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Consumer Price Index Numbers on Base 2012=100 for Rural, Urban and combined for the Month of October 2015

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Consumer Price Index Numbers on Base 2012=100 for Rural, Urban and combined for the Month of October 2015

This Press Release is embargoed against publication,
telecast or circulation on internet till 5.30 pm today i.e. 12^th
November 2015.

The Central Statistics Office (CSO), Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation has revised the Base Year of the Consumer Price Index (CPI) from 2010=100 to 2012=100 with effect from the release of indices for the month of January 2015.

2. In this press note, the CPI (Rural, Urban, Combined) on Base 2012=100 is being released for the month of October 2015. In addition to this, Consumer Food Price Index (CFPI) for all India Rural, Urban and Combined are also being released for October 2015. Inflation rates (on point to point basis i.e. October, 2015 over October 2014), based on General Indices and CFPIs are given as follows:

Inflation rates based on CPI (General) and CFPI

Indices	October 2015 (Prov.)			September 2015 (Final)			October 2014 (Final)
Indices	Rural	Urban	Combd.	Rural	Urban	Combd.	Rural	Urban	Combd.
CPI (General)	5.54	4.28	5.00	5.05	3.61	4.41	4.76	4.47	4.62
CFPI	5.18	5.47	5.25	4.05	3.45	3.88	3.98	3.36	3.88

Note: Prov. – Provisional, Combd. – Combined

3. Provisional indices for the month of October 2015 and also the final indices for September 2015 are being released with this note for all-India and for State/UTs. All-India provisional General (all- groups), Group and Sub-group level CPI and CFPI numbers for October, 2015 for Rural, Urban and Combined are given in Annexure I. The General Indices (Provisional) for the month of October 2015 for Rural, Urban and Combined are 127.7, 124.2 and 126.1 respectively. The CFPI for Rural, Urban and Combined for the same month are 132.0, 133.1 and 132.4 respectively. The inflation rates of important categories of items are given in Annexure II.

4. State/UT-wise General provisional CPI numbers for Rural, Urban and Combined are given in Annexure III. Inflation rates of major States, having population more than 50 lakhs as per population Census 2011, are given in Annexure IV. State/UT–wise Group CPIs are available on the Ministry’s website (www.mospi.gov.in).

5. Price data are collected from selected towns by the Field Operations Division of NSSO and from selected villages by the Department of Posts. Price data are received through web portals, maintained by the National Informatics Centre.

Next date of release: 14^thDecember 2015 (Monday) for November 2015

Annexure I

All
India Consumer Price Indices

(Base:2012=100)

