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Electricity index growing at 'blazing' rate: Goyal
New Delhi, April 11
Power Minister Piyush Goyal
on Saturday said electricity index has grown at a "blazing" average of 9
percent year-on-year in the first nine months of the National
Democratic Alliance government.
"Electricity index has grown at a
blazing average of 9 percent (year-on-year) in the first nine months of
the new government. Delighted that manufacturing growth in the Index of
Industrial Production (IIP) has hit a nine month high of 5.2 percent in
February," he tweeted.
The government on Friday revealed
industrial activity in the country, measured in terms of the Index of
Industrial Production (IIP), which registered a 5 percent growth during
February 2015 as compared to a 2.6 percent rise in the previous month.
"This shows the impact of Make in India programme & is an indicator of industrial revival," Goyal tweeted.
He
further added: "Under the decisive & visionary leadership of
Hon'ble PM Shri @narendramodi ji, India will achieve unprecedented
development. Congrats to the team work of power, coal and new &
renewable energy officials."