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INDEX OF INDUSTRIAL PRODUCTION
The overall growth rate of industrial production during April-November 2004 was 8.4
percent as compared to 6.4 percent during April-November, 2003. The growth in
mining, manufacturing and electricity during April-November, 2004 was 4.9 percent,
8.9 percent and 6.8 percent as compared to 4.1 percent, 7.1 percent and 3.2 percent
respectively, during April-November, 2003.
As per the use-based classification, production in basic goods, capital goods,
intermediate goods and consumer goods registered higher growth.
SECTORWISE INDEX OF INDUSTRIAL PRODUCTION
(Base: 1993-94=100)
(Percentage change )
2002-03 2003-04 Nov. '03 Nov. '04 April-Nov.

2003-04 2004-05
General 5.8 7.0 8.2 7.9 6.4 8.4
Mining 5.8 5.3 5.2 2.8 4.1 4.9
Manufacturing 6.0 7.4 8.9 8.8 7.1 8.9
Electricity 3.2 5.0 4.8 4.0 3.2 6.8
Use-Based Classification
Basic goods 4.8 5.5 5.7 6.7 4.5 5.7
Capital goods 10.5 13.6 12.7 10.3 9.7 13.5
Intermediate goods 3.9 6.4 11.3 4.7 6.0 7.2
Consumer goods 7.1 7.2 6.7 11.4 8.2 10.5
Of which
Consumer durables -6.3 11.6 16.0 11.4 8.7 15.8
Consumer non-durables 12.0 5.8 3.7 11.4 7.9 8.8
INFRASTRUCTURE
The six core infrastructure industries registered a lower growth of 5.4 per cent during
April-December, 2004 as compared to 5.8 per cent in the corresponding period of last
year.
Sectorwise Industrial Production
Growth in Per cent
4.1
7.1
3.2
6.4
4.9
8.9
6.8
8.4
0
5
10
15
20
Mining Manufacturing Electricity General
Per cent
April-November, 2003
April-November, 2004
5
PRODUCTION IN INFRASTRUCTURE INDUSTRIES
December FullYr. April-Dec. % Change
April-Dec.
Industry/Infrastructure Unit 2003 2004 2003-04 2003-04 2004-05 2003-04 2004-05
Coal Mn tons 30.4 36.0 354.7 249.8 266.8 3.9 6.8
Electricity Generation Mn kw 48391 50532 558134 411365 437943 3.4 6.5
Hydel Mn kw 5736 5751 73796 57576 67694 10.6 17.5
Thermal (including
nuclear)
Mn kw
42655 44781 484338 353789 370263 2.4 4.7
Crude petroleum 000 tons 2893 2883 33384 24853 25565 -0.5 2.9
Petroleum Products 000 tons 9018 9850 113241 82801 88309 7.2 6.7
Finished steel 000 tons 3385 3366 36925.1 28330 29402 12.2 3.8
Cement 000 tons 10560 11433 123440 90100 96295 5.6 6.9
Average growth rate* (%) 7.8 3.6 5.4 - - 5.8 5.4
Nov. Full Yr. April-Nov. April-Nov.
Cargo handled at major
ports
Mn tons 28.7 33.0 344.52 218.3 242.9 7.5 11.3
Telecommunications
a) Net switching capacity
000
lines 176.3 686.8 1817.66 3278.6 4119.9 49.9 25.7
b) Net Tele. Connections 000 nos 668.3 769.9 7804.86 6073.8 4209.8 270.6 -30.7
Revenue earning
goods traffic on railways Mn tons 47.0 49.0 557.39 358.3 384.7 7.1 7.4
* Weights as in IIP (Base: 1993-94) : Coal (3.2), Electricity generation (10.2), Crude oil (4.2),
Refinery throughput (2.0), Finished Steel (5.1) and Cement (2.0).

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