Group Code	Sub-group Code	Description	Rural			Urban			Combined
Group Code	Sub-group Code	Description	Weights	Sep. 15 Index (Final)	Oct. 15 Index (Prov.)	Weights	Sep. 15 Index (Final)	Oct. 15 Index (Prov.)	Weights	Sep. 15 Index (Final)	Oct. 15 Index (Prov.)
(1)	(2)	(3)	(4)	(5)	(6)	(7)	(8)	(9)	(10)	(11)	(12)
	1.1.01	Cereals and products	12.35	125.1	125.6	6.59	123.4	123.6	9.67	124.6	125.0
	1.1.02	Meat and fish	4.38	131.1	130.7	2.73	129.0	128.6	3.61	130.4	130.0
	1.1.03	Egg	0.49	120.7	120.7	0.36	115.6	115.9	0.43	118.7	118.8
	1.1.04	Milk and products	7.72	129.2	129.4	5.33	128.3	128.5	6.61	128.9	129.1
	1.1.05	Oils and fats	4.21	114.7	115.7	2.81	107.0	109.0	3.56	111.9	113.2
	1.1.06	Fruits	2.88	132.3	133.1	2.90	124.0	124.1	2.89	128.4	128.9
	1.1.07	Vegetables	7.46	158.9	157.9	4.41	168.5	165.8	6.04	162.2	160.6
	1.1.08	Pulses and products	2.95	142.1	153.9	1.73	165.4	187.2	2.38	150.0	165.1
	1.1.09	Sugar and Confectionery	1.70	92.5	93.7	0.97	86.3	89.4	1.36	90.4	92.3
	1.1.10	Spices	3.11	125.4	126.6	1.79	134.4	135.8	2.50	128.4	129.7
	1.2.11	Non-alcoholic beverages	1.37	121.9	122.3	1.13	119.1	119.4	1.26	120.7	121.1
	1.1.12	Prepared meals, snacks, sweets etc.	5.56	132.7	133.0	5.54	132.3	132.9	5.55	132.5	133.0
1		Food and beverages	54.18	131.0	131.8	36.29	131.5	132.6	45.86	131.2	132.1
2		Pan, tobacco and intoxicants	3.26	131.0	131.6	1.36	134.7	135.3	2.38	132.0	132.6
	3.1.01	Clothing	6.32	130.4	131.0	4.72	124.0	124.4	5.58	127.9	128.4
	3.1.02	Footwear	1.04	126.8	127.2	0.85	118.6	118.8	0.95	123.4	123.7
3		Clothing and footwear	7.36	129.9	130.5	5.57	123.2	123.6	6.53	127.2	127.8
4		Housing	–	–	–	21.67	121.6	122.4	10.07	121.6	122.4
5		Fuel and light	7.94	123.7	124.4	5.58	115.1	114.9	6.84	120.4	120.8
	6.1.01	Household goods and services	3.75	124.5	125.1	3.87	120.4	120.7	3.80	122.6	123.0
	6.1.02	Health	6.83	121.4	122.0	4.81	117.1	117.7	5.89	119.8	120.4
	6.1.03	Transport and communication	7.60	113.8	113.7	9.73	109.1	109.3	8.59	111.3	111.4
	6.1.04	Recreation and amusement	1.37	119.6	120.1	2.04	117.3	117.7	1.68	118.3	118.7
	6.1.05	Education	3.46	124.5	125.1	5.62	126.5	126.5	4.46	125.7	125.9
	6.1.06	Personal care and effects	4.25	113.7	114.3	3.47	112.9	113.5	3.89	113.4	114.0
6		Miscellaneous	27.26	118.8	119.2	29.53	116.2	116.5	28.32	117.5	117.9
General Index (All Groups)			100.00	127.0	127.7	100.00	123.5	124.2	100.00	125.4	126.1
Consumer Food Price Index			47.25	131.0	132.0	29.62	131.8	133.1	39.06	131.3	132.4

Note:

1. Prov. : Provisional

2. : CPI (Rural) for housing is not compiled.

3. The weights are indicative to show relative importance of groups and sub-groups. However, all India indices have been compiled as weighted average of State indices.

Annexure
II

All
India annual inflation rates (%) for October 2015 (Provisional)

Group Code	Sub-group Code	Description	Rural			Urban			Combined
Group Code	Sub-group Code	Description	Oct. 14 Index (Final)	Oct. 15 Index (Prov.)	Inflation Rate (%)	Oct. 14 Index (Final)	Oct. 15 Index (Prov.)	Inflation Rate (%)	Oct. 14 Index (Final)	Oct. 15 Index (Prov.)	Inflation Rate (%)
(1)	(2)	(3)	(4)	(5)	(6)	(7)	(8)	(9)	(10)	(11)	(12)
	1.1.01	Cereals and products	122.6	125.6	2.45	124.6	123.6	-0.80	123.2	125.0	1.46
	1.1.02	Meat and fish	122.5	130.7	6.69	126.1	128.6	1.98	123.8	130.0	5.01
	1.1.03	Egg	118.3	120.7	2.03	117.8	115.9	-1.61	118.1	118.8	0.59
	1.1.04	Milk and products	123.2	129.4	5.03	123.1	128.5	4.39	123.2	129.1	4.79
	1.1.05	Oils and fats	110.5	115.7	4.71	103.5	109.0	5.31	107.9	113.2	4.91
	1.1.06	Fruits	128.9	133.1	3.26	123.5	124.1	0.49	126.4	128.9	1.98
	1.1.07	Vegetables	155.3	157.9	1.67	159.6	165.8	3.88	156.8	160.6	2.42
	1.1.08	Pulses and products	115.5	153.9	33.25	117.4	187.2	59.45	116.1	165.1	42.20
	1.1.09	Sugar and Confectionery	104.0	93.7	-9.90	101.2	89.4	-11.66	103.1	92.3	-10.48
	1.1.10	Spices	115.3	126.6	9.80	123.8	135.8	9.69	118.1	129.7	9.82*
	1.2.11	Non-alcoholic beverages	116.8	122.3	4.71	115.2	119.4	3.65	116.1	121.1	4.31
	1.1.12	Prepared meals, snacks, sweets etc.	123.2	133.0	7.95	125.9	132.9	5.56	124.5	133.0	6.83
1		Food and beverages	125.1	131.8	5.36	125.8	132.6	5.41	125.4	132.1	5.34#
2		Pan, tobacco and intoxicants	120.0	131.6	9.67	124.3	135.3	8.85	121.1	132.6	9.50
	3.1.01	Clothing	122.7	131.0	6.76	119.6	124.4	4.01	121.5	128.4	5.68
	3.1.02	Footwear	120.3	127.2	5.74	114.9	118.8	3.39	118.1	123.7	4.74
3		Clothing and footwear	122.3	130.5	6.70	118.9	123.6	3.95	121.0	127.8	5.62
4		Housing	–	–	–	116.7	122.4	4.88	116.7	122.4	4.88
5		Fuel and light	116.4	124.4	6.87	112.0	114.9	2.59	114.7	120.8	5.32
	6.1.01	Household goods and services	117.5	125.1	6.47	115.8	120.7	4.23	116.7	123.0	5.40
	6.1.02	Health	115.3	122.0	5.81	112.6	117.7	4.53	114.3	120.4	5.34
	6.1.03	Transport and communication	112.6	113.7	0.98	111.0	109.3	-1.53	111.8	111.4	-0.36
	6.1.04	Recreation and amusement	113.0	120.1	6.28	113.6	117.7	3.61	113.3	118.7	4.77
	6.1.05	Education	116.9	125.1	7.01	120.2	126.5	5.24	118.8	125.9	5.98
	6.1.06	Personal care and effects	109.3	114.3	4.57	110.1	113.5	3.09	109.6	114.0	4.01
6		Miscellaneous	114.0	119.2	4.56	113.7	116.5	2.46	113.9	117.9	3.51
General Index (All Groups)			121.0	127.7	5.54	119.1	124.2	4.28	120.1	126.1	5.00
Consumer Food Price Index			125.5	132.0	5.18	126.2	133.1	5.47	125.8	132.4	5.25

