01-01-1970 12:00 AM | Source: Reuters
India`s industrial output rose 1.1% y/y in March
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India's industrial output rose 1.1% year on year in March, data from the Ministry of Statistics showed on Friday.

Analysts in a Reuters poll had forecast an expansion of 3.1%. In February, output rose 5.6%.

In the 2022/23 financial year that ended on March 31, industrial output grew 5.1% from the same period a year earlier.

Manufacturing, which accounts for about 15% of the Indian economy, rose 0.5% year-on-year in March. Electricity generation during March fell 1.6% over the same period a year earlier, while mining activities increased 6.8%, the data showed.