New Delhi: The growth of eight core sectors improved marginally to 4.7 pc in March 2019 against 4.5 pc in the same month last year. For the FY19, the expansion rate of eight infrastructure sectors — coal, crude oil, natural gas, refinery products, fertilisers, steel, cement and electricity — remained flat at 4.3 pc, official data showed.
Coal generation growth was flat at 9.1 pc in March 2019. Natural gas, refinery products, fertiliser, steel and cement sectors recorded positive growth rates. Crude oil production, however, contracted by 6.2 pc in March. Electricity generation declined by 1.4 pc.
