Index of Eight Core Industries in February 2022 increases by 5.8 per cent to 137.1


The combined Index of Eight Core Industries stood at 137.1 in February 2022, which increased by 5.8 per cent (provisional) as compared to the Index of February 2021. The production of Coal, Natural Gas, Refinery Products, Steel, Cement and Electricity industries increased in February 2022 over the corresponding period of last year.

The Office of Economic Adviser, Department for Promotion of Industry and Internal Trade (DPIIT) released Index of Eight Core Industries (ICI) for the Month of February, 2022. ICI measures combined and individual performance of production in selected eight core industries viz. Coal, Crude Oil, Natural Gas, Refinery Products, Fertilizers, Steel, Cement and Electricity. The Eight Core Industries comprise 40.27 percent of the weight of items included in the Index of Industrial Production (IIP). Details of yearly and monthly indices and growth rates are provided at Annex I & II respectively.

Final growth rate of Index of Eight Core Industries for November 2021 has been revised to 3.2% from its provisional level 3.1%. The cumulative growth rate of ICI during April-February 2021-22 was 11.0% (P) as compared to the corresponding period of last FY.

The summary of the Index of Eight Core Industries is given below:

Coal –Coal production (weight: 10.33 per cent) increased by 6.6 per cent in February, 2022 over February, 2021. Its cumulative index increased by 9.8 per cent during April to February, 2021-22 over corresponding period of the previous year.

 

Crude Oil–Crude Oil production (weight: 8.98 per cent) declined by 2.2 per cent in February, 2022 over February, 2021. Its cumulative index declined by 2.6 per cent during April to February, 2021-22 over the corresponding period of previous year.

 

Natural Gas – Natural Gas production (weight: 6.88 per cent) increased by 12.5 per cent in February, 2022 over February, 2021. Its cumulative index increased by 20.5 per cent during April to February, 2021-22 over the corresponding period of previous year.

 

Petroleum Refinery Products–Petroleum Refinery production (weight: 28.04 per cent) increased by 8.8 per cent in February, 2022 over February, 2021. Its cumulative index increased by 9.2 per cent during April to February, 2021-22over the corresponding period of previous year.

 

Fertilizers –Fertilizers production (weight: 2.63 per cent) declined by 1.4 per cent in February, 2022 over February, 2021. Its cumulative index decreased by 0.4 per cent during April to February, 2021-22 over the corresponding period of previous year.

 

Steel –Steel production (weight: 17.92 per cent) increased by 5.7 per cent in February, 2022 over February, 2021. Its cumulative index increased by 18.4 per cent during April to February, 2021-22 over the corresponding period of previous year.

 

Cement –Cement production (weight: 5.37 per cent) increased by 5.0 per cent in February, 2022 over February, 2021. Its cumulative index increased by 22.4 per cent during April to February, 2021-22 over the corresponding period of previous year.

 

Electricity –Electricity generation (weight: 19.85 per cent) increased by 4.0 per cent in February, 2022 over February, 2021. Its cumulative index increased by 8.1 per cent during April to February, 2021-22 over the corresponding period of previous year.

 

Note 1: Data for December, 2021, January, 2022 and February, 2022 are provisional. Index numbers of Core Industries are revised/finalized as per updated data from source agencies.

Note 2: Since April, 2014, Electricity generation data from Renewable sources are also included.

Note 3: The industry-wise weights indicated above are individual industry weight derived from IIP and blown up on pro rata basis to a combined weight of ICI equal to 100.

Note 4: Since March 2019, a new steel product called Hot Rolled Pickled and Oiled (HRPO) under the item ‘Cold Rolled (CR) coils’ within the production of finished steel has also been included.

Note 5: Release of the index for March, 2022 will be on Friday 29th April, 2022.

 

Annex I

Performance of Eight Core Industries

Yearly Index & Growth Rate

Base Year: 2011-12=100

                                                                                                       Index

 

Sector

Weight

2012-13

2013-14

2014-15

2015-16

2016-17

2017-18

2018-19

2019-20

2020-21

Apr-Feb  2020-21

Apr-Feb  2021-22*

Coal

10.3335

103.2

104.2

112.6

118.0

121.8

124.9

134.1

133.6

131.1

123.9

136.1

Crude Oil

8.9833

99.4

99.2

98.4

97.0

94.5

93.7

89.8

84.5

80.1

79.8

77.8

Natural Gas

6.8768

85.6

74.5

70.5

67.2

66.5

68.4

69.0

65.1

59.8

59.1

71.2

Refinery Products

28.0376

107.2

108.6

108.8

114.1

119.7

125.2

129.1

129.4

114.9

113.1

123.6

Fertilizers

2.6276

96.7

98.1

99.4

106.4

106.6

106.6

107.0

109.8

111.6

113.3

112.9

Steel

17.9166

107.9

115.8

121.7

120.2

133.1

140.5

147.7

152.6

139.4

136.1

161.2

Cement

5.3720

107.5

111.5

118.1

123.5

122.0

129.7

147.0

145.7

130.0

125.2

153.2

Electricity

19.8530

104.0

110.3

126.6

133.8

141.6

149.2

156.9

158.4

157.6

155.5

168.2

Overall Index

100.0000

103.8

106.5

111.7

115.1

120.5

125.7

131.2

131.6

123.2

120.7

134.1

*Provisional

 

