Friday, November 7, 2008

Index of Six Infrastructure Industries (Base: 1993-94=100) – September 2008

The Index of Six core-infrastructure industries having a combined weight of 26.7 per cent in the Index of Industrial Production (IIP) with base 1993-94 stood at 237.9 (provisional) in September 2008 and registered a growth of 5.1% (provisional) compared to a growth of 5.8 % in September 2007. During April-September 2008-09, six core-infrastructure industries registered a growth of 3.9% (provisional) as against 6.9% during the corresponding period of the previous year.
Crude Oil
Crude Oil production (weight of 4.17% in the IIP) registered a negative growth of 0.4% (provisional) in September 2008 compared to a growth rate of (-) 0.7% in September 2007. The Crude Oil production registered a growth of (-) 0.8% (provisional) during April-September 2008-09 compared to 0.7% during the same period of 2007-08.
Petroleum Refinery Products
Petroleum refinery production (weight of 2.00% in the IIP) registered a growth of 2.8% (provisional) in September 2008 compared to growth of 6.9% in September 2007. The Petroleum refinery production registered a growth of 4.5% (provisional) during April-September 2008-09 compared to 9.8% during the same period of 2007-08.
Coal
Coal production (weight of 3.2% in the IIP) registered a growth of 10.7% (provisional) in September 2008 compared to growth rate of 6.3% in September 2007. Coal production grew by 7.9% (provisional) during April-September 2008-09 compared to an increase of 2.8% during the same period of 2007-08.
Electricity
Electricity generation (weight of 10.17% in the IIP) registered a growth of 4.4% (provisional) in September 2008 compared to a growth rate of 4.3% in September 2007. Electricity generation grew by 2.6% (provisional) during April-September 2008-09 compared to 7.6% during the same period of 2007-08.
Cement
Cement production (weight of 1.99% in the IIP) registered a growth of 7.9% (provisional) in September 2008 compared to 5.4% in September 2007. Cement Production grew by 6.0% (provisional) during April-September 2008-09 compared to an increase of 8.7% during the same period of 2007-08.
Finished (carbon) steel
Finished (carbon) Steel production (weight of 5.13% in the IIP) registered a growth of 5.8% (provisional) in September 2008 compared to 9.5% (estimated) in September 2007. Finished (carbon) Steel production grew by 5.3% (provisional) during April-September 2008-09 compared to an increase of 7.7% during the same period of 2007-08.

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