Growth in six core infrastructure industries, which have a combined weight of 26.7 per cent in the Index of Industrial Production, fell to 4.4 per cent during the first half of this fiscal against 5.3 per cent of the previous year primarily due to the decline in growth of crude petroleum, coal, electricity and cement.
The index of the industries, which also include petroleum refinery products and finished steel, stood at 190.4 points in September this year, reflecting an increase of 1.8 per cent compared to growth of 0.2 per cent in the same month of 2004, according to an official release here.
Crude petroleum production (weight 4.17 per cent in IIP) registered a negative growth of 7.3 per cent in September this year as compared to 2.5 per cent in the corresponding month last year. Crude production registered a negative growth of 4.9 per cent during April to September in the current fiscal compared to 4.3 per cent in the same period last fiscal.
But crude refinery production (weight of two per cent in IIP) grew by five per cent in September this year as compared to negative growth of 0.2 percent in September 2004. Petroleum refinery production registered a negative growth of 0.7 per cent during April to September this fiscal as compared to 7.3 per cent increase in the same period last year, according to the release.
Coal production (weight of 3.22 per cent in IIP) grew by 4.6 per cent in September 2005 as compared to 9.3 per cent in September 2004. Coal production grew by 5.3 per cent during April to September in the current fiscal as compared to an increase of 6.3 per cent in the same period of last fiscal.
Electricity production (weight 10.17 per cent in IIP) registered a negative growth of 0.6 per cent in September 2005 as compared to 7.6 per cent in September 2004. Electricity production grew by 4.7 per cent during April to September in the current fiscal as compared to an increase of 7.8 per cent in the same period last fiscal, the release said.