Trends in the Performance of Infrastructure Sectors Consumption of Petroleum Products Trends in the Power Sector (Utilities only) Trends in the Coal Sector Output of iron and steel  Cement output

Trends in the Performance of Infrastructure Sectors

                                                           April-Dec.
       Item           Unit    1988-89   1989-90   1990-91L 
                                                               1991-92

         1             2          3         4         5           6

Energy

1. Coal
   a) Production    Mn.tonnes  194.60    200.89    211.73       153.76
   b) Pit-head
      stocks
      (year-end)       ''       33.97     37.43     42.88        34.69
   c) Despatches       ,,      184.02    191.93    201.07       157.71

2. Electricity
   generated
   (Utilities only)  Bn.kwh    221.4     245.4     264.6        211.4
   a) Hydel            ,,       57.9      62.1      71.7         56.8
   b) Thermal (incl.
      nuclear)         ,,      163.5     183.3     193.9         154.6

3. Petroleum
   a) Crude oil
      production    Mn.tonnes   32.04     34.09     33.02        22.97
   b) Refinery
      throughput       ,,       48.80     51.94     51.77        37.54


Transport and Communications

1. Railways revenue
   earning goods
   tarrif              ,,      302.05    309.97    318.40       244.91

2. Cargo handled at
   major ports         ,,      146.43    148.14    152.55       114.13

3. Telecommunications-
   new telephone
   connections
   provided (Dels)   '000 Nos. 374.94    416.22    485.76       277.62

Provisional

                      Consumption of Petroleum Products

                                                    April-Dec.
Sl.    Item            1988-89   1989-90   1990-91L  
No.                                                    1991-92

1.  Light distillates     8.62      9.41      9.80        7.49
    a) Naphtha            3.36      3.35      3.45        2.55
    b) LPG                1.96      2.27      2.42        1.92
    c) MO gas             3.05      3.49      3.55        2.70

2.  Middle distillates   29.96     32.48     33.11       24.90
    a) Kerosene           7.73      8.24      8.42        6.18
    b) Diesel oil        18.80     20.71     21.14       16.45

3.  Heavy ends           11.52     12.20     12.13        8.93
    Fuel oil              8.46      8.82      8.99        6.69

      Total              50.09     54.10     55.04       41.32

@ Excluding RBF
  Provisional

                 Trends in the Power Sector (Utilities only)

                                               April-Dec.
Sl.    Item            1988-89   1989-90   1990-91     1991-92
No.  

1.  Power generation
    (Billion kwh)       221.4     245.4     264.6       211.4

     i) Hydro-electric   57.9      62.1      71.7        56.8
    ii) Thermal
      (incl. nuclear)   163.5     183.3     192.9       154.6

2.  Plant Load Factor 
    of thermal plants
    (per cent)           55.0      56.5      53.8        53.4

    Provisional

Trends in the Coal Sector

(Million tonnes)

                                               April-Dec.
Sl.No.    Item            1988-89   1989-90   1990-91     1991-92

                                                
1.  Production

   i) CIL               171.50    178.62    189.64      136.05
  ii) SCCL               18.61     17.80     17.71       14.32
 iii) Others              4.49      4.47      4.38        3.39
                      -----------------------------------------
            
      Total             194.60    200.89    211.7       153.76
                      
2.  Pit-head stocks
    (year-end)           33.97     37.43     42.88       34.69

3.  Despatches          184.02    191.93    201.07      157.71

4. Lignite (production)  12.40     12.60     13.77        9.01@

  Provisional
* April-December
@ Production of Neyveli Lignite Corporation only

Output of iron and steel

   Item                   88-89 89-90 90-91  April  Percentage Change
                                            to Dec.
                                             91-92  89-90 90-91 91-92*
                                                    88-89 89-90 90-91*

      (1)                  (2)   (3)   (4)   (5)     (6)   (7)   (8)

1.Production of saleable
  steel by main producers

  (a) SAIL                 7.26  7.06  7.38  5.83   -2.8   4.5  11.9
  (b) TISCO                1.95  1.97  1.95  1.48    1.0  -1.0   5.7
      Total                9.21  9.03 9.53** 7.31   -2.0   5.5  10.6

2.Production of finished
  steel:

  (a) Main producers       7.09  7.00  7.20 5.75    -1.3   2.9  13.0
  (b) Secondary producers  5.75  6.00  6.21  4.54    4.3   3.5  -2.2
       Total              12.84 13.00 13.40 10.29    1.2   3.1   5.8

3.Production of pig iron
  by main producers        1.01  1.23  1.39  1.08   21.8  13.0   5.9

   Provisional
 * Relates to April-December
** Includes 200,000 tonnes by VSP

                            Cement output

S.No.  Plants             88-89 89-90 90-91  April  Percentage Change
                                            to Dec.
                                            91-92 L 89-90 90-91 91-92*
                                                    88-89 89-90 90-91*

(1)     (2)                (3)   (4)    (5)  (6)     (7)   (8)   (9)

1. Large plants:

    (i) Public sector      5.29  5.29  4.96  3.70  No ch. -6.2   4.2
   (ii) Private sector    36.47 37.68 48.82 32.89    3.3   8.3  12.2

2. White/mini cement
   plants                  2.53  2.82  3.26  2.42   11.5  15.6   1.7

    Total               44.29 45.79 49.04 39.01    3.4   7.1  10.7

 L Provisional