Saturday, July 30, 2011


Index of Eight Core Industries (Base: 2004-05=100) June 2011



The Index of Eight core industries having a combined weight of 37.90 per cent in the Index of Industrial Production (IIP) with base 2004-05 stood at 138.98 in June 2011 and registered a growth of 5.2% compared to 4.4% registered in June 2010. During April-June 2011-12, eight core industries registered a growth of 5.0% as against 6.8% during the corresponding period of the previous year 2010-11.

Coal

Coal production (weight of 4.38% in the IIP) registered a growth of (-) 3.3% in June 2011 compared to growth of 0.8% in June 2010. Coal production grew by 0.2% during April-June 2011-12 compared to an increase of (-) 0.6 during the same period of 2010-11.

Crude Oil

Crude Oil production (weight of 5.22% in the IIP) registered a growth of 7.7 % in June 2011 compared to a growth of 6.8% in June 2010. The Crude Oil production registered a growth of 9.5% during April-June 2011-12 compared to 5.9% during the same period of 2010-11.

Natural Gas

Natural Gas production (weight of 1.71% in the IIP) registered a growth of (-) 11.7% in June 2011 compared to growth of 25.4% in June 2010. The Natural Gas production registered a growth of (-) 10.2% during April-June 2011-12 compared to 37.0% during the same period of 2010-11.

Petroleum Refinery Products

Petroleum refinery production (weight of 5.94% in the IIP) registered a growth of 4.7% in June 2011 compared to growth of 2.9% in June 2010. The Petroleum refinery production registered a growth of 5.3% during April-June 2011-12 compared to 5.3% during the same period of 2010-11.

Fertilizers

Fertilizer production (weight of 1.25% in the IIP) registered a growth of (-) 2.4% in June 2011 compared to (-) 6.7% in June 2010.Fertilizer production grew by 1.1% during April-June 2011-12 compared to an increase of (-) 2.6% during the same period of 2010-11.

Steel

Steel production (weight of 6.68% in the IIP) registered a growth of 12.5% in June 2011 compared to 4.3% in June 2010. Steel production grew by 7.8% during April-June 2011-12 compared to an increase of 8.6% during the same period of 2010-11.

Cement

Cement production (weight of 2.41% in the IIP) registered a growth of (-) 0.8% in June 2011 compared to 3.7% in June 2010. Cement Production grew by (-) 0.9% during April-June 2011-12 compared to an increase of 7.0% during the same period of 2010-11.

Electricity

Electricity generation (weight of 10.32% in the IIP) registered a growth of 8.2% in June 2011 compared to a growth of 3.8% in June 2010. Electricity generation grew by 8.3% during April-June 2011-12 compared to 5.7% during the same period of 2010-11.

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