Eight core infrastructure sector output growth slows to 2.2% in April-August 2015
The eight core industries, comprising nearly 38% of the weight of items included in the Index of Industrial Production (IIP), has shown an output growth of 2.6% in August 2015 over August 2014. Its cumulative output growth during April to August, 2015-16 was 2.2% compared with 5.6% growth in the corresponding period of last year.Coal production (weight: 4.38%) increased by 0.4% in August 2015 over August, 2014. Its cumulative index during April to August, 2015-16 increased by 4.6% over corresponding period of previous year.
Crude Oil production (weight: 5.22%) increased by 5.6% in August, 2015 over August, 2014. Its cumulative index during April to August, 2015-16 increased by 0.5% over the corresponding period of previous year.
The Natural Gas production (weight: 1.71%) increased by 3.7% in August, 2015. Its cumulative index during April to August, 2015-16 declined by 2.7% over the corresponding period of previous year.
Petroleum Refinery production (weight: 5.94%) increased by 5.8% in August, 2015. Its cumulative index during April to August, 2015-16 increased by 4.3% over the corresponding period of previous year.
Fertilizer production (weight: 1.25%) increased by 12.6% in August, 2015. Its cumulative index during April to August, 2015-16 increased by 5.9% over the corresponding period of previous year.
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Steel production (weight: 6.68%) declined by 5.9% in August, 2015. Its cumulative index during April to August, 2015-16 declined by 0.03% over the corresponding period of previous year.
Cement production (weight: 2.41%) increased by 5.4% in August, 2015. Its cumulative index during April to August, 2015-16 increased by 1.8% over the corresponding period of previous year.
Electricity generation (weight: 10.32%) increased by 5.6% in August, 2015. Its cumulative index during April to August, 2015-16 increased by 2.8% over the corresponding period of previous year.
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