Core infrastructure sector growth slowed down to a three-month low of 6 per cent in February, with six of the eight sectors reporting a sequential decline. The output of the core sectors had increased 8.9 per cent in January 2023.
Barring crude oil, all the segments posted an increase in production. Crude oil output contracted by 4.9 per cent in February.
The growth rate of eight infrastructure sectors — coal, crude oil, natural gas, refinery products, fertilisers, steel, cement and electricity — stood at 7.8 per cent in April-February this fiscal against 11.1 per cent during the same period last fiscal.
