Cement production, which has a weightage of 5.37, rose by 548.8 per cent in the month under review.
June 1, 2021Electricity generation, which has the second highest weightage of 19.85, however, rose by 21.6 per cent, whereas the steel production was down 23 per cent over last month.
May 1, 2021During April-May 2020-21, the sector's output dipped by 30 per cent as compared to 4.5 per cent in the same period previous year.
June 30, 2020The output of India's eight major industries during last month grew by 3.6 per cent from a rise of 2.8 per cent reported in April 2017, official data showed on Friday. The Eight Core Industries (ECI) data which represents the output of major industrial sectors like coal, steel, cement and electricity had grown by 5.2 …
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June 30, 2017The output of India's eight infrastructure industries in November 2016 increased by 4.9 per cent, as compared to the same month of 2015, on the back of higher production of coal, oil, steel and electricity, official data showed on Monday. Reflecting some impact of the government's November 8 demonetisation measure, however, the Index of Eight …
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January 2, 2017India&’s GDP grew 7.1 per cent in the first quarter of current financial year, according to the Central Statistics Office data released on Wednesday. The GDP slowed down to 7.1 per cent from 7.9% in last quarter of 2015-16 but it remained fastest among other major economies in the world. The GDP growth reading is …
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