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India's March infrastructure output grows 4.7% year-on-year: Govt

Infrastructure output, which comprises eight sectors - such as coal, crude oil and electricity - accounts for nearly 40 per cent of India's industrial output

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1 min read Last Updated : Apr 30 2019 | 5:52 PM IST

The growth of eight core sectors improved marginally to 4.7 per cent in March 2019 against 4.5 per cent in the same month last year.

For the full 2018-19 fiscal, the expansion rate of eight infrastructure sectors -- coal, crude oil, natural gas, refinery products, fertilisers, steel, cement and electricity -- remained flat at 4.3 per cent, official data released Tuesday showed.

Coal generation growth was flat at 9.1 pet cent in March 2019. Natural gas, refinery products, fertiliser, steel and cement sectors recorded positive growth rates.

Crude oil production, however, contracted by 6.2 per cent in March. Electricity generation declined by 1.4

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