India’s core sector output increases by 4.3% in November

India's core sector output rose 4.3% year-on-year in November, driven by robust construction activity, according to government data released on Tuesday.

In October, infrastructure output, which accounts for 40% of the country’s industrial production, grew by a revised 3.7%.

Cement production surged 13% in November, up from during April to November, 2024-25 over corresponding period of the previous year, while steel output grew 4.8%, slightly lower than the revised 5.2% increase the previous month.


Coal production rose by 7.5%, down from 7.8% in October, and refinery product output grew 2.9%, compared to a 5.2% rise in the prior month.

Electricity generation increased by 3.8%, improving from a revised 2% growth in October. Fertilizer production rose by 2%, a notable improvement from the 0.4% increase in October.

However, crude oil production declined by 2.1%, compared to a 4.8% drop in October, while natural gas output fell 1.9%, slightly more than the 1.2% decrease recorded in the previous month.

For the April-November period, infrastructure output grew by 4.2%, a slowdown compared to the 8.7% growth seen in the same period last year.

The ICI measures the combined and individual performance of production of eight core industries viz. Cement, Coal, Crude Oil, Electricity, Fertilizers, Natural Gas, Refinery Products and Steel.

The Eight Core Industries comprise 40.27 percent of the weight of items included in the Index of Industrial Production (IIP).