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Output of eight core sectors increases 4.4% in September

The eight core industries comprise 40.27 per cent of the weight of items included in the Index of Industrial Production (IIP)

Eight core sectors' output accelerates to 11.6% in August: Govt data

The core sector in August this year recorded a 3.9 per cent rise from the pre-covid August 2019 too

Eight core sectors' output up 11.6% in August year-on-year: Govt data

The industries had contracted by 6.9 per cent in August 2020

Core sectors' output soars by 56.1% in April due to low base effect

But it is down 15% sequentially due to second wave

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Eight core sectors' output grows 56% in April on low base effect

In March this year, the eight sectors had recorded a growth rate of 11.4 per cent.

At 4.6% in Feb, core industries show sharpest contraction in six months

All the core segments, including coal, crude oil, natural gas, refinery products and fertilisers witnessed a decline in February

Output of 8 core infra sectors contracts 8.5% in Aug, drops for sixth month

Barring coal and fertiliser, all sectors -- crude oil, natural gas, refinery products, steel, cement and electricity -- recorded negative growth in August

Eight core industries output down 4th month in a row, shrinks 15% in June

The eight core sectors had expanded by 1.2 per cent in June 2019, govt data showed

Covid-19 impact: India's eight core sectors output contracts 23.4% in May

Infrastructure output, which comprises eight sectors including coal, crude oil and electricity and accounts for nearly 40% of the country's industrial output, contracted 30% in April and May

Q4 GDP data released today: Key things to note

India's gross domestic product for the fourth quarter of the financial year 2020 grew at 3.1 per cent, its slowest pace in at least two years

Eight core industries' output shrinks 6.5% in March amid Covid-19 lockdown

The eight core sectors had expanded by 5.8 per cent in March 2019

Covid-19 woes: Allow limited activity in select sectors, DPIIT tells govt

The exit plan from the lockdown is recommended after getting suggestions from a detailed interaction with various states and industry bodies, the letter said.

At 2.2% in January, core sector output up for second straight month

Core output had contracted for four months till November as a broad-based decline gripped most sectors

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Data by the commerce and industry ministry showed production in coal, crude oil, natural gas, refinery products, steel, cement, and electricity declined in September

Output of 8 core industries contracts 5% in Sep, may hurt Q2 GDP growth

Gross domestic product grew by more than a six-year low of 5 per cent in the first quarter

Growth of 8 core sectors slows to 2.1% in July, recovers from 50-month low

Yet, it recovers from a 50-month low in June as cement output jumps

Eight core sectors grow by 5.1% in May on healthy steel, electricity output

Steel and electricity output increased by 19.9% and 7.2%, respectively

Eight core industries grow by 5.6% in December

This, due to healthy output recorded by refinery products and steel

November core sector output growth slows to 4.9%

Crude oil and natural gas production declined during the month when demonetisation was introduced