Aug. 12 (Bloomberg) -- India's production at six key industries, which account for a quarter of the nation's industrial production, rose 3.4 percent in June from a year earlier, the government said.

The index for the six key industries rose to 232.5 in June from 224.8 a year earlier, the Ministry of Commerce and Industry said in a release in New Delhi today.

Production in the three months ended June 30 rose 3.5 percent, compared with a 6.4 percent gain a year earlier.

The following is the percentage change in production.

Industry              June 08
                 (percentage change)

Electricity            2.6
Coal                   6.2
Steel                  4.4
Crude oil             -4.7
Refined petroleum      5.6
Cement                 3.8
Overall                3.4

To contact the reporter on this story: Kartik Goyal in New Delhi at kgoyal@bloomberg.net.

Last Updated: August 12, 2008 01:33 EDT