New Delhi, Oct. 21 -- India's core infrastructure sector growth eased to a three-month low in September, with output rising 3% year-on-year, provisional data from the commerce ministry showed on Tuesday.

Growth in the core infrastructure sectors had climbed to 6.5% in August, revised up from 6.3% earlier. In September 2024, growth was 2.4%.

The eight core sectors-coal, crude oil, natural gas, refinery products, fertilizers, steel, cement, and electricity-together make up over two-fifths of the country's industrial output.

In September, growth contracted in four of these sectors-coal, crude oil, natural gas, and refinery products-while fertilisers, cement, and electricity saw their output slowing.

Steel stood out as the only sector to ...