India industrial output drops for 2nd month in Dec

Published February 12, 2013 1:32pm ET



MUMBAI, India (AP) — India’s industrial output fell for the second straight month in December, government data showed Tuesday, adding to worries over a marked slowdown in Asia’s third-largest economy, now predicted to grow at its slowest rate in a decade.

The production index measuring manufacturing, mining and electricity edged down 0.6 percent in December from a year earlier, more than the November contraction of 0.1 percent, according to the Central Statistics Office.

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