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India's infrastructure output growth hits 13-month high in Feb

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Reuters NEW DELHI

NEW DELHI (Reuters) - India's infrastructure output grew an annual 5.7 percent in February, its fastest pace in at least 13 months, mainly driven by a surge in production of cement and fertilizers, government data showed on Thursday.

Infrastructure accounts for nearly 38 percent of India's industrial output.

Cement production last month was up 13.5 percent from a year earlier. Fertilizer output grew an annual 16.3 percent, the data showed.

(Reporting by Rajesh Kumar Singh; Editing by Malini Menon)

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First Published: Mar 31 2016 | 5:13 PM IST

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