| TABLE 1.8 | ||||||
| Growth rates of core and infrastructure sectors | ||||||
| (per cent per annum) | ||||||
| Sectors | Weight | 1999- | 2000- | 2000- | 2001- | |
| (IIP) | 2000 | 2001* | 2001 | 2002 | ||
| (April-December)* | ||||||
| Infrastructure sectors (IIP) | ||||||
| 1 | Electricity generation | 10.2 | 7.2 | 3.9 | 4.8 | 2.8 |
| (a) Hydel | -2.5 | -7.9 | -5.4 | -3.6 | ||
| (b) Thermal (incl. nuclear) | 9.3 | 6.3 | 7.0 | 4.0 | ||
| 2 | Coal production | 3.2 | 3.1 | 3.0 | 5.4 | 3.5 |
| 3 | Steel | 5.1 | 15.0 | 6.3 | 9.2 | -0.3 |
| 4 | Crude oil | 4.2 | -2.4 | 1.2 | 0.7 | -1.9 |
| 5 | Refinery throughput | 2.0 | 25.4 | 19.7 | 25.9 | 4.2 |
| 6 | Cement | 2.0 | 14.2 | -0.9 | 2.1 | 6.4 |
| Overall | 26.7 | 9.1 | 5.0 | 6.8 | 2.0 | |
| Other infrastructure sectors | ||||||
| 1 | Railway revenue-earning | |||||
| goods traffic | 8.4 | 3.7 | 5.2 | 2.7 | ||
| 2 | Cargo handled at major ports | 8.0 | 3.4 | 3.9 | 1.7 | |
| 3 | Telecommunications : | |||||
| New telephone connections | ||||||
| provided (DELs) | 29.7 | 20.5 | 29.8 | 7.0# | ||
| * Provisional #Both public & private sector together | ||||||