12.1% growth has been recorded in the output of core industries in October 2023

A 12.1% growth has been recorded in the output of core industries in October 2023.
In October 2023, positive growth has been recorded in all the eight industries.
In the same month of last fiscal (October 2022), 0.7% growth was recorded.
Eight core industries output growth for September 2023 has been revised by the government upwards to 9.2%.
Eight core industries output growth for August 2023 has now been revised up to 12.5%. The data for July 2023 has been revised up to 8.5%.
The output of core industries for April-October 2023 grew 8.6% (provisional).
Core industries output grew 7.6% in fiscal 2022-23. This is lower than the 10.4% growth in the previous fiscal.
Coal sector output has shown a growth of 18.1% in October 2023.
For October 2023, the cement sector output grew 17.1% and the electricity sector grew 20.3%. For October 2023, natural gas output grew 9.9%.
For the same month, refinery products, fertilisers, and Steel grew at 4.2%, 5.3% and 11%, respectively. Crude oil output grew at 1.3%.