The cumulative decline during April-February (2020-21) was 11.3%, compared to a growth of 1% during the same period a year ago
The manufacturing sector output contraced by 3.7 per cent in February, while the mining output declined by 5.5 per cent. Meanwhile, the power generation grew by 0.1 per cent
The rise in the Index of Industrial Production (IIP) helped pull up cumulative growth in industrial output to 0.9 per cent in the April-February period of 2019-20,
The Index of Industrial Production had risen by 7.4% in January; food prices, including vegetables, fell during March