The output of India’s core industries deteriorated once again in November, after recovering till September 2020. The infrastructure output had shrunk by 37.9 per cent in April, after which it gradually recovered to a contraction of a mere 0.1 per cent in October. However, in the last two months, the contraction once again widened at 0.9 per cent in October and 2.6 per cent in the month of November. Out of the eight core industries, production in five of them declined in the last month. These industries are crude oil, natural gas, refinery products, steel, and cement.
