Union Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee said on Friday that industrial growth was encouraging.
India8217;s industrial output grew in double-digits for the seventh straight month in April,helped by buoyant domestic consumer demand,a revival in exports,and higher infrastructure spending. India8217;s industrial output rose at a much faster-than-expected 17.6 per cent in April from a year earlier,data showed on Friday,the strongest since 17.7 per cent in December 2009.