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India’s February core sector index rises 1.4% y-o-y

April 2: The index of eight core industries, which have a combined weightage of 37.90% in the Index of Industrial Production (IIP), stood at 161.5 in February, 2015, up 1.4% compared to the index of January, 2014.

On a cumulative basis, the eight core sectors grew 3.8% in April-February, 2014-15 against the same period last year.

Coal production (weight: 4.38%) increased by 11.6% in February, 2015 over February, 2014.

Its cumulative index during April to February, 2014-15 increased by 8.5% over corresponding period of previous year.

Crude oil production (weight: 5.22%) declined by 1.9% in February, 2015 over February, 2014.

The cumulative index of crude oil during April to February, 2014-15 declined by 1.1 % over the corresponding period of the previous year.

The natural gas production (weight: 1.71%) declined by 8.1% in February, 2015.

Its cumulative index during April to February, 2014-15 declined by 5.5% over the corresponding period of the previous year.

Petroleum refinery production (weight: 5.94%) declined by 1.0% in February 2015.

Its cumulative index during April to February, 2014-15 increased by 0.5% over the corresponding period of the previous year.

Fertiliser production (weight: 1.25%) declined by 0.4% in February, 2015. Its cumulative index during April to February, 2014-15 declined by 0.5 % over the corresponding period of previous year.

Steel production (weight: 6.68%) declined by 4.4% in February, 2015.

Its cumulative index during April to February, 2014-15 increased by 1.1% over the corresponding period of previous year.

Cement production (weight: 2.41%) increased by 2.7% in February, 2015.

Its cumulative growth during April to February, 2014-15 was 6.1% over the corresponding period of the previous year.

Electricity generation (weight: 10.32%) increased by 5.2% in February, 2015

Electricity generation registered a cumulative growth of 8.6% during April to February, 2014-15 over the corresponding period of previous year.