India's Key Infrastructure Growth Slows to 3.8% in Dec 2023
Jan 31, 2024 17:31
India's eight core infrastructure sectors witnessed a slowdown in growth, reaching 3.8% in December 2023, compared to 8.3% in the same period last year.
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New Delhi, Jan 31 (PTI) The growth of eight key infrastructure sectors slowed to 3.8 per cent in December 2023 against 8.3 per cent in the year-ago period, according to the official data released on Wednesday.
The core sector (coal, crude oil, natural gas, refinery products, fertiliser, steel, cement and electricity) growth in November was 7.9 per cent.
It was 8.3 per cent in December 2022.
The growth of eight sectors was flat at 8.1 per cent year-on-year in the April-December 2023-24.
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