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New Delhi, Jan 12: Industrial production contracted by 1.9 per cent in November, entering the negative territory after a two-month gap, mainly due to poor showing by manufacturing and mining sectors, official data showed on Tuesday.
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The manufacturing sector — which constitutes 77.63 per cent of the index of industrial production (IIP) — recorded a contraction of 1.7 per cent in November 2020, as per data released by the National Statistical Office (NSO).
Mining sector output too witnessed a decline, shrinking 7.3 per cent. However, power generation grew 3.5 per cent in the month under review.
The IIP had grown by 2.1 per cent in November 2019.
Industrial production had…
