Eight core industries grow by 5.6 pctin December
The eight core industries comprise nearly 38 % of the weight of items included in the Index of Industrial Production (IIP).
"The combined Index of eight core industries stands at 189.1 in December, 2016, which was 5.6 % higher compared to the index of December, 2015," read a government statement.
Its cumulative growth during April to December, 2016-17 was 5.0 %.
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