Current context: The Index of Eight Core Industries for the month of August has been released.
a. Electricity
b. Cement
c. Fertilizer
d. Steel
e. None of the above
- The Eight Core Industries comprise 40.27 % of the weight of items included in the Index of Industrial Production (IIP).
- The combined Index of Eight Core Industries declined by 0.5% as compared to the index of August 2018 and stood at 128.2 in August 2019.
- Coal production (weight: 10.33 per cent) declined by 8.6 per cent in August, 2019 over August, 2018.
- Crude Oil production (weight: 8.98 per cent) declined by 5.4 per cent in August, 2019 over August, 2018.
- The Natural Gas production (weight: 6.88 per cent) declined by 3.9 per cent in August, 2019 over August, 2018.
- Petroleum Refinery production (weight: 28.04 per cent) increased by 2.6 per cent in August, 2019 over August, 2018.
- Fertilizers production (weight: 2.63 per cent) increased by 2.9 per cent in August, 2019 over August, 2018.
- Steel production (weight: 17.92 per cent) increased by 5.0 per cent in August, 2019 over August, 2018.
- Cement production (weight: 5.37 per cent) declined by 4.9 per cent in August, 2019 over August, 2018.
- Electricity generation (weight: 19.85 per cent) declined by 2.9 per cent in August, 2019 over August, 2018.
Question:
Q.1 Which among the following doesn’t come under the 8 core Industries?a. Electricity
b. Cement
c. Fertilizer
d. Steel
e. None of the above