Growth Rates (on Y-o-Y basis in per cent)

 

Sector

Weight

2012-13

2013-14

2014-15

2015-16

2016-17

2017-18

2018-19

2019-20

2020-21

Apr-Feb  2020-21

Apr-Feb  2021-22*

Coal

10.3335

3.2

1.0

8.0

4.8

3.2

2.6

7.4

-0.4

-1.9

-2.2

9.8

Crude Oil

8.9833

-0.6

-0.2

-0.9

-1.4

-2.5

-0.9

-4.1

-5.9

-5.2

-5.4

-2.6

Natural Gas

6.8768

-14.4

-12.9

-5.3

-4.7

-1.0

2.9

0.8

-5.6

-8.2

-9.9

20.5

Refinery Products

28.0376

7.2

1.4

0.2

4.9

4.9

4.6

3.1

0.2

-11.2

-12.2

9.2

Fertilizers

2.6276

-3.3

1.5

1.3

7.0

0.2

0.03

0.3

2.7

1.7

2.2

-0.4

Steel

17.9166

7.9

7.3

5.1

-1.3

10.7

5.6

5.1

3.4

-8.7

-11.8

18.4

Cement

5.3720

7.5

3.7

5.9

4.6

-1.2

6.3

13.3

-0.9

-10.8

-14.9

22.4

Electricity

19.8530

4.0

6.1

14.8

5.7

5.8

5.3

5.2

0.9

-0.5

-2.4

8.1

Overall Growth

100.0000

3.8

2.6

4.9

3.0

4.8

4.3

4.4

0.4

-6.4

-8.1

11.0

*Provisional,YoY is calculated over the corresponding financial year of previous year

 

 

Annex II

Performance of Eight Core Industries

Monthly Index & Growth Rate

Base Year: 2011-12=100

Index

 

Sector

Coal

Crude Oil

Natural Gas

Refinery Products

Fertilizers

Steel

Cement

Electricity

Overall Index

Weight

10.3335

8.9833

6.8768

28.0376

2.6276

17.9166

5.3720

19.8530

100.0000

Feb-21

163.6

73.2

57.7

114.8

103.9

156.3

160.9

153.9

129.6

Mar-21

210.3

82.4

67.5

134.4

93.4

175.2

182.5

180.0

150.8

Apr-21

113.5

78.5

66.7

123.4

88.3

160.0

159.0

174.0

132.0

May-21

117.1

76.8

68.7

117.7

102.5

149.4

131.1

161.9

125.4

Jun-21

112.1

78.2

70.0

113.2

116.9

153.1

148.2

169.1

127.2

Jul-21

119.2

80.3

72.8

122.2

120.1

155.2

154.3

184.7

134.7

Aug-21

118.4

79.4

73.7

115.5

117.0

161.1

148.8

188.7

134.2

Sep-21

113.8

77.0

73.3

112.7

113.6

160.5

141.1

167.9

128.0

Oct-21

140.4

79.2

76.3

127.5

122.9

167.6

161.9

167.3

137.8

Nov-21

149.2

76.6

72.2

131.9

121.4

157.4

127.3

147.9

131.8

Dec-21*

164.3

79.1

72.7

134.4

121.1

169.7

168.4

162.5

141.6

Jan-22*

174.8

79.1

71.4

135.8

115.2

174.2

176.7

165.6

144.8

Feb-22*

174.4

71.6

64.9

124.9

102.4

165.2

169.0

160.1

137.1

         *Provisional

 

Growth Rates (on Y-o-Y basis in per cent)

Sector

Coal

Crude Oil

Natural Gas

Refinery Products

Fertilizers

Steel

Cement

Electricity

Overall Growth

Weight

10.3335

8.9833

6.8768

28.0376

2.6276

17.9166

5.3720

19.8530

100.0000

Feb-21

-4.4

-3.2

-1.0

-10.9

-3.7

2.2

0.2

0.2

-3.3

Mar-21

0.3

-3.1

12.3

-0.7

-5.0

31.5

40.6

22.5

12.6

Apr-21

9.5

-2.1

25.0

30.9

3.9

494.8

606.6

38.5

62.6

May-21

7.0

-6.3

20.1

15.3

-9.6

55.1

11.7

7.5

16.4

Jun-21

7.4

-1.8

20.6

2.4

2.0

25.2

7.5

8.2

9.4

Jul-21

18.8

-3.2

19.0

6.7

0.6

9.4

21.7

11.0

9.9

Aug-21

20.6

-2.3

20.7

9.1

-3.1

6.9

36.3

16.0

12.2

Sep-21

7.8

-1.7

27.5

6.0

0.04

7.1

11.3

0.9

5.4

Oct-21

14.7

-2.2

25.8

14.4

0.04

5.9

14.6

3.2

8.7

Nov-21

8.2

-2.2

23.7

4.3

2.5

0.9

-3.6

2.1

3.2

Dec-21*

5.2

-1.8

19.5

5.9

3.5

-0.7

13.9

2.9

4.1

Jan-22*

8.2

-2.4

11.7

3.7

-2.0

3.7

14.3

0.9

4.0

Feb-22*

6.6

-2.2

12.5

8.8

-1.4

5.7

5.0

4.0

5.8

      *Provisional,YoY is calculated over the corresponding month of previous year

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