Infrastructure Sector Growth Rises to 4.6% in January

03 Mar 2025 CW Team

The output of eight key infrastructure sectors in India increased by 4.6 per cent in January 2025, compared to a 4.2 per cent rise in January 2024, according to official data. In the previous month, December 2024, the growth rate stood at 4.8 per cent.

During January 2025, the production of crude oil and natural gas experienced a decline compared to the same period in the previous year. However, coal production registered a growth of 4.6 per cent, while steel output and electricity generation increased by 3.7 per cent and 1.3 per cent, respectively. In contrast, these sectors had reported higher growth rates in January 2024, with coal at 10.6 per cent, steel at 9.2 per cent, and electricity at 5.7 per cent.

Refinery products, fertilisers, and cement recorded notable growth in January 2025. Refinery products output expanded by 8.3 per cent, fertiliser production grew by 3 per cent, and cement output surged by 14.5 per cent during the month.

For the April-January period of the current fiscal year, the cumulative growth of these eight core sectors stood at 4.4 per cent, significantly lower than the 7.8 per cent recorded in the corresponding period of the previous fiscal year.

These eight core sectors—coal, crude oil, natural gas, refinery products, fertiliser, steel, cement, and electricity—hold a combined weightage of 40.27 per cent in the Index of Industrial Production (IIP), which serves as a key indicator of overall industrial growth.

News source: Business Standard

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