Quarterly GDP at factor
cost at 2004-05 prices for second Quarter of 2012-13 has grown by 5.3 per cent
over the corresponding Quarter of previous year.
GDP at factor cost at current
prices in Quarter 2 of 2012-13 has grown in Quarter 2 of 2011-12 by 13.6 per
cent. Thus, the implicit price contribution in the GDP in the second Quarter is
8.3 per cent.
The economic activities which registered significant growth in
this Quarter of 2012-13 over that of 2011-12 are, ‘construction’
at 6.7 per cent, ‘trade, hotels, transport and communication’ at 5.5 per cent,
‘financing, insurance, real estate and business services’ at 9.4 per cent, and ‘community,
social and personal services’ at 7.5 per cent. The growth rates in
‘agriculture, forestry & fishing’ is estimated at 1.2 per cent, ‘mining and
quarrying’ at 1.9 per cent, ‘manufacturing’ at 0.8 per cent, ‘electricity, gas
and water supply’ at 3.4 per cent in this period.
The
wholesale price index (WPI), in respect of the groups - food articles, fish, minerals,
manufactured products, electricity and all commodities, has risen by 9.0 per
cent, 17.7 per cent, 10.3 percent, 6.1 per cent, 16.5 per cent and 7.6 per
cent, respectively during
Q2 of 2012-13, over Q2 of 2011-12.
The economic activities
which registered significant growth in this Quarter of 2012-13 at current
prices over that of 2011-12 are, ‘electricity, gas and water supply’ at 20.5
per cent, ‘financing, insurance, real estate and business services’ at 18.3 per
cent, ‘community, social & personal services’ at 16.8 percent,
‘construction’ at 14.9 percent and ‘trade, hotels, transport and communication’
at 12.6 per cent. The estimated growth rates in other economic activities in
this Quarter are 12.1 per cent in ‘mining and quarrying’, 11.2 per cent in ‘agriculture,
forestry & fishing’ and 6.9 per cent in ‘manufacturing’.
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