New Delhi, July 17 -- The Department for Promotion of Industry and Internal Trade (DPIIT) will launch the revised series of the Index of Core Industries (ICI) with 2022-23 as the new base year on July 20, replacing the existing 2011-12 base year series.
The revised series, compiled by the Office of Economic Adviser (OEA), will be released at 5:00 PM on July, 20 and will include the provisional ICI data for June 2026 along with the back series from April 2023 to May 2026, covering 38 months.
One of the key changes in the revised series is the inclusion of Iron Ore as a core industry, increasing the total number of core industries from eight to nine. The government said iron ore has been added due to its extensive use in industrial producti...