Industrial growth almost halved to 4.4 per cent in September against 8.2 per cent a year ago, pulled down by slow-down across segments.However, Industrial growth in the first half of this fiscal, as measured by the Index of Industrial Production or IIP, stood at 10.2 per cent against 6.3 per cent a year ago.The higher growth in the first half of this fiscal is because of robust production figures for initial months.