Infrastructure Output Grows 4.9% In August, Fastest In 5 Months

New Delhi: Annual infrastructure output grew at its fastest pace in five months in August, driven by higher coal and electricity production, government data showed on Tuesday. The output grew 4.9 per cent in August compared with a revised 2.6 per cent year-on-year growth in July. During April-August, the annual output growth was 3.0 per cent, data showed.

Eight infrastructure sectors include coal, crude oil, natural gas, refinery products, electricity, steel, cement, and fertiliser, accounting for about 40 per cent weight in index of industrial production.

Electricity production grew 10.3 per cent in August from a year ago, while coal output grew 15.3 per cent.