| TABLE 1.7 Growth Rates of Core and Infrastructure Sectors |
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| (Per cent p.a.) | ||||||||
Sectors |
Weight | 1996- | 1997- | 1998- | 1999- | April-Dec.* |
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| (IIP) | 97 | 98 | 99 | 2000* | 1999 | 2000 | ||
| Infrastructure Sectors (IIP) | ||||||||
| 1. Electricity generation | 10.2 | 4.2 | 6.5 | 6.4 | 7.2 | 7.5 | 4.7 | |
| (a) Hydel | -5.1 | 8.3 | 11.0 | -2.7 | -2.1 | -5.4 | ||
| (b) Thermal (incl. nuclear) | 6.4 | 6.1 | 5.4 | 9.4 | 9.9 | 6.9 | ||
| 2.Coal production | 3.2 | 5.8 | 3.6 | -1.2 | 2.6 | 0.6 | 5.9 | |
| 3.Steel | 5.1 | 1.6 | 0.6 | -1.5 | 12.5 | 15.0 | 12.8 | |
| 4. Crude oil | 4.2 | -6.5 | 3.0 | -3.5 | -2.6 | -0.4 | 1.0 | |
| 5. Refinery throughput | 2.0 | 7.2 | 3.7 | 5.1 | 25.5 | 22.0 | 25.9 | |
| 6. Cement | 2.0 | 9.6 | 7.7 | 7.2 | 13.9 | 16.0 | 2.3 | |
| Overall | 26.7 | 2.8 | 4.3 | 2.4 | 8.0 | 9.1 | 7.7 | |
| Other Infrastructure Sectors | ||||||||
| 1. Railway revenue-earning | ||||||||
| goods traffic | 4.7 | 5.0 | -2.0 | 8.4 | 8.0 | 5.2 | ||
| 2. Cargo handled at major ports | 5.6 | 10.7 | 0.0 | 8.0 | 9.2 | 3.9 | ||
| 3. Telecommunications : | ||||||||
| New Telephone connections | ||||||||
| provided (DELs) | 17.5 | 27.1 | 16.4 | 29.7 | 33.4 | 29.8 | ||
| * Provisional | ||||||||