Index of Core Industries March 2021

New data for Index of Core Industries:
2021 March: 143.1
2020 March: 134.0
YoY growth: 6.8%

Details: The Ministry of Commerce and Industry Office of Economic Adviser (OEA), Department of Industrial Policy & Promotion (DIPP), reports a monthly index, ICI, "Index of Eight Core Industries (Base: 2011-12=100)".

 "The Eight Core Industries comprise 40.27 per cent of the weight of items included in the Index of Industrial Production (IIP)." These are Coal, Crude Oil, Natural Gas, Refinery Products, Fertilizers, Steel, Cement, Electricity.  

Also see: https://currentaffairs.gktoday.in/tags/index-of-eight-core-industries

The index: (note: reverse-chronological order)

Month      Index Revisions (second) (first)
2021 Mar   143.1
2021 Feb   128.8 (127.8)
2021 Jan   138.7 (137.6)
2020 Dec   136.1 (135.9) (133.8)
2020 Nov   127.7 (127.4) (125.9)
2020 Oct   126.7 (126.2) (124.2)
2020 Sep   121.4 (120.5) (119.7)
2020 Aug   119.7 (119.1) (117.6)
2020 Jul   122.5 (122.0) (119.9)
2020 Jun   116.3 (115.6) (112.9)
2020 May   107.7 (106.9) (105.0)
2020 Apr    81.2 ( 82.3) ( 80.9)
2020 Mar   134.0 (133.3) (137.0)
2020 Feb   134.0 (134.9) (132.9)
2020 Jan   137.4 (136.4) (137.5)
2019 Dec   135.5 (134.3) (133.2)
2019 Nov   129.2 (128.8) (127.5)
2019 Oct   127.4 (127.0) (127.0)
2019 Sep   120.7 (120.7) (120.6)
2019 Aug   128.5 (128.9) (128.2)
2019 Jul   132.6 (132.7) (131.9)
2019 Jun   132.8 (132.1) (131.4)
2019 May   137.0 (137.6) (138.7)
2019 Apr   130.7 (132.1)
2019 Mar   146.5 (145.2)
2019 Feb   125.9
2019 Jan   134.5
2018 Dec   131.5
2018 Nov   128.3
2018 Oct   134.8
2018 Sep   127.2
2018 Aug   128.8
2018 Jul   129.2
2018 Jun   131.2
2018 May   131.9
2018 Apr   124.3
2018 Mar   138.5
2018 Feb   123.2

Notes
0. Revisions of provisional data from the previous reports are shown above.
1. Data for January, 2021, February, 2021 and March, 2021 are provisional.
2. Release of the index for April, 2021 will be on Monday 31st May, 2021.
Data source: Ministry of Commerce and Industry, data for February 2021