Note:

1.Prov. : Provisional

2. CPI (Rural) for housing is not compiled.

3.* More than those of Rural as well as Urban due to rounding.

4.# Less than those of Rural as well as Urban due to rounding.

Annexure III

State/UT
wise General Consumer Price Indices

(Base 2012=100)

State/UT Code	Name of the State/UT	Rural			Urban			Combined
State/UT Code	Name of the State/UT	Weights	Sep. 15 Index (Final)	Oct. 15 Index (Prov.)	Weights	Sep. 15 Index (Final)	Oct. 15 Index (Prov.)	Weights	Sep. 15 Index (Final)	Oct. 15 Index (Prov.)
(1)	(2)	(3)	(4)	(5)	(6)	(7)	(8)	(9)	(10)	(11)
01	Jammu & Kashmir	1.14	124.5	125.6	0.72	122.4	123.0	0.94	123.8	124.7
02	Himachal Pradesh	1.03	127.7	127.8	0.26	119.0	118.9	0.67	126.1	126.2
03	Punjab	3.31	123.3	123.7	3.09	122.8	123.1	3.21	123.1	123.4
04	Chandigarh	0.02	130.6	132.7	0.34	120.5	120.9	0.17	121.1	121.6
05	Uttarakhand	1.06	123.3	123.8	0.73	117.9	118.9	0.91	121.3	122.0
06	Haryana	3.30	124.1	124.7	3.35	120.9	121.1	3.32	122.6	123.0
07	Delhi	0.28	124.6	124.2	5.64	125.0	125.1	2.77	125.0	125.1
08	Rajasthan	6.63	127.6	128.7	4.23	123.7	125.1	5.51	126.2	127.4
09	Uttar Pradesh	14.83	125.5	126.4	9.54	124.4	125.2	12.37	125.1	126.0
10	Bihar	8.21	131.6	131.6	1.62	125.1	125.8	5.14	130.7	130.8
11	Sikkim	0.06	124.3	125.7	0.03	127.3	127.1	0.05	125.3	126.2
12	Arunachal Pradesh	0.14	132.1	132.1	0.06	—	—	0.10	—	—
13	Nagaland	0.14	133.2	134.5	0.12	123.4	124.3	0.13	129.0	130.2
14	Manipur	0.23	115.6	115.7	0.12	120.9	120.7	0.18	117.3	117.3
15	Mizoram	0.07	129.6	128.5	0.13	121.8	123.2	0.10	124.8	125.3
16	Tripura	0.35	132.4	133.2	0.14	132.2	134.2	0.25	132.3	133.5
17	Meghalaya	0.28	139.0	140.3	0.15	121.9	122.6	0.22	133.7	134.8
18	Assam	2.63	126.1	126.9	0.79	124.4	125.0	1.77	125.7	126.5
19	West Bengal	6.99	126.6	126.3	7.20	123.9	124.4	7.09	125.3	125.4
20	Jharkhand	1.96	129.2	129.4	1.39	123.6	123.7	1.69	127.1	127.2
21	Odisha	2.93	130.5	132.9	1.31	123.6	124.0	2.18	128.6	130.4
22	Chhattisgarh	1.68	133.3	135.9	1.22	122.5	124.6	1.46	129.1	131.5
23	Madhya Pradesh	4.93	125.1	126.1	3.97	124.2	124.7	4.48	124.7	125.5
24	Gujarat	4.54	126.4	128.2	6.82	121.2	121.6	5.60	123.5	124.5
25	Daman & Diu	0.02	140.3	141.3	0.02	125.3	125.6	0.02	134.0	134.7
26	Dadra & Nagar Haveli	0.02	123.5	128.3	0.04	119.3	121.1	0.03	120.7	123.5
27	Maharashtra	8.25	126.3	127.2	18.86	120.1	120.9	13.18	122.2	123.0
28	Andhra Pradesh	5.40	128.9	129.9	3.64	125.8	127.0	4.58	127.8	128.8
29	Karnataka	5.09	129.8	130.0	6.81	128.8	129.4	5.89	129.3	129.7
30	Goa	0.14	133.3	133.1	0.25	120.4	121.1	0.19	125.4	125.7
