India's industrial production shot up by 12.4 per cent in July 2006 as against 4.7 per cent in the same month last year.
In fact, all the sectors -- mining, manufacturing, electricity -- witnessed substantial growth in July.
Electricity generation grew by 8.6 per cent against the decline of 0.9 per cent in July last year. Mining production rose by 6 per cent as against a fall of 1.9 per cent.
During the first four months of the fiscal ended July 31, the growth, measured by index of industrial production, stood at 10.6 per cent compared to 8.9 per cent in the corresponding period of 2005-06.
Manufacturing production grew by 11.8 per cent as against 9.9 per cent, electricity generation by 6.1 per cent against 5.5 per cent and mining output by 4 per cent against 2.7 per cent in the corresponding period last year.
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