The Index of Six core industries having a combined weight of 26.7 per cent in the Index of Industrial Production (IIP) with base 1993-94 stood at 250.6 (provisional) in January 2009 and registered a growth of 1.4% (provisional) compared to a growth of 3.6% in January 2008. During April-January 2008-09, six core-infrastructure industries registered a growth of 3.2% (provisional) as against 5.7% during the corresponding period of the previous year.
- Coal production (weight of 3.2% in the IIP) registered a growth of 6.3% (provisional) in January 2009 compared to growth rate of 7.9% in January 2008. Coal production grew by 8.8% (provisional) during April-January 2008-09 compared to an increase of 4.8% during the same period of 2007-08.
- Electricity generation (weight of 10.17% in the IIP) registered a growth of 1.4% (provisional) in January 2009 compared to a growth rate of 3.7% in January 2008. Electricity generation grew by 2.5% (provisional) during April-January 2008-09 compared to 6.3% during the same period of 2007-08.
- Crude Oil production (weight of 4.17% in the IIP) registered a growth of (–)8.1% (provisional) in January 2009 compared to a growth rate of (-) 0.2% in January 2008. The Crude Oil production registered a growth of (-) 1.3 (provisional) during April-January 2008-09 compared to 0.3% during the same period of 2007-08.
- Petroleum refinery production (weight of 2.00% in the IIP) registered a growth of (-)2.6% (provisional) in January 2009 compared to growth of 5.4% in January 2008. The Petroleum refinery production registered a growth of 3.1% (provisional) during April-January 2008-09 compared to 7.3% during the same period of 2007-08.
- Finished (carbon) Steel production (weight of 5.13% in the IIP) registered a growth of 1.2%(provisional) in January 2009 compared to 2.0% (estimated) in January 2007. Finished (carbon) Steel production grew by 2.3% (provisional) during April-January 2008-09 compared to an increase of 5.9% during the same period of 2007-08.
- Cement production (weight of 1.99% in the IIP) registered a growth of 8.3% (provisional) in January 2009 compared to 5.6% in January 2008. Cement Production grew by 7.1% (provisional) during April-January 2008-09 compared to an increase of 7.4% during the same period of 2007-08.
Source: Ministry of Commerce and Industry
Production in Infrastructure Industries
| |
|
December |
April-December |
% Change |
|
| |
|
|
|
|
|
April-December |
|
| Industry/ Infrastructure |
Unit |
2007 |
2008 |
2007-08 |
2008-09 |
2007-08 |
2008-09 |
|
| Coal |
Mn
tonnes |
42.81 |
46.82 |
305.75 |
336.52 |
3.5 |
10.1 |
|
| Electricity Generation |
Mn
Gwh |
59236.1 |
59630.6 |
525935.2 |
539443.1 |
6.6 |
2.6 |
|
| Crude petroleum |
000 tonnes |
2882 |
2874 |
25570 |
25430 |
0.3 |
-0.5 |
|
| Petroleum Products |
000 tonnes |
12140 |
12509 |
107979 |
112019 |
7.5 |
3.7 |
|
| Finished steel |
000 tonnes |
4479 |
4443 |
38844 |
398971 |
6.4 |
2.7 |
|
| Cement |
000 tonnes |
14630 |
16320 |
126830 |
135700 |
7.7 |
7.0 |
|
| Overall growth rate |
|
3.2 |
2.3 |
- |
- |
5.9 |
3.5 |
Source: Ministry of Finance
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