Core sector growth slows to 3.8% in December, lowest in 14 months

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Coal saw a growth of 10.6 per cent while natural gas rose 6.6 per cent in December..

India's eight core sectors registered a growth 3.8 percent in December, the lowest in 14 months...

Refinery products saw an increase of 2.6 per cent in December, down from 12.4 per cent growth witnessed in November...

The commerce ministry, on January 31, revised this figure slightly up to 7.9 percent.Considering the April to December period, infrastructure output grew 8.1% in the same period of the previous fiscal year...