India's February industrial output up 5 percent

New Delhi, April 10 : Industrial activity in the country, measured in terms of the Index of Industrial Production (IIP), registered a 5 percent growth during February 2015 as compared to a 2.6 percent rise in the previous month.

The IIP grew by 1.7 percent during December 2014, while it increased by 3.8 percent in November 2014.

The cumulative growth for April-February 2014-15 stood at 2.8 percent while the figure for the corresponding period of the previous fiscal stood at a negative 0.1 percent.