Prime Minister Manmohan Singh today sought a list of pending reforms in key infrastructure sectors after released data showed that industrial output contracted in October,the first time in over two years. Singh is likely to convene a meeting tomorrow to consider ways to push these reforms,sources said. The Prime Ministers Office sent out a most immediate missive today to the ministries of power,coal,steel,mines,petroleum and new & renewable energy the drivers of the economy to submit a list of key legislation stuck in parliament. Sources said the ministries were directed to send,by this evening,a list of all important matters pending before standing committees so that these could be hastened. Besides easing fiscal tightness,the government plans to undertake urgent measures to encourage investment in the infrastructure sector. Data released today showed that though industrial output grew by 3.5 percent in April-October,it shrunk by 5.1 percent in October from a year earlier.
