Industrial growth slows to 1.7% in January

March 12, 2019 18:50

Instead of going to town in the Rafale deal, here's something the Congress could talk about in its poll campaign that will resonate with voters.

Industrial output growth has fallen to a shocking 1.7 per cent in January on account of the slowdown in the manufacturing sector. Factory output as measured in terms of the Index of Industrial Production had grown by 7.5 per cent in January 2018.

During April-January 2018-19, industrial output grew at 4.4 per cent as against 4.1 per cent in the same period previous fiscal, according to the data released by the Central Statistics Office on Tuesday. -- PTI

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