Infrastructure

The six infrastructure industries with a 26.68 per cent weightage in the Industrial Production Index cumulatively recorded a substantial 7.1 per cent year on year growth in August 2009, compared to a modest growth of 2.5% recorded in the previous month (July 2009) and an even lower 2.1 per cent a year earlier (August 2008). The August 2009 growth rate of 7.1 per cent is the highest monthly growth rate attained during the last one year.