TABLE 9.1
Trends in the Performance of Infrastructure Sectors
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April-November* Change over previous year
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Unit 1994- 1995- 1995 1996 1985- 1990- 1991- 1992- 1993- 1994- 1995- 1996-
95 96* 90 91 92 93 94 95 96 97@
Average
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(per cent)
Energy
1 Coal Production Mn.tonnes 253.8 270.1 155.1 169.6 6.4 5.4 8.3 3.9 3.3 3.2 6.4 9.4
2 Electricity generated
(Utilities only) Bn. kwh 351.0 380.1 248.7 257.2 9.4 7.8 8.5 5.0 7.4 8.5 8.3 3.4
(a) Hydro ,, 82.5 72.5 53.0 48.9 3.5 15.2 1.4 -4.0 0.8 17.2 -12.1 -7.7
(b) Thermal (incl.nuclear) ,, 268.5 307.6 195.7 208.3 12.3 5.1 11.1 8.1 9.5 6.1 14.6 6.4
3 Petroleum
(a) Crude oil
production Mn.tonnes 32.2 35.2 23.4 21.0 3.3 -3.1 -8.1 -11.2 0.3 19.3 9.0 -10.0
(b) Refinery
throughput ,, 56.5 58.6 39.0 41.4 8.0 -0.3 -0.7 4.0 1.5 3.8 3.6 6.3
Transport and
communications
1 Railway revenue-
earning goods traffic ,, 365.0 390.7 245.3 260.7 5.6 2.7 6.2 3.6 2.5 1.7 7.0 6.3
2 Cargo handled
at major ports ,, 197.3 215.3 137.3 143.8 6.9 3.0 3.3 5.7 7.6 10.0 9.1 4.7
3 Telecommunications-
new telephone
connections
provided (DELs) '000Nos. 1770.0 2183.0 805.3 872.5 16.6 14.7 51.5 34.2 24.5 44.0 23.3 8.3
Cement Mn.tonnes 62.4 69.3 43.8 48.8 8.7 6.6 5.9 5.0 6.8 7.6 11.2 11.4
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* Provisional. @ April-November.
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