The Index of Eight Core Industries (ICI) assesses the collective and individual production performance of eight key sectors, namely cement, coal, crude oil, electricity, fertilizers, natural gas, refinery products, and steel.
All these sectors registered positive growth in October 2023 over the corresponding month last year, the Ministry of Commerce & Industry said in a statement.
Infrastructure output, consisting of eight sectors such as coal and electricity, contributes to around 40.27 per cent of industrial production which is measured by the Index of Industrial Production.
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