Energy-sector contractions wiped out gains in construction-linked industries, leaving overall output unchanged from last year
Core sector growth eased to a 3-month low in September as output in coal, crude oil, refinery, and gas declined, even as steel demand stayed robust
The core sectors' output growth was 3.7 per cent in the previous month of July. It was (-) 1.5 per cent in August last year
For the first four months (April - July) of the current financial year, growth stood at 1.6 per cent against 6.3 per cent last year. In July 2024, the Index of Core Industries (ICI) had risen 6.3 per
Aditi Nayar, chief economist at Icra, said that while an elevated base weighed upon coal output, excess rains in the latter half of June impacted electricity generation
In March 2024, core sector growth had stood at 6.3 per cent
Driven by deceleration in output of coal, refinery products, and cement
In February 2024, the core sector growth had stood at 7.1 per cent
For the first two months of this financial year, growth in the output of the core industries stood at 6.5%
The eight sectors-coal, steel, cement, fertilisers, electricity, natural gas, refinery products, and crude oil-comprise two-fifths of India's total industrial production
In March 2023, the core sector had recorded a growth of 4.2 per cent
The eight core industries account for 40.27 per cent of weighting of items included in the Index of Industrial Production (IIP). Thus, they have a significant impact on the index
Coal output grew by 10.2 per cent, the only sector to retain a double-digit growth in January, compared to 10.7 per cent previously
In August last year, the core sector had grown by 4.2 per cent
In June last year, the core sector had grown by 13.1 per cent. The print for May 2023 has undergone a significant revision to 5 per cent from 4.3 per cent estimated earlier
The output of crude oil declined by 2.8 per cent, power by 1.8 per cent and cement by 0.8 per cent in March this year
Six of eight key infrastructure industries report sequential deceleration
Lower base, expansion in output of seven of eight industries attributed
Production of eight infrastructure sectors rose at a three-month high of 7.4 per cent in December 2022 against 4.1 per cent in the same month of previous year on a better show by coal, fertiliser, steel, and electricity segments, according to the official data released on Tuesday. Crude oil output, however, contracted by 1.2 per cent in December last year. The production of eight key sectors rose by 5.7 per cent in November 2022. The growth rate of eight infrastructure sectors -- coal, crude oil, natural gas, refinery products, fertilisers, steel, cement and electricity -- stood at 8 per cent in April-December this fiscal as against 12.6 per cent during the same period last fiscal. The production of coal rose by 11.5 per cent, fertiliser by 7.3 per cent, steel by 9.2 per cent, and electricity by 10 per cent in December 2022 compared to a year ago. Core sector or key infrastructure industries, which have a 40.27 per cent weight in the overall index of industrial production (IIP), a
Data released by the industry department on Friday showed sequential acceleration in output growth in sectors like coal (12.3 per cent), steel (10.8 per cent), electricity (12.1 per cent)