Similarly, growth in the infrastructure/construction goods segment also picked up in June at 8.5 per cent, much ahead of the 4.9 per cent seen in the previous month
April data had also been mixed, suggesting a softening in demand
Factory output, measured by the IIP, had expanded by a revised 3.3 per cent in January
It was 5.7% as against contraction of 1.8% in October
IIP had contracted 0.8 % in April, which has been further revised to -1.35%