31	Lakshadweep	0.01	130.4	129.9	0.01	119.0	117.1	0.01	124.6	123.4
32	Kerala	5.50	125.4	125.8	3.46	125.7	125.9	4.55	125.5	125.8
33	Tamil Nadu	5.55	125.1	126.1	9.20	125.5	126.9	7.25	125.3	126.6
34	Puducherry	0.08	141.8	133.1	0.27	130.0	125.9	0.17	133.0	127.7
35	Andaman & Nicobar Islands	0.05	127.3	132.0	0.07	118.8	120.7	0.06	123.0	126.3
36	Telangana	3.16	125.4	124.5	4.41	123.7	124.2	3.74	124.5	124.3
99	All India	100.00	127.0	127.7	100.00	123.5	124.2	100.00	125.4	126.1

Notes:

Prov. : Provisional. : indicates the receipt of price schedules is less than 80% of allocated schedules and therefore indices are not compiled.

Annexure IV

Major
State/UT wise annual inflation rates (%) for October 2015 (Provisional)

(Base 2012=100)

State/UT Code	Name of the State/UT	Rural			Urban			Combined
State/UT Code	Name of the State/UT	Oct. 14 Index (Final)	Oct. 15 Index (Prov.)	Inflation Rate (%)	Oct. 14 Index (Final)	Oct. 15 Index (Prov.)	Inflation Rate (%)	Oct. 14 Index (Final)	Oct. 15 Index (Prov.)	Inflation Rate (%)
(1)	(2)	(3)	(4)	(5)	(6)	(7)	(8)	(9)	(10)	(11)
01	Jammu & Kashmir	116.8	125.6	7.53	119.1	123.0	3.27	117.6	124.7	6.04
02	Himachal Pradesh	122.2	127.8	4.58	116.8	118.9	1.80	121.2	126.2	4.13
03	Punjab	120.0	123.7	3.08	119.2	123.1	3.27	119.6	123.4	3.18
05	Uttarakhand	119.5	123.8	3.60	114.7	118.9	3.66	117.7	122.0	3.65
06	Haryana	119.6	124.7	4.26	117.3	121.1	3.24	118.5	123.0	3.80
07	Delhi	117.4	124.2	5.79	119.0	125.1	5.13	118.9	125.1	5.21
08	Rajasthan	120.8	128.7	6.54	118.5	125.1	5.57	120.0	127.4	6.17
09	Uttar Pradesh	121.9	126.4	3.69	120.0	125.2	4.33	121.2	126.0	3.96
10	Bihar	125.4	131.6	4.94	120.7	125.8	4.23	124.7	130.8	4.89
18	Assam	121.1	126.9	4.79	121.0	125.0	3.31	121.1	126.5	4.46
19	West Bengal	121.8	126.3	3.69	120.3	124.4	3.41	121.1	125.4	3.55
20	Jharkhand	121.1	129.4	6.85	120.0	123.7	3.08	120.7	127.2	5.39
21	Odisha	124.4	132.9	6.83	119.7	124.0	3.59	123.1	130.4	5.93
22	Chhattisgarh	124.7	135.9	8.98	118.5	124.6	5.15	122.3	131.5	7.52
23	Madhya Pradesh	120.0	126.1	5.08	119.8	124.7	4.09	119.9	125.5	4.67
24	Gujarat	119.7	128.2	7.10	117.2	121.6	3.75	118.3	124.5	5.24
27	Maharashtra	118.8	127.2	7.07	116.9	120.9	3.42	117.5	123.0	4.68
28	Andhra Pradesh	119.0	129.9	9.16	119.4	127.0	6.37	119.1	128.8	8.14
29	Karnataka	119.8	130.0	8.51	123.4	129.4	4.86	121.7	129.7	6.57
32	Kerala	121.7	125.8	3.37	121.8	125.9	3.37	121.7	125.8	3.37
33	Tamil Nadu	119.5	126.1	5.52	119.4	126.9	6.28	119.4	126.6	6.03
36	Telangana	117.5	124.5	5.96	119.0	124.2	4.37	118.3	124.3	5.07
99	All India	121.0	127.7	5.54	119.1	124.2	4.28	120.1	126.1	5.00

