Growth of core sector decreases to 2% in July

INDIA'S CORE SECTOR output growth slowed to 2% in July 2025 from 6.3% in the year-ago month and a revised number of 2.2% in June 2025 as the energy sector constituents of the relevant index of eight core industries witnessed a contraction.

- FE BUREAU

The output of the coal sector fell 12.3% on year while natural gas saw a decline of 3.2%. The refinery products that have the highest weight of 28.04% in the index were down 1.0% and crude oil fell 1.3%.

The support to the core sector index came from steel, cement, electricity and fertilisers. The steel sector output was up 12.8% while the cement sector grew 11.7%. The fertiliser sector was up 2% and electricity 0.5%.