May infrastructure output growth slows to 2.3 percent y/y

NEW DELHI (Reuters) - India's annual infrastructure sector output growth slowed to 2.3 percent in May from 4.2 percent in the previous month, government data showed on Monday.

The infrastructure sector, which comprises coal, crude oil, oil refining, natural gas, steel, cement, electricity and fertilisers, accounts for 37.9 percent of India's industrial output.

(Reporting by Manoj Kumar; editing by Malini Menon)