Photographs: Rupak De Chowdhuri/Reuters.
Upbeat govt revises GDP growth to 8%
Image: A worker makes gear parts for cranes at a workshop in Mumbai.Photographs: Danish Siddiqui/Reuters.
"The growth rate of 8 per cent in the GDP during 2009-10 has been achieved due to high growth in manufacturing (8.8 per cent), financing, insurance, real estate & business services (9.2 per cent), transport, storage and communication (15.0 per cent), community, social and personal services (11.8 per cent)," the official data showed.
Upbeat govt revises GDP growth to 8%
Image: A farmer sits besides a heap of paddy as he protects himself with plastic tarpaulin during rains.Photographs: Ajay Verma/Reuters.
In addition, the GDP growth estimate for FY2008-09 has been revised marginally upward to 6.8 per cent from the previous estimate of 6.7 per cent.
Upbeat govt revises GDP growth to 8%
Image: A farmer ploughs his paddy field in Kadamtala village, about 189 km (117 miles) north of Agartala.Photographs: Jayanta Dey/Reuters.
Upbeat govt revises GDP growth to 8%
Image: Mining sector grows.
Upbeat govt revises GDP growth to 8%
Image: Torsha, a four-year-old orphan elephant drinks water in Jaldapara Wildlife Sanctuary.Photographs: Rupak De Chowdhuri/Reuters.
Upbeat govt revises GDP growth to 8%
Image: Infrastructure industries grow.The six core sectors -- crude oil, petroleum refinery products, coal, electricity, cement and finished steel -- had expanded by 6.2 per cent in December, 2009.
The 6.6 per cent growth charted in December, 2010, is significantly higher than the 3 per cent expansion recorded in the previous month (November, 2010) and will definitely lift the index of industrial production (IIP) numbers for December.Upbeat govt revises GDP growth to 8%
Image: Industrial output rises.However, growth in cement production slowed to 2.2 per cent in December, 2010, compared to 11 per cent expansion in December, 2009. Finished steel production grew by 11.2 per cent in December, 2010, from 9.6 per cent in the comparable period a year ago.
Upbeat govt revises GDP growth to 8%
Image: A worker at an Indian Oil petrol pump.Photographs: Mukesh Gupta/Reuters.
In addition, crude oil production witnessed a significant jump during the last month of the 2010 calendar year, rising by 15.8 per cent.
In comparison, crude output rose by just 1.1 per cent in December, 2009. During the first nine months of the current fiscal, the six core industries registered average growth of 5.3 per cent, compared to 4.7 per cent expansion in April-December, 2009.
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