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 242.3 (provisional) in May 2008 and registered a growth of 3.5% (provisional) compared to a growth of 7.8% in May 2007. During April-May 2008-09, six core-infrastructure industries registered a growth of 3.5% (provisional) as against 6.9% during the corresponding period of the previous year.

• Coal production (weight of 3.2% in the IIP) registered a growth of 8.3% (provisional) in May 2008 compared to growth rate 0.5% in May 2007. Coal production grew by 9.3% (provisional) during April-May 2008-09 compared to an increase of 0.5% during the same period of 2007-08.


• Electricity generation (weight of 10.17% in the IIP) registered a growth of 2.0% (provisional) in May 2008 compared to a growth rate 9.3% in May 2007. Electricity generation grew by 1.7% (provisional) during April-March 2008-09 compared to 9.0% during the same period of 2007-08.
  
  
• Crude Oil production (weight of 4.17% in the IIP) registered a growth of 3.2% (provisional) in May 2008 compared to a negative growth rate of 1.6% in May 2007. The Crude Oil production registered a growth of 2.1% (provisional) during April-May 2008-09 compared to (–)0.1% during the same period of 2007-08.
  
  
• Petroleum refinery production (weight of 2.00% in the IIP) registered a growth of 0.1% (provisional) in May 2008 compared to growth of 14.9% in May 2007. The Petroleum refinery production registered a growth of 2.1% (provisional) during April-May 2008-09 compared to 15.0% during the same period of 2007-08.
  
  
• Finished (carbon) Steel production (weight of 5.13% in the IIP) registered a growth of 5.2% (provisional) in May 2008 compared to 8.4% (estimated) in May 2007. Finished (carbon) Steel production grew by 4.5% (provisional) during April-May 2008-09 compared to an increase of 5.6% during the same period of 2007-08.
  
  
• Cement production (weight of 1.99% in the IIP) registered a growth of 3.8% (provisional) in May 2008 compared to 9.9% in May 2007. Cement Production grew by 5.4% (provisional) during April-March 2008-09 compared to an increase of 7.8% during the same period of 2007-08.
  

Source: Ministry of Commerce and Industry

Production in Infrastructure Industries

		April		April-March		% Change
						April-March
Industry/ Infrastructure	Unit	2007	2008	2006-07	2007-08	2006-07	2007-08
Coal	Mn tonnes	31.72	34.98	425.10	450.50	5.9	6.0
Electricity Generation	Mn Gwh	58030.5	58815.2	662523.0	704434.1	7.3	6.3
Crude petroleum	000 tonnes	2791	2816	33986	34115	5.6	0.4
Petroleum Products	000 tonnes	11642	12139	136292	145166	12.9	6.5
Finished steel	000 tonnes	3979	4137	50196	52762	13.1	5.1
Cement	000 tonnes	14520	15520	161310	174310	9.1	8.1
Overall growth rate		5.9	3.6	-	-	9.2	5.6

Source: Ministry of Finance

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