Industrial output grows 2 percent in February - govt

NEW DELHI (Reuters) - India's industrial output grew at an annual rate of 2.0 percent in February, government data showed on Tuesday.

Economists surveyed by Reuters had forecast output would grow by 1.0 percent compared with a 1.5 percent year-on-year contraction in January.

(Reporting by Manoj Kumar; Editing by Douglas Busvine)