India's June infrastructure output expands 8.2%

NEW DELHI, July 31 (Reuters) - Indias infrastructure output expanded 8.2% year-on-year in June, its fastest pace in five months, as the sector was buoyant, government data showed on Monday.

With the exception of the oil sector that fell 0.6% in June, the rest of the seven sectors posted year-on-year output growth, according to the data.

\“Growth has been broad-based thus reflecting buoyancy in the infrastructure sector this year,\” said Madan Sabnavis, economist at Bank of Baroda.

The Indian governments capital spending increased 59% in the April-June period, according to separate government data.

New Delhis infrastructure spending has been a key support to the Indian economy, which is one of the fastest growing major economies in the world.

In June, the steel sector grew 22%, coal grew nearly 10% and cement sector grew 9.4%.

In the first quarter of the financial year that started on April 1, infrastructure output rose 5.8% year-on-year, the data showed.