New Delhi, March 10:

India's factory output post demonetisation rose by 2.7 per cent in January, official data showed on Friday.

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The factory output, as per the Index of Industrial Production (IIP), had inched lower by (-)0.10 per cent during December, 2016 and contracted by (-) 1.6 per cent in the corresponding month of previous year.

As per the IIP data released by the Central Statistics Office (CSO), the expansion was mainly on account of a 2.3 per cent increase in manufacturing output, which has the maximum weight in the overall index. (IANS)