The production of crude oil and natural gas continued to decline, while the output of refinery production, electricity generation and cement witnessed sharp moderation in growth. However, the growth of the production of coal and fertilizers showed improvement during December 2011 from November 2011.
The production of crude oil declined posting decline for third sequential month, while that of natural gas plunged 10.8% during December 2011 recording fall for thirteenth straight month.
The output of refinery products and fertilizers increased 0.8% each during December 2011, while that of coal and steel improved 5.6% and 2.2%. The production of cement posted double digit growth of 13.3%, while that of electricity galloped 8.0% in December 2011, on y-o-y basis.
The growth of the output of six core infrastructure sectors has moderated to 4.4% during April-December 2011, compared to 5.7% growth recorded in corresponding period of previous year.
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