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Core sector growth accelerates to 7.9% in September, fastest in new series

Livemint - Economy Trade press Published 21st October 2026 India

What the source reported

Source-reported

Iron ore output grew 18.4% in September, followed by electricity at 11.4%, coal at 10.7%, refinery products at 10.3%, cement at 9.8% and steel at 4.9%. Fertilizers, natural gas and crude oil registered contractions of 11.7%, 4.6% and 1.4%, respectively.

Publication
Livemint - Economy · Trade Publication
Published
21st October 2026
Original report
livemint.com

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What ProcIntel recorded

ProcIntel-derived
Category
Regulation & Trade
Geography
India
Organisations
None identified
Collected
21st October 2026 · 16:01

Initial assessment ProcIntel's automatic, provisional read of this individual Signal -- Initial Significance and Initial Confidence, computed deterministically before any Event extraction or human review.

A provisional, automatically computed reading of this individual Signal, before Event extraction or human review. Not a final rating.

Significance 2 · Moderate
Confidence 2 · Low

Initial Significance Moderate (39.0/100). Strongest contributor: Procurement Impact (27.0/30 points). Limiting factor: Geographic Breadth (0.0/10 points). Initial Confidence Low (31.5/100, data sufficiency: Partial). Strongest contributor: Source Authority (20.0/40 points). Limiting factor: Corroboration (2.5/25 points).

Strongest contributor
Procurement Impact
Limiting factor
Geographic Breadth