Index of Eight Core Industries (Base: 2011-12=100)

Key highlights

• The Office of Economic Adviser, Department for Promotion of Industry and Internal Trade release this index.
• The combined Index of Eight Core Industries stood at 124.2 in October,2020, which declined by 2.5 (provisional) per cent as compared to the Index of October, 2019.
• Its cumulative growth during April to October, 2020-21 has been(-) 13.0%.
• The Eight Core Industries comprise 40.27 per cent of the weight of items included in the Index of Industrial Production (IIP).

Which sectors come under core sector?

• Coal, Crude Oil, Natural Gas, Refinery Products, Fertilizers, Steel, Cement, Electricity