India’s core infrastructure output expanded 3.8% in March on the back of improved performance by electricity, steel and cement sectors which neutralised the impact of contraction in the petroleum sector. With summer setting in, electricity output increased 6.2% on year in March, up from 3.6% in February. The cement sector that has been the direct beneficiary of pick up in government spending on infrastructure saw its output go up by 11.6% in March from 10.8% in February.