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The industrial production in India clocked an impressive growth of 12.4% in July 2006, its ten-year high. Industrial growth during the first 4 months (April 2006 to July 2006) of the current financial year is up by 10.6% as compared to 8.9% registered in the same period last year.
Robust growth in the manufacturing sector has fuelled the industrial production. The Manufacturing Sector has shown a robust growth of 13.3% in July 2006. It had grown by 13.4% in June 1996 and in the recent past the closest high growth was registered in June 2005 at 13.2%.
Besides manufacturing, the Mining and Quarrying Sector has shown a growth of 6.0%, while as the Electricity Sector has registered a growth of 8.6% during July 2006 as compared to July 2005.
The industries that have performed well in July 2006 include Food Products (26.8%), Wool, Silk and man-made Fibre Textiles (25%), Transport Equipment and Parts (22.4%), Other Manufacturing Industries (21.3%), Basic Metal and Alloy Industries (19.5%) and Textile Products (including Wearing Apparel) (17.3%).
While, the consumer goods have registered an impressive growth of 17.9% during July 2006 over July 2005, capital goods grew at 15.4% in July 2006.
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