Infrastructure output in February up 4.5%

India's infrastructure sector output rose 4.5 percent year-on-year in February, mainly driven by higher electricity, oil refining and steel production, government data showed on Monday.

The sector grew 1.6 percent year-on-year in January.

In the first 11 months of the current fiscal year, the output grew an annual 2.6 percent, the data showed.

The infrastructure sector, which comprises coal, crude oil, oil refining, natural gas, steel, cement, electricity and fertilisers, accounts for 37.9 percent of India's industrial output.

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