Core industries index grows 7.9% in September, PIB says

The provisional Index of Eight Core Industries rose 7.9% year-on-year in September 2026, compared with 5.9% in August after that month’s final growth rate was revised upward from 4.8%, according to a PIB Delhi release. The release said iron ore, electricity, coal, refinery products, cement and steel recorded growth, while fertilisers, natural gas and crude oil contracted. April–September cumulative growth was provisionally 5.1%, versus 2.5% in the same period a year earlier.