India’s Core Sector Performance
- Context: The combined Index of Eight Core Industries (ICI) increased by 1.8% in November compared with the same period last year
- Nodal Ministry: Ministry of Commerce and Industry
- Cement emerged as the best-performing segment, recording the highest year-on-year growth of 14.5%.
- Eight Core Industries Weight in IIP: 40.27%.
- Industry& Weight (In percentage): Petroleum & Refinery production (28.04 %), Electricity generation (19.85 %), Steel production (17.92 %),Coal production (10.33 %), Crude Oil production( 8.98 %), Natural production Gas(6.88 %), Cement production(5.37 %), Fertilizers production(2.63 %).
