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December core sector output hit highest level so far in FY26
Business Standard
|January 21, 2026
India’s core sectors’ output surged to its highest level in 2025-26 (FY26) in December, even as year-on-year growth improved to a four-month high of 3.7 per cent from an upgraded 2.1 per cent uptick in November.
On a sequential basis, December's core sector output was 8.2 per cent over November levels, with all eight sectors reporting higher production month-on-month for the first time in a year, according to the Index of Core Industries (ICI) released by the Commerce and Industry Ministry on Tuesday. Electricity and cement led this uptick, with double-digit expansions of 18.44 per cent and 12 per cent, respectively, followed by coal (up 9.3 per cent), and refinery products that grew 7.65 percent.
This story is from the January 21, 2026 edition of Business Standard.
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