Notes:

1.Prov. : Provisional.

PIB

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Bank Employees to Get 34 Slabs Increase in DA for the Next Quarter

admin — Mon, 02 Nov 2015 11:22:51 +0000

Bank Employees to Get 34 Slabs Increase in DA for the Next Quarter
Bank Employees to Get 34 Slabs Increase in DA for the Next Quarter – Accordingly Bank workmen/Officers will have 34 slabs increase in DA payable for next quarter Nov to Jan’16 at 39.80%.(3.40% increase from Existing 36.40%)

With the two point increase of All India Consumer Price Index Numbers (AICPIN) for the month of SEPTEMBER ’15, which stood at 266 points , Bank employees will get hefty increase of 34 slabs of D.A. for Nov’15 to Jan’16 quarter.

Accordingly Bank workmen/Officers will have 34 slabs increase in DA payable for next quarter Nov to Jan’16 at 39.80%.(3.40% increase from Existing 36.40%)

“DA for Nov 2015 increase of 3.4% means increase of 34 Slabs. Now Total DA will be 39.80 %” the Vice President of NOBW Mr.Ashwani Rana said.

Index numbers are yet to be updated in official website of labour ministry.

we have three months data

July 2015 263 (6003.21)
August 2015 264 (6026.04)
September 266 (6071.69)

As of now based on the above data 30 slabs or 3.00% is sure.

Source: NOBW

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Statement of Srikant Kumar Jena on Consumer Price Index

admin — Wed, 13 Nov 2013 18:15:58 +0000

Statement of Srikant Kumar Jena on Consumer Price Index

Press Information Bureau
Government of India
Ministry of Statistics & Programme Implementation

14-October-2013 17:31 IST

Statement of Srikant Kumar Jena on Consumer Price Index

Shri Srikant Kumar Jena, Minister of State (Independent charge), Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation announced the release of the monthly provisional Consumer Price Index (CPI) on Base 2010=100 along with annual inflation rates for September 2013, compiled by the Central Statistics Office. Final CPI numbers for the month of August 2013 have also been released.

All India General (all groups) CPI numbers of September 2013 for rural, urban and combined are 137.8, 134.0 and 136.2 respectively.

Provisional annual inflation rate based on all India general CPI (Combined) for September 2013 on point to point basis (September 2013 over September 2012) is 9.84%. The corresponding inflation rates (provisional) for rural and urban areas are 9.71% and 9.93% respectively. Inflation rates (final) for rural, urban and combined for August 2013 are 8.93%, 10.32% and 9.52% respectively.

Provisional annual inflation rates of September 2013 for rural, urban and combined in respect of ‘food and beverages’ are 11.48%, 11.36% and 11.44% respectively.

