ENA Economy 2019-05-01 06:02:40 <p><strong>New Delhi, May 1 (KNN)</strong> The combined Index of eight core industries stood at 145.0 in March, 2019, which was 4.7 per cent higher as compared to the index of March, 2018.</p> <p> Its cumulative growth during April to March, 2018-19 was 4.3 percent.</p> <p>The eight core sectors include coal, crude oil, natural gas, refinery products, fertilizers, steel, cement, and electricity.</p> <p>As per Ministry of Commerce &amp; Industry release, the steel production increased by 6.7 per cent in March, 2019 over March, 2018.</p> <p>On the other hand, fertilizers production increased by 4.3 percent in March, 2019 over March, 2018.</p> <p>The Growth in the coal sector also accelerated in March, to 9.1% from 7.4% in February.</p> <p>The electricity sector posted a growth of 1.4% in March, 2019 over March, 2018. Its cumulative index increased by 5.1 percent during April to March, 2018-19 over the corresponding period of previous year.</p> <p>The natural gas sector witnessed the growth slowing in March to 1.4% from 3.8% in February.</p> <p><iframe frameborder="0" height="540" id="mgiframe" src="//mg.mgid.com/mghtml/framehtml/c/k/n/knnindia.co.in.338951.html" width="100%"></iframe></p> 22570 https://knnindia.co.in/news/newsdetails/economy/indias-eight-core-industries-show-47-growth-in-march-2019 2019-05-01 06:02:40 knnindia.co.in