NEW DELHI (Reuters) – India’s industrial output grew 2.9% year-on-year in February, government data showed on Friday.
Economists polled by Reuters were expecting a growth of 4%. Industrial output grew at a revised 5.2% in January, compared to the initially-released 5% growth.
Manufacturing output advanced 2.9% in February, electricity generation grew 3.6% and mining activity rose 1.6%, data showed.
These sectors had grown by a revised 5.8%, 2.4% and 4.4%, respectively, in the previous month.
In the April-February period, industrial output increased by 4.1%.
(Reporting by Sarita Chaganti Singh; Editing by Varun H K)
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