February 12, 2021 05:53 pm | Updated 10:59 pm IST - New Delhi
A view of a powerloom unit in Erode. File
India's industrial production grew by 1% in December, official data showed on Friday.
According to the Index of Industrial Production (IIP) data, the manufacturing sector output grew by 1.6% in December 2020.
Mining output declined by 4.8%, while power generation grew 5.1% in December 2020.
The IIP had grown by 0.4% in December 2019.
Industrial production has been hit due to the COVID-19 pandemic since March last year when IIP contracted by 18.7% in the month.
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