The Index of Six core-infrastructure industries having a combined weight of 26.7 per cent in the Index of Industrial Production (IIP) with base 1993-94 stood at 232.5 (provisional) in June 2008 and registered a growth of 3.4% (provisional) compared to a growth of 5.2 % in June 2007.
During April-June 2008-09, six core-infrastructure industries registered a growth of 3.5% (provisional) as against 6.4% during the corresponding period of the previous year.
Crude Oil production (weight of 4.17% in the IIP) registered a negative growth of 4.7% (provisional) in June 2008 compared to a negative growth rate of 1.8% in June 2007.
The Crude Oil production registered a growth of (-) 0.2% (provisional) during April-June 2008-09 compared to (–)0.7% during the same period of 2007-08.
Petroleum refinery production (weight of 2.00% in the IIP) registered a growth of 5.6% (provisional) in June 2008 compared to growth of 9.9% in June 2007.
The Petroleum refinery production registered a growth of 3.3% (provisional) during April-June 2008-09 compared to 13.3% during the same period of 2007-08.
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