The infrastructure sectors, including coal, fertiliser, natural gas, highways and railways, could not meet the set performance targets for April-July period this fiscal, says a Government report.
According to the study done by the Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation, in April-July period this fiscal, the production of coal, fertilisers, natural gas; upgradation of highways; goods carried by railways; cargo handled by ports and airports lagged behind their targets.
However, the analysis indicates that power generation, crude oil and refinery production and passengers handled at international and domestic terminals exceeded their respective targets set for the April-July period this year.
It further revealed that the production of natural gas, upgradation of highways, net addition switching capacity of telephone exchanges and net new wireless (cell) phone connections recorded negative growth in April-July this year over the actual achievement in the corresponding period in 2010.
During the four months, the overall coal production at 157.69 million tonnes was 4.3 lower than target for period but it was slightly higher at 0.6 per cent than the output during April-July 2010.
The overall production of fertilisers in April-July this year at 5.31 mt was 5.4 per cent lower than the target for the period, but reflected a growth of 0.6 per cent over the actual output in the four months in 2010.
The gas production during April-July at 16,356 million cubic meters (MCM) was 2.6 per cent lower than the target of 16,787 MCM and it was also 9.7 per cent lower than the production during the corresponding period last year.
The National Highways Authority of India (NHAI) upgraded 506 km of highways in April-July period this year which was 28.5 per cent lower than the target of 707.29 km and it was also 11.6 per cent lower than the achievement of 572.21 km in the corresponding period last year.
In April-July this year, 3,59,476 new telephone lines were added in the switching capacity of telephone exchanges across the country which was 91.7 per cent lower than the actual achievement in the corresponding period.
The overall new telephone connection (wireless and fixed) provided by the public and private sector in April-July this year at 462.32 lakh was 31.1 per cent lower than new subscribers added in the corresponding period last year.
The overall good carried by railways at 313.32 mt in April-July period was 2.6 per cent lower than the target of 321.81 mt.
However it recorded a growth of 7.1 per cent over the achievement during the corresponding period last year.