India’s infrastructure output growth grew at 1.7% in April 2026, according to provisional data released by the Ministry of Commerce and Industry on Wednesday, with strong expansion in cement, steel and electricity partially offset by contraction in five other core sectors.
The combined Index of Eight Core Industries (ICI), which measures output across coal, crude oil, natural gas, refinery products, fertilisers, steel, cement and electricity, had recorded a revised growth of 1.2% in March 2026. The eight sectors together account for 40.27% of the weight in the Index of Industrial Production (IIP).
