Fiscal year 2005-06 closed with
capital goods production recording a growth of 15.5 per cent that was over and
above the 13.9 per cent rise registered in 2004-05. This was the fourth
successive year of double-digit growth in capital goods production.
Meanwhile, overall industrial
production grew by 8 per cent in 2005-06 that was down from 8.4 per cent in
2004-05. The manufacturing sector that expanded by 9 per cent was the growth
engine. The manufacturing sector has a weight of 79.36 per cent in the overall
Index of Industrial Production.
Among other sectors, mining (weight:
10.47 per cent) and electricity (10.17 per cent) recorded growth rates of 0.7
per cent and 5.1 per cent, respectively.
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