Industrial output grew at 16.8% in December 2009 The index of industrial production recorded 16.8% growth in December 2009 compared with -0.25% in the same month last year. The healthy growth in industrial production add the value to the growth prospectus The General Index stands at 331.7, which is 16.8% higher as compared to the level in the month of December 2008. The cumulative growth for the period April-December 2009-10 stands at 8.6% over the corresponding period of the pervious year. The Indices of Industrial Production for the Mining, Manufacturing and Electricity sectors for the month of December 2009 stand at 206.0, 360.7, and 235.2 respectively, with the corresponding growth rates of 9.5%, 18.5% and 5.4% as compared to December 2008. The cumulative growth during April-December, 2009-10 over the corresponding period of 2008-09 in the three sectors have been 8.5%, 9.0% and 5.8% respectively, which moved the overall growth in the General Index to 8.6%.
In terms of industries, as many as fourteen (14) out of the seventeen (17) industry groups (as per 2-digit NIC-1987) have shown positive growth during the month of December 2009 as compared to the corresponding month of the previous year. The industry group Transport Equipment and Parts have shown the highest growth of 82.2%, followed by 44.6% in Machinery and Equipment other than Transport Equipment and 29.0% in Basic Chemicals & Chemical Products (except products of Petroleum & Coal). On the other hand, the industry groups Other Manufacturing Industries have shown a negative growth of 9.4% followed by 6.9% in Food Products and 0.1% in Leather and Leather & Fur Products. As per Use-based classification, the Sectoral growth rates in December 2009 over December 2008 are 7.5% in Basic goods, 38.8% in Capital goods and 21.7% in Intermediate goods. The Consumer durables and Consumer non-durables have recorded growth of 46.0% and 3.7% respectively, with the overall growth in Consumer goods being 12.0% -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Kences1" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/kences1?hl=en.
