Growth in production of eight infrastructure industries — which form part of the core sector — declined to a three-month low of 6 per cent in February, with six industries reporting a sequential fall in output growth.
The data released by the industry department on Friday showed that barring cement (7.3 per cent) and fertilisers (22.2 per cent), growth in output in the five sectors decelerated sequentially.
They are coal (8.5 per cent), electricity (7.6 per cent), steel (6.9 per cent), natural gas (3.2 per cent) and refinery products (3.3 per cent).
Crude oil output, however, continued to contract for the ninth consecutive month, shrinking to 4.9 per cent in February.
