Eight Core Industries

According to recent government data, growth of eight core industries has been slowed down to 2.1 percent in July, 2019 as against 7.3 percent in the same month last year. Considerthe following statements regarding eight core industries:

1. The eight core sector industries consist of coal, crude oil, natural gas, refinery products, fertiliser, steel, textile and food processing.
2. These core industries comprise 40.27 per cent of the weight of items included in the Index of Industrial Production (IIP).

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