New Delhi: India's annual infrastructure output growth accelerated to 6.3 per cent in October, driven by a pickup in coal and electricity generation, government data showed on Monday, indicating an improvement in economic activity.
Output expanded 1.9 per cent year-on-year in September.
The infrastructure sector, which comprises coal, crude oil, oil refining, natural gas, steel, cement, electricity and fertilisers, accounts for 37.9 per cent of the country's industrial output.
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