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Index of Eight Core Industries in January 2012

The Eight core industries have a combined weight of 37.90% in the Index of Industrial Production. The combined Index was 149.1 in January 2012 with a growth rate of 0.5% compared to their 6.4% Growth in January 2011. During April-January 2011-12, the cumulative growth rate of the Core industries was 4.1% as against their growth at 5.7% during the corresponding period in 2010-11.

Coal
Coal production (weight: 4.38%) registered a growth of 7.5% in January 2012 compared to its growth at (-) 1.3% in January 2011. However, in cumulative terms Coal production had a negative growth of (-) 1.5% during April-January 2011-12 compared to its growth at 0.6% during the same period of 2010-11.

Crude Oil
Crude Oil production (weight: 5.22%) registered a growth of (-) 2.0% in January 2012 compared to its growth at 10.8% in January 2011. Cumulatively Crude Oil production registered a growth of 1.5% during April-January 2011-12 compared to its growth at 11.9% during the same period of 2010-11.

Natural Gas
Natural Gas production (weight: 1.71%) registered a growth of (-) 8.9% in January 2012 compared to its growth at (-) 6.3% in January 2011. Natural Gas production registered a growth of (-) 8.8% during April-January 2011-12 compared to its growth at 14.4% during the same period of 2010-11.

Petroleum Refinery Products (0.93% of Crude Throughput)*
Petroleum refinery production (weight: 5.94%) had a growth of (-) 4.6% in January 2012 compared to its growth at 8.7% in January 2011. In cumulative terms Petroleum refinery production registered a growth of 3.1% during April-January 2011-12 compared to its 2.4% growth during the same period of 2010-11.

Fertilizers
Fertilizer production (weight: 1.25%) registered a growth of 4.0% in January 2012 against its growth at 5.9% in January 2011. Cumulatively Fertilizer production had a negative growth of (-) 0.1% during April-January 2011-12 corresponding to (-) 0.8% growth during the same period of 2010-11.

Steel (Alloy + Non-Alloy)
Steel production (weight: 6.68%) had a growth rate of (-) 2.9% in January 2012 against its 8.7% growth in January 2011. Cumulatively Steel production had a 7.0% growth during April-January 2011-12 compared to its 8.4% growth during the same period of 2010-11.

Cement
Cement production (weight: 2.41%) registered a growth of 10.6% in January 2012 against its 1.8% growth in January 2011. The cumulative growth of Cement Production was 6.0% during April-January 2011-12 compared to its 4.1% growth during the same period of 2010-11.

Electricity
Electricity generation (weight: 10.32%) had a 2.4% growth in January 2012 compared to its 9.7% growth in January 2011. Electricity generation on the other hand had a cumulative growth of 8.6% during April-January 2011-12 as against its 5.2% growth during the same period of 2010-11.