Source: PIB News

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Statement of Srikant Kumar Jena on Consumer Price Index, December 2012

admin — Wed, 16 Jan 2013 16:01:42 +0000

Statement of Srikant Kumar Jena on Consumer Price Index, December 2012

Shri Srikant Kumar Jena, Minister of State (Independent charge), Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation announced the release of the monthly provisional Consumer Price Index (CPI) on Base 2010=100 along with annual inflation rates for December 2012, compiled by the Central Statistics Office. Final CPI for the month of November 2012 have also been released.

All India General (all groups) CPI numbers of December 2012 for rural, urban and combined are 126.8, 124.0 and 125.6 respectively.

Annual inflation rate based on all India general CPI (Combined) for December 2012 on point to point basis (December 2012 over December 2011) is 10.56 %. The corresponding inflation rates (provisional) for rural and urban areas are 10.74 % and 10.42 % respectively. Inflation rates (final) for rural, urban and combined for November 2012 are 9.97 %, 9.69 % and 9.90% respectively.

Provisional annual inflation rates of December 2012 for rural, urban and combined in respect of ‘food and beverages’ are 13.09%, 13.03% and 13.04% respectively.

Source: PIB

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Three types of Consumer Price Index Numbers maintained by Labour Bureau

admin — Mon, 31 Dec 2012 12:12:17 +0000

Three types of Consumer Price Index Numbers maintained by Labour Bureau

Calculation of CPI

The Labour Bureau has been compiling and maintaining three different series of Consumer Price Index numbers viz. (i) Consumer Price Index Numbers for Industrial Workers (CPI-IW) on base 2001=100, (ii) Consumer Price Index Numbers for Agricultural Labourer on base 1986-87=100, (iii) Consumer Price Index Numbers for Rural Labourer on base 1986-87=100.

These index numbers measure a temporal change in prices of fixed basket of goods and services consumed by the target groups and are compiled on the basis of the prices of selected goods and services which are collected every week/month and the weights assigned to them. Weights to the selected items are assigned on the basis of the expenditure incurred on them as revealed by the surveys conducted for the purposes.

The index numbers for centre/state are compiled in several stages i.e. Sub-group, Group and General level. These centre/state level indices are then weighed to work out all-India indices.

The weights (Group / Sub-group wise) under Consumer Price Index for Industrial Workers on base 2001=100 and Consumer Price Index Numbers for Agricultural Labourer / Rural Labourer on base 1986-87=100 are given at Annexure.

The services like education, health/medicine, transportation are included in the compilation of all three Consumer Price Index Numbers. The details of the weights assigned to services like education, health/medicine, transportation, etc. are given in Annexure.

There is substantial increase in the weights attached to services like education, health/medicine, transportation in successive series of Consumer Price Index number for Industrial Workers which is revealed from the statement given below:

1. Consumer Price Index numbers for Industrial Workers on base 2001=100

Group/Sub-group	Weights		Percentage increase / decrease
Group/Sub-group	Base 1982=100	Base 2001=100	Percentage increase / decrease
Medical Care	2.59	4.56	76.06
Education, Recreation & Amusement	3.14	6.18	96.82
Transport & Communication	2.65	4.87	83.77
Personal Care & Effects	3.31	4.22	27.49

2. For Consumer Price Index Numbers for Agricultural Labourer / Rural Labourer on base 1986-87=100, there was no separate sub-groups in respect of Education, Health / Medicine and Transportation in the previous series i.e. 1960-61=100. However, the weights assigned to them during the current series i.e. 1986-87=100 are as under:

Group/Sub-group	Weights
Group/Sub-group	AL	RL
Medical Care	4.38	4.23
Education, Recreation & Amusement	0.94	0.99
Transport & Communication	1.67	1.80
Personal Care & Effects	2.04	2.28

The Union Labour & Employment Minister Shri Mallikarjun Kharge gave this information in a written reply on 27th August, 2012.

Annexure
All India weights Group / Sub group wise for Consumer Price Index Number for Industrial Worker on base 2001=100 and Consumer Price Index Number for Agricultural & Rural Labourers on base 1986-87=100.

