Capital goods output declined by 0.9 per cent in December,

as against a contraction of 16 per cent in same month of 2011. Capital goods output also contracted in the April-December period by 10.1 per cent, as against a dip of 2.9 per cent in the same period of 2011-12. Consumer goods output also saw a contraction of 4.2 per cent in December as against a growth in production by 10.1 per cent. In the April-December period of this fiscal, the growth in the segment was 2.6 per cent as compared to 5.7 per cent in the same period of 2011-12. The dip in the output of consumer durables stood at 8.2 per cent in December, as compared to a growth of 5.1 per cent in the same month of 2011. The growth in the output of these goods was at 3.7 per cent in April-December 2012, compared to 5.1 per cent in same period previous fiscal. The consumer non-durables output dipped by 1.4 per cent in December, as against a growth of 13.8 per cent in the same month a year-ago. This segment grew by 1.7 per cent in the nine-month period of this fiscal, as against 6.1 per cent in the same period of 2011-12. The intermediate goods production also contracted by 0.1 per cent in December, 2012 compared to a decline in output by 1.5 per cent in same month a year ago. During the April-December period, this segment recorded a growth of 1.6 per cent, compared to a contraction of 0.7 per cent in the first nine months of last fiscal.