date:May 30, 2016
er 2016-17 vis-a-vis the same quarter last year with half of the respondents reporting higher levels and the other half reporting similar levels. Almost all the respondents reported flat order books for the same period. A similar situation seems to be prevailing on exports front as most of the respondents reported flat exports over the same period.
Further, the industry currently utilises 70% of its installed capacity and is not in favour of expanding the same. Almost half of the participants