Sr.No.	Group / Sub group	Weight for
		CPI-W 2001-100	CPI-AL 1986-87=100	CPI-RL 1986-87=100
I	Food Group
	Cereals and Products	13.48	40.94	38.15
	Pulse and Products	2.91	3.39	3.40
	Oil and Fats	3.23	3.83	3.79
	Meat, Fish and Eggs	3.97	3.10	3.31
	Milk and Product	7.31	3.74	3.94
	Condiments and Spices	2.57	4.12	3.92
	Vegetable and Fruits	6.05	5.06	5.05
	Other food	6.68	4.97	5.21
	Total Food Group	46.20	69.15	66.77
	Pan, Supari, tobacco and intoxicants	2.27	3.79	3.70
II	Fuel and Light	6.43	8.35	7.90
III	Housing Group	15.27	–	–
IV	Clothing, Bedding and Footwear	6.57	6.98	9.76
V	Miscellaneous
	Medical Care	4.56	4.38	4.23
	Education, Recreation and Amusement	6.18	0.94	0.99
	Transport and Communication	4.87	1.67	1.80
	Personal Care and Effects	4.22	2.04	2.28
	Others	3.43	2.70	2.57
	Total Miscellaneous Group	23.26	11.73	11.87
	Total	100	100	100

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GAP between WPI and CPI; Government and RBI takes Several Measures to Contain Inflation

admin — Mon, 10 Dec 2012 09:15:31 +0000

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Government of India

Ministry of Finance

06-December-2012 18:59 IST

GAP between WPI and CPI; Government and RBI takes Several Measures to Contain Inflation

Year-on-year inflation in October, 2012 measured in terms of Wholesale Price Index (WPI) and the Consumer Price Index (CPI) (New series) was 7.45 per cent and 9.75 per cent, respectively. The details of the level of WPI and CPI (NS) and the rate of inflation are indicated below.

Table: Comparative weights, base, indices and inflation of WPI and CPI
Composition of Indices			Index	Inflation (%)
Wholesale Price Index (Base: 2004-05=100)
General and group	Weight	Oct. 11	Oct. 12	Y-o-Y
Headline WPI	100.00	157.0	168.7	7.45
Food	24.31	179.8	193.7	7.73
Non-food	75.69	149.7	160.7	7.35
Consumer Price Index for new series (base: 2010=100)
CPI-NS General (all India)	100.00	113.8	124.9	9.75
Food	47.58	113.7	126.7	11.45
Non-food	52.42	113.9	123.3	8.22
Note: the figures are provisional for October 2012 in case of WPI and CPI-NS

Variation in the level of index and inflation in these two indices is due to difference in base year, commodity composition and weights.

Inflation measured in terms of both these indices currently is above the comfort level of Government and Reserve Bank of India. Government and Reserve Bank of India have been conscious of the need to contain inflation. Measures taken in this regard are given at Anenxure-I.

Annexure-I

Measures taken to contain inflation

1. Fiscal and Administrative measures

Reduced import duties to zero-for wheat, onion, pulses, crude palmolein and to 7.5% for refined and hydrogenated oils and vegetable oils.

Duty-free import of white and raw sugar was extended upto 30/6/2012; presently the import duty has been kept at 10%.

Ban on export of onion was imposed for short period of time whenever required. Exports of onion were calibrated through the mechanism of Minimum Export Prices (MEP).

Maintained the Central Issue Price (CIP) for rice (at Rs. 5.65/kg for BPL and Rs. 3/kg for AAY) and wheat (at Rs. 4.15/kg for BPL and Rs. 2/kg for AAY) since 2002. Effective prices for BPL families in 2012-13 are 23.4% and 22.8% of the economic cost of rice and wheat respectively.

Suspended futures trading in rice, urad, tur, guar gum and guar seed.

Banned export of edible oils (except coconut oil and forest based oil) and edible oils in blended consumer packs upto 5 kg with a capacity of 20,000 tonnes per annum and pulses (except Kabuli chana and organic pulses and lentils upto a maximum of 10,000 tonnes per annum)

Imposed stock limits from time to time in the case of select essential commodities such as pulses, edible oil, and edible oilseed and in the case of paddy and rice for specific seven states upto 30.11.2012.

To ensure adequate availability of sugar for the households covered under TPDS, the levy obligation on sugar factories was resorted to 10% for sugar season 2011-12.

Government allocated rice and wheat under OMSS scheme.

Off take of wheat and rice continued to be maintained to ensure adequate availability of food grains. Overall off-take of wheat and rice was 53.0 million tonnes in 2010-11 and 56.4 million tonnes in 2011-12. In first five months of the current fiscal year 24.0 million tonnes has already been distributed.

