The manufacturing sector has recorded a growth of 3.1 per cent for the month of December as compared to 7.6 per cent in the previous fiscal while the electricity sector has recorded a substantial improvement by growing at 8.1 per cent for the month as compared to 3.1 per cent for the same period in the previous fiscal. The mining sector has, however, shown a decline by registering a fall in growth by (-) 1.6 per cent as compared to growth of 7.5 per cent for the monthof December.

Cumulatively for the first nine months of the current fiscal, manufacturing has recorded a growth of 3.7 per cent as compared to 6.9 per cent in the same period last year. At the same time, the electricity sector showed a higher growth at 6.6 per cent as compared to 6.0 per cent in the previous period. Mining continued to reel under a declining trend by recording a fall of (-) 1.1 per cent against 5.5 per cent growth in the same period in the previous fiscal.

For the first nine months, the capital goods sector has reported a growth of 9.8 per cent which is higher than that of the previous fiscal which stands at 6.7 per cent. While the other major group, basic goods has shown a sluggish growth of 1.4 per cent as compared to 6.8 per cent recorded last year. At the same time, the intermediate goods have recorded a growth of 4.7 per cent as compared to 9.0 per cent in previous fiscal.

The consumer goods has recorded a growth of 5.7 per cent as against 6.5 per cent in the previous fiscal in thesame period.