India's industrial output grew 1.7 percent in December, government data showed on Thursday.

Analysts polled by Reuters were expecting output growth to come in at 1.6 percent compared with a 3.8 percent growth in November.

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