India's Core Infrastructure Growth Dwindles in June 2025

Growth in India's eight core infrastructure sectors was significantly slower at 1.7% in June 2025 compared to 5% in June 2024. While sectors like refinery products, steel, and cement saw positive growth, coal, crude oil, natural gas, fertilizer, and electricity experienced a decline.

The latest data from the Indian government reveals a significant slowdown in the growth of the country's eight core infrastructure sectors. In June 2025, these sectors expanded by just 1.7%, a sharp decline from the 5% growth experienced in June 2024.

June's growth figure does represent a slight improvement over May 2025 when growth was a meager 1.2%. However, substantial declines were noted in the output of coal, crude oil, natural gas, fertilizer, and electricity sectors.

Conversely, there was positive growth in the output of refinery products, which rose by 3.4%, as well as steel and cement which grew by 9.3% and 9.2% respectively. Overall, the April-June 2025 quarter saw a growth of 1.3%, compared to a more robust 6.2% in the same period last fiscal year.

(With inputs from agencies.)