India's core industries' output rises 8.5% in March

India's core industrial output rose by 8.5% in April, on the back of higher production of refinery products, electricity and fertilisers, official data showed on Tuesday.

The gauge for select factory output -- Index of Eight Core Industries (ECI) -- which represents major infrastructure sectors had risen by 6.4% in March, 2016. 

The ECI data had showed a negative growth of 0.2% in the corresponding month of last year. The index comprises 38% of the total weightage of items included in the Index of Industrial Production (IIP).

According to the data furnished by the Ministry of Commerce and Industry, the combined ECI index stood at 176.4 in April, 2016.