Industrial output growth picks up in Sept to 2.5 pct y/y

NEW DELHI (Reuters) - India's industrial output > grew a faster-than-expected 2.5 percent year-on-year in September, helped by a rebound in capital goods sector, government data showed on Wednesday.

Analysts polled by Reuters had forecast the output to grow a meagre 0.6 percent. Industrial production was upwardly revised to 0.5 percent year-on-year in August from 0.5 percent earlier.

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