ENA Economy 2019-09-03 06:19:29 <p><strong>New Delhi, Sep 3 (KNN)</strong> The growth of the eight core industries has witnessed a slow down to 2.1% for the month of July 2019. Its cumulative growth during April to July, 2019-20 was 3%, as per data released by Ministry of Commerce.</p> <p>The eight core industries include coal, crude oil, natural gas, refinery products, fertiliser, steel, cement and electricity.</p> <p>According to data, the Coal production declined by 1.4 per cent in July, 2019 over July, 2018. Its cumulative index increased by 1.8 per cent during April to July, 2019-20 over corresponding period of the previous year.</p> <p>However, steel production increased by 6.6 per cent in July, 2019 over July, 2018. Its cumulative index increased by 10.9 per cent during April to July, 2019-20 over the corresponding period of previous year.</p> <p>Fertilizers production increased by 1.5 per cent in July, 2019 over July, 2018. Its cumulative index declined by 0.4 per cent during April to July, 2019-20 over the corresponding period of previous year.</p> <p>As per the official data, electricity generation increased by 4.2 per cent in July, 2019 over July, 2018. Its cumulative index increased by 6.4 per cent during April to July, 2019-20 over the corresponding period of previous year.</p> <p><iframe frameborder="0" height="500" id="mgiframe" src="//mg.mgid.com/mghtml/framehtml/c/k/n/knnindia.co.in.338951.html" width="100%"></iframe></p> 23574 https://knnindia.co.in/news/newsdetails/economy/growth-of-eight-core-industries-drops-to-21-in-july 2019-09-03 06:19:29 knnindia.co.in