India's core industrial output crashes by over 38% in April

Graph. (IANS File Photo)

Graph. (IANS File Photo)

NEW DELHI, MAY 29 (IANS): The output of India's eight major industries' crashed in April 2020 by over 38 per cent on account of the national lockdown implemented to curb the Covid-19 outbreak.

 

On a sequential basis, the Index of Eight Core Industries had declined by 9 per cent in March 2020.

 

The eight core industries include coal, crude oil, natural gas, refinery products, fertilisers, steel, cement and electricity.

 



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