Output of eight core sectors grow 3.8% in December last year

Barring crude oil and steel, all sectors recorded positive growth. The sectors had expanded by 3.4% in November last year.

A worker stands in front of steel tubes at the Steel Authority of India Ltd in Rourkela, Odisha | Representational image | Dhiraj Singh | Bloomberg

New Delhi: Production of eight core sectors rose by 3.8 per cent in December 2021 as against a contraction of 0.4 per cent in the same month last year, according to the official data released on Monday.

Barring crude oil and steel, all sectors recorded positive growth in December 2021. The sectors had expanded by 3.4 per cent in November 2021.

The growth rate of the eight infrastructure sectors — coal, crude oil, natural gas, refinery products, fertilisers, steel, cement and electricity — stood at 12.6 per cent during April-December this fiscal as against a negative growth of 9.8 per cent during the same period last fiscal.

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