 "India's core sector growth down to 19-month low of 1.8% in January")
A sudden uptick in petroleum production pushed up the output of the eight core sectors to an 11-month high of 5.5 per cent in February, after January’s output was revised to a reduced 1.4 per cent.
Core sector output had contracted for four months till November, with a broad-based decline gripping most sectors. As a result, core sector output in the April-February period dropped to 1 per cent, compared to 4 per cent in the corresponding period last year.
Output rose for the third straight month in February, mainly on the back of growth in refinery products, as well as
