TABLE 1.6 Growth Rates of Core and Infrastructure Sectors
(Per cent p.a.)
	Sectors	Weight	1993-	1994-	1995-	1996-	1997-	1998-	1998-	1999-
		(IIP)	94	95	96	97	98	99*	99@*	2000@*
Infrastructure Sectors (IIP)
1. Electricity generation		10.2	7.5	8.1	8.4	3.8	6.6	6.5	7	7.4
(a) Hydel			0.7	17.5	-12.2	-5.5	8.6	8.8	14.9	-2.2
(b) Thermal (incl. nuclear)			9.5	5.6	14.8	6.1	6.2	5.7	5.2	9.7
2.Coal production		3.2	3.3	3.2	6.4	5.7	3.6	-1.2	0.2	-0.5
3.Steel		5.1	6.2	8.3	8.9	1.6	0.6	-1.5	1.1	11.6
4. Crude oil		4.2	0.3	19.3	9.1	-6.5	2.9	-3.4	-4.1	-0.4
5. Refinery throughput		2	1.5	4.1	3.9	7.2	3.7	5.2	3.1	21.9
6. Cement		2	5.7	9.9	6.6	8.6	12.8	5.9	4.2	15.9
Overall		26.7	5	9.1	7.9	2.6	4.7	2.3	2.8	8.2
Other Infrastructure Sectors
1.Railway revenue-earning
goods traffic			2.5	1.7	7	4.7	5	-2	-2.5	8
2. Cargo handled at major ports			7.6	10	9.1	5.6	10.6	0	0	9.2
3. Telecommunications :
New Telephone connections
provided (DELs)			24.5	44	23.3	17.5	27.1	16.4	26.1	33.4
* Provisional                          @ April-December