Budget Highlight-9

Power generation grows at 7.5 percent in April-December 2006 compared to 4.8 percent in the corresponding period in the previous year.

Tele-density increases from 12.7 percent in March 2006 to 16.8 percent in December 2006.

A total of 6,776 km of national highways pertaining to the National Highways Development Project (NHDP) completed till Nov 30, 2006.