The Eight Core Industries are Coal, Crude Oil, Natural Gas, Refinery Products, Fertilizers, Steel, Cement, and Electricity.
The Department for Promotion of Industry and Internal Trade (DPIIT) has revised the base year index of Eight Core Industries having a combined weight of about 40.27 percent in the Index of Industrial Production. Which one of the following is not one of the Eight Core Industries ?
Asked in UPSC CDS 2 2022 · Topic: Industrial Sector (Performance and Trends of Industrial Growth (Contribution to GDP, Employment, Index of Industrial Production))
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