India's infrastructure output rises 4% year-on-year in January

SelfRugger · 2026-02-20T12:17:15+00:00

India's infrastructure output increased by 4% year-on-year in January, mainly due to strong cement and steel production. Key sectors showed varied growth, with cement up 10.7% and steel by 9.9%, while crude oil and natural gas output declined.

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2026-02-20 12:17:15

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India’s infrastructure output rises 4% year-on-year in January

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Fri, 20 February 2026 at 9:04 pm GMT+9 1 min read

NEW DELHI, Feb 20 (Reuters) - India’s infrastructure output rose 4% year-on-year in January, driven by strong ‌growth in cement and steel production, government data ‌showed on Friday.

The index, which tracks activity across eight sectors and makes up 40% of the country’s industrial production, climbed at a revised 4.7% year-on-year in December.

KEY NUMBERS

• Cement output rose 10.7% year-on-year in January as compared to a ‌revised 13.7% year-on-year increase ⁠in December.

• Steel production increased 9.9% year-on-year in January as compared to a revised ⁠10.1% year-on-year growth a month ago.

• Electricity generation rose 3.8% year-on-year in January as compared to a revised increase of 6.3% year-on-year in December.

• Crude oil output fell 5.8% ‌year-on-year in January as compared to a 5.6% year-on-year decline in the prior month.

• Natural gas production declined 5% year-on-year in January as compared to a drop of 4.4% year-on-year in December.

• Fertiliser production rose 3.7% ‌year-on-year in January as compared to a 4.1% year-on-year rise in December.

• Coal production rose 3.1% year-on-year in January as compared ‌to an increase of 3.6% year-on-year in December.

• Refinery products output was flat in January as compared to a 1% year-on-year decline in December.

• Infrastructure output rose ‌2.8% year-on-year in April-January as against a revised growth of 4.5% a year ago.

(Reporting by Nikunj Ohri; Editing by Ronojoy Mazumdar)

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