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The output of India’s eight core industries grew by 11.6 per cent in August compared with 9.9 per cent in the previous month even as the base effect was less beneficial.The core sector, comprising coal, crude oil, natural gas, refinery products, fertilisers, steel, cement, and electricity, had contracted 6.9 per cent in August last year, as against 7.6 per cent in July.
The core sector also recorded a 3.9 per cent rise from the pre-Covid level of August 2019. Only the production of refinery products and crude oil was lower over this period. However, the overall output was still lower by 0.3 per cent when compared to the February 2020 level.
The picture at disaggregated level is more encouraging, said Sunil Kumar
