The Office of Economic Adviser has released the Index of Eight Core Industries (ICI) for the Month of April, 2021.ICI measures combined and individual performance of production in selected eight core industries including Coal, Crude Oil, Natural Gas, etc. The combined ICI stood at 126.7 in April 2021, which increased by 56.1 percent (provisional) as compared to the Index of April 2020. The Eight Core Industries comprise 40.27 percent of the weight of items included in the Index of Industrial Production (IIP).