Eight core industries expanded by 6.8% in February

29 Mar 2012 Evaluate

The eight core industries expanded by 6.8% in February, against 6.4% in the same period last year. During April-February 2011-12, the growth of core industries slowed down to 4.4% from 5.8% in the same period last year.

According to the provisional data released by the government, coal registered the highest growth of 17.8%, up from a negative (-) 5.8% growth in Feb 2011. Electricity, which has the highest weight amongst the core industries, grew by 8% compared to its 7.2% growth in February 2011. Cement production registered a growth of 10.8% in February 2012 against its 6.5% growth in February 2011. 

Crude oil production grew by 0.4% in February 2012 against 12.2% in the similar period of last year. Natural gas production contracted by (-) 7.6% against (-) 7.3% year-on-year. The petroleum refinery output grew by 6.2% from 3.2% and steel production registered a growth of 4.3% in February 2012 against its 18.5% growth in February 2011 and Fertilisers segment expanded by 4.1% from 4.8% in Feb 2011.

The Eight core industries have a combined weight of 37.90% in the Index of Industrial Production (IIP) and hence a movement in their numbers impacts the IIP figures. The data represents the growth of infrastructure in the country and is considered to be an important indicator of industrial activity in the economy. They had grown by a meager 0.5% in the January.

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