Six core industries grow 6.6%
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 278.0 (provisional) in December 2010 and registered a growth of 6.6% (provisional) compared to 6.2% registered in December 2009.
During April-December 2010-11, six core industries registered a growth of 5.3% (provisional) as against 4.7% during the corresponding period of the previous year.
Crude Oil production (weight of 4.17% in the IIP) registered a growth of 15.8% (provisional) in December 2010 compared to a growth rate of 1.1% in December 2009. The Crude Oil production registered a growth of 12.0% (provisional) during April-December 2010-11 compared to 1.1% during the same period of 2009-10.
Petroleum refinery production (weight of 2.00% in the IIP) registered a growth of 8.3% (provisional) in December 2010 compared to growth of 0.9% in December 2009. The Petroleum refinery production registered a growth of 1.6% (provisional) during April-December 2010-11 compared to (-) 1.0% during the same period of 2009-10.
Coal production (weight of 3.2% in the IIP) registered a growth of 3.0% (provisional) in December 2010 compared to growth rate of 1.2% inDecember 2009. Coal production grew by 1.0% (provisional) during April-December 2010-11 compared to an increase of 8.4% during the same period of 2009-10.
Electricity generation (weight of 10.17% in the IIP) registered a growth of 4.3% (provisional) in December 2010 compared to growth rate of 6.6% in December 2009. Electricity generation grew by 4.5% (provisional) during April-December 2010-11 compared to 5.9% during the same period of 2009-10. Cement production (weight of 1.99% in the IIP) registered a growth of (-) 2.2% (provisional) in December 2010 compared to 11.0% inDecember 2009. Cement Production grew by 4.4% (provisional) during April-December 2010-11 compared to an increase of 11.0% during the same period of 2009-10.
Finished (carbon) Steel production (weight of 5.13% in the IIP) registered a growth of 11.2% (provisional) in December 2010 compared to 9.6% (estimated) in December 2009. Finished (carbon) Steel production grew by 7.3% (provisional) during April-December 2010-11 compared to an increase of 3.6% during the same period of 2009-10.