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India’s core industrial output crashes by over 38% in April

New Delhi, May 29 (IANS) The output of India’s eight major industries’ crashed in April 2020 by over 38 per cent on account of the national lockdown implemented to curb the Covid-19 outbreak.

On a sequential basis, the Index of Eight Core Industries had declined by 9 per cent in March 2020.

The eight core industries include coal, crude oil, natural gas, refinery products, fertilisers, steel, cement and electricity.

–IANS

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