Index of Eight Core Industries (Base: 2004-05=100), February 2013
The Eight core industries have a combined weight of 37.90 per cent in the Index of Industrial Production (IIP). The combined Index was 144.4 in February 2013 with a growth rate of (-) 2.5% compared to their 7.7% growth in February 2012. The decline in growth in February,2013 was on account of negative growth witnessed in Electricity generation and …