Dec industrial output contracts 1.3 percent - govt

A worker makes parts for scaffolding inside a workshop in an industrial area in Mumbai, January 12, 2016. REUTERS/Danish Siddiqui/Files·Reuters

NEW DELHI (Reuters) - India's industrial output contracted an annual 1.3 percent in December, government data showed on Friday.

Economists surveyed by Reuters had forecast output would shrink 0.1 percent compared with a 3.2 percent year-on-year fall in November.

(Reporting by Manoj Kumar; Editing by Malini Menon)

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