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TABLE-India's May infrastructure output up 3.5 pct y/y

Wed Jul 9, 2008 11:07am IST
 
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 July 9 (Reuters) - India's infrastructure sector
<ININFR=ECI> output grew 3.5 percent in May from a year
earlier, holding steady near April's 3.6 percent annual growth,
government data showed on Wednesday.
      PERFORMANCE OF INFRASTRUCTURE INDUSTRIES
           (Base year 1993/94 = 100)
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 Industry       Weight     May 08      May 07
                      (yr/yr change in pct)       
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 Crude oil        4.17        3.2        -1.6        
 Refinery         2.00        0.1        14.9        
 Coal             3.22        8.3         0.5        
 Electricity     10.17        2.0         9.3        
 Cement           1.99        3.8         9.9        
 Steel            5.13        5.2         8.4        
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 Overall         26.68        3.5         7.8        
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 Note: The six industries account for a total weight of 26.68
percent in the Index of Industrial Production.
 (Reporting by Rajkumar Ray, Editing by Mark Williams)

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