Production of eight infrastructure sectors rose at a three-month high of 7.4 per cent in December 2022 against 4.1 per cent in the same month of previous year on a better show by coal, fertiliser, steel, and electricity segments, according to the official data released on Tuesday.
Crude oil output, however, contracted by 1.2 per cent in December last year.
The production of eight key sectors rose by 5.7 per cent in November 2022.
The growth rate of eight infrastructure sectors — coal, crude oil, natural gas, refinery products, fertilisers, steel, cement and electricity — stood at 8 per cent in April-December this fiscal as against 12.6 per cent during the same period last fiscal.
