From: Press Information Bureau Ministry of I&B <pib.kolkata@gmail.com>
Date: Fri, Jun 11, 2010 at 3:11 PM
Subject: Release...........pt1
Press Information Bureau
Government of India
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Quick Estimates of Index of Industrial Production and Use-based Index (Base 1993-94=100) for the month of April, 2010
PRESS NOTE
New Delhi: June 11, 2010
Subject: Quick Estimates of Index of Industrial Production and Use-based Index (Base 1993-94=100) for the month of April, 2010.
The Quick Estimates of Index of Industrial Production (IIP) with base 1993-94 for the month of April 2010 have been released by the Central Statistics Office of the Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation. The General Index stands at 316.7, which is 17.6% higher as compared to the level in the month of April 2009. The revised annual growth for the period April-March 2009-10 stands at 10.4% over the corresponding period of the pervious year.
2. The Indices of Industrial Production for the Mining, Manufacturing and Electricity sectors for the month of April 2010 stand at 197.0, 341.5, and 246.9 respectively, with the corresponding growth rates of 11.4%, 19.4% and 6.0% as compared to April 2009. The revised annual growth in the three sectors during April-March, 2009-10 over the corresponding period of 2008-09 have been 9.8%, 10.9% and 6.0% respectively, which moved the overall growth in the General Index to 10.4%.
3. In terms of industries, as many as fifteen (15) out of the seventeen (17) industry groups (as per 2-digit NIC-1987) have shown positive growth during the month of April 2010 as compared to the corresponding month of the previous year. The industry group 'Machinery and Equipment other than Transport Equipment' have shown the highest growth of 55.6%, followed by 51.9% in 'Metal Products and Parts, except Machinery and Equipment' and 41.4% in 'Other Manufacturing Industries '. On the other hand, the industry group 'Wood and Wood Products; Furniture and Fixtures' have shown a negative growth of 16.6% followed by 2.7% in 'Beverages, Tobacco and Related Products'.
4. As per Use-based classification, the Sectoral growth rates in April 2010 over April 2009 are 8.8% in Basic goods, 72.8% in Capital goods and 10.8% in Intermediate goods. The Consumer durables and Consumer non-durables have recorded growth of 37.0% and 6.6% respectively, with the overall growth in Consumer goods being 14.5%.
5. Alongwith the Quick Estimates of IIP for April 2010, the indices for March 2010 have undergone the first revision and those for January 2010 have undergone the second (final) revision in the light of the updated data received from the source agencies. (It may be noted that revised indices (first revision) in respect of February 2010 have already been released in May 2010 and these indices shall undergo final (second) revision in July 2010).
6. Statements giving Quick Estimates of the Index of Industrial Production at Sectoral, 2-digit level of National Industrial Classification (NIC)-1987 and by Use-based classification for the month of April 2010, along with the growth rates over the corresponding month of previous year, including the cumulative indices and growth rates, are enclosed.
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Note: -
1. This Press release information is also available at the Website of the Ministry - http://www.mospi.nic.in
2. The release of the index for May 2010 will be at 11.00 hours on the Monday, 12 July 2010.
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