September 08, 2008

Performance of 6 infrastructure sectors in H1 of 2007-08

FINISHED (CARBON) STEEL PRODUCTION
Weight: 5.13%

Month	2005-6	2006-7	2007-8	2006-7	2007-08
April	3400	3823	3979	12.4	4.1
May	3358	3798	4071	13.1	7.2
June	3401	3828	3824	12.6	-0.1
July	3385	3894	4268	15	9.6
August	3626	3972	4310	9.5	8.5
September	3562	3941	4272	10.6	8.4
October	3861	4272	4476	10.6	4.8
November	3834	4191		9.3
December	3948	4351		10.2
January	4005	4345		8.5
February	3715	4222		13.6
March	4295	4938		15
(Apr-Oct)	24593	27528	29200	11.9	6.1

In ‘000 tonnes
Production Data and Growth rates are provisional
Source: Ministry of Steel

COAL PRODUCTION
Weight: 3.22%

Month	2005-6	2006-7	2007-8	2006-7	2007-8
April	30.50	31.53	31.69	3.4	0.5
May	30.67	33.23	33.54	8.3	0.9
June	28.54	31.92	32.34	11.8	1.3
July	28.14	30.70	31.04	9.1	1.1
August	29.03	29.20	31.74	0.6	8.7
September	29.42	29.20	31.02	-0.8	6.2
October	32.96	33.59	36.67	1.9	9.2
November	34.69	36.38		4.9
December	38.39	39.50		2.9
January	38.32	42.15		10.0
February	36.90	39.35		6.6
March	43.82	48.49		10.6
(Apr-Oct)	209.25	219.30	227.59	4.8	3.8

In million tonnes
Production data and Growth rates are provisional.
Source: Department of Coal

ELECTRICITY GENERATION
Weight: 10.17%

Month	2005-6	2006-7	2007-8	2006-7	2007-8
April	50413.2	53394.9	58026.7	5.9	8.7
May	52942.6	55630.8	60814.1	5.1	9.3
June	50948.9	53450.6	57078.1	4.9	6.8
July	49781.1	54224.2	58301.0	8.9	7.5
August	52145.2	54295.8	59278.3	4.1	9.2
September	48694.5	54289.3	56641.2	11.5	4.3
October	52217.7	57292.5	59700.2	9.7	4.2
November	49405.3	53721.3		8.7
December	52257.1	57095.6		9.3
January	53759.6	58320.6		8.5
February	50225.4	51902.3		3.3
March	54719.9	59075.3		8.0
(Apr-Oct)	357143.2	382578.0	409850.8	7.1	7.1

In GWH
Generation and Growth rates are provisional.
Electricity generation data includes also imports from Bhutan
Source: Ministry of Power

CEMENT PRODUCTION
Weight: 1.99%

Month	2005-6	2006-7	2007-8	2006-7	2007-8
April	12240	13730	14475	12.2	5.4
May	12630	13490	14760	6.8	9.4
June	12010	13410	14160	11.7	5.6
July	11160	12720	13860	14.0	9.0
August	11160	11480	13340	2.9	16.2
September	10845	12630	13260	16.5	5.0
October	12218	13370	14310	9.4	7.0
November	11599	12970		11.8
December	12968	14010		8.0
January	13571	14550		7.2
February	12757	13500		5.8
March	14650	15450		5.5
(Apr-Oct)	82263	90830	98165	10.4	8.1

In ‘000 tonnes
Production and Growth rates are provisional
Source: Department of Industrial Policy & Promotion

CRUDE PETROLEUM PRODUCTION
Weight: 4.17%

Month	2005-6	2006-7	2007-8	2006-7	2007-8
April	2802	2752	2791	-1.8	1.4
May	2830	2863	2818	1.2	-1.6
June	2792	2826	2774	1.2	-1.8
July	2751	2863	2888	4.1	0.9
August	2411	2701	2876	12	6.5
September	2572	2814	2794	9.4	-0.7
October	2679	2928	2924	9.3	-0.1
November	2563	2815		9.8
December	2642	2924		10.7
January	2770	2901		4.7
February	2542	2666		4.9
March	2844	2934		3.2
(Apr-Oct)	18837	19748	19866	4.8	0.6

In ‘000 tonnes
Production data and Growth rates are provisional.
Source: Ministry of Petroleum & Natural Gas

OUTPUT OF PETROLEUM REFINERY PRODUCTS
Weight: 2.00%

Month	2005-6	2006-7	2007-8	2006-7	2007-8
April	8947	10118	11642	13.1	15.1
May	9624	10784	12393	12.1	14.9
June	9896	10940	12027	10.5	9.9
July	10096	11370	11902	12.6	4.7
August	10042	11257	12178	12.1	8.2
September	9776	11082	11848	13.4	6.9
October	9719	11473	11791	18.1	2.8
November	9853	11467		16.4
December	10754	11423		6.2
January	10857	11854		9.2
February	10098	11241		11.3
March	11089	12577		13.4
(Apr-Oct)	68099	77025	83782	13.1	8.8

In ‘000 tonnes
Output and Growth rates are provisional.
The figure are estimated on the basis of data on refinery production (in terms of crude throughput)
Source: Ministry of Petroleum & Natural Gas