New Delhi, April 22 -- India's Index of Eight Core Industries (ICI) registered a 3.8 percent growth in March 2025 compared to the same month last year, according to provisional data released today.

Six out of the eight core sectors recorded positive growth, with Cement showing the strongest performance at 11.6 percent.

The Eight Core Industries, which comprise 40.27 percent of items included in the Index of Industrial Production (IIP), posted a cumulative growth rate of 4.4 percent during the fiscal year 2024-25 (April to March) compared to the previous year.

The final growth rate for December 2024 was confirmed at a robust 5.1 percent.

Steel production, which carries a weight of 17.92 percent in the index, increased by 7.1 percent in...