Resumed the scheme for subsidized imported pulses through PDS in a varied form with the nomenclature “Scheme for Supply of Imported Pulses at Subsidized rates to States/UTs for Distribution under PDS to BPL card holders” with a subsidy element of Rs. 20/- per kg to be paid to the designated importing agencies upto a maximum number of BPL card holders for the residual part of the current year and extended the scheme for subsidized imported edible oils w.e.f. 1.10.2012 to 30.9.2013 with subsidy of Rs. 15/- per kg for import of upto 10 lakh tonnes of edible oils for this period.

2. Budgetary and other measures

A number of measures have been announced in Unino Budget 2012-13 to augment supply and improve storage and warehousing facilities. Government had launched a National Mission for Protein supplements in 2011-12 with allocation of Rs. 300 crore. To broaden the scope of production of fish to coastal aquaculture, apart from fresh water aquaculture, the outlay 2012-13 is being stepped up to Rs. 500 crore. Recently, Government has permitted Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) in multi-brand retail trading. This will help consumers and farmers by improving the sell and purchase facilities.

3. Monetary measures

The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) had also taken suitable steps to contain inflation with 13 consecutive increase by 375 bps in policy rates from March 2010 to October 2011.

However, to increase liquidity, it reduced CRR (from 6% to 4.25%) and SLR (from 25% to 23%). With moderation in inflation, repo rate was also reduced by 50 basis points in April 2012 to bring it to 8.00 per cent.

This was stated by the Minister of State for Finance Shri Namo Narain Meena in a written reply to a question in the Rajya Sabha today.

PIB

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Expected DA from 2013 AICPIN for the month of September 2012

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Expected DA from 2013 AICPIN for the month of September 2012

Consumer Price Index Numbers for Industrial Workers (CPI-IW) September 2012

The All-India CPI-IW for September, 2012 rose by 1 point and pegged at 215 (two hundred and fifteen). On 1-month percentage change, it increased by 0.47 per cent between August and September compared with 1.55 per cent between the same two months a year ago.

The largest upward contribution to the change in current index came from food items which increased by 0.87 per cent, contributing 0.68 percentage points to the total change. At item level, largest upward pressure came from Rice, Wheat & Wheat Atta, Grinding Charges, Arhar Dal, Eggs-Hen, Fish Fresh, Goat Meat, Milk-Buffalo, Tea (readymade), etc. Miscellaneous items like Electricity Charges, Fire wood, Medicine (Allopathic), etc. also put upward pressure in total change.

The largest downward contribution to the change in current index came from Vegetables and Fruits with a decline of 4.38 per cent, contributing (-) 0.67 percentage points to the total change. The main downward pressure came from Tomato, Chilies-Green Apple & Banana.

The year-on-year inflation measured by monthly CPI-IW stood at 9.14 per cent for September, 2012 as compared to 10.31 per cent for the previous month and 10.06 per cent during the corresponding month of the previous year. Similarly, the Food inflation stood at 11.00 per cent against 12.20 per cent of the previous month and 8.29 per cent during the corresponding month of the previous year.

At centre level, Chhindwara recorded the largest increase of 8 points followed by Jalpaiguri and Ranchi Hatia (7 points each), Nasik (5 points) and Jharia (4 points). Among others, 12 centres registered a rise of 3 points followed by 2 points in 16 centres and 1 point in 22 centres. Giridih centre reported a decline of 3 points followed by Bhilwara with 2 points and other 7 centres registered a fall of 1 point each. Rest of the 14 centres’ indices remained stationary.

The indices of 40 centres are above All-India Index and other 37 centres’ indices are below national average. Ghaziabad’s index remained at par with all-India index.

The next index of CPI-IW for the month of October, 2012 will be released on Wednesday, November 30, 2012.

PIB

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Consumer Price Index Numbers on base 2010=100 for Rural, Urban and Combined for the Month of September, 2012

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Consumer Price Index Numbers on base 2010=100 for Rural, Urban and Combined for the Month of September, 2012.

The Central Statistics Office (CSO), Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation releases Consumer Price Indices (CPI) on base 2010=100 for all-India and States/UTs separately for rural, urban and combined every month with effect from January, 2011.

Provisional indices for the month of September 2012 and also final indices for August 2012 are being released with this note for all-India and for States/UTs.

All India provisional General (all groups), Group and Sub- Group level CPI numbers of September 2012 for rural, urban and combined are given in Annex I. The General Indices for rural, urban and combined are 125.6, 121.9 and 124.0 respectively.

Provisional annual inflation rate based on all India general CPI (Combined) for September 2012 on point to point basis (September 2012 over September 2011) is 9.73% as compared to 10.03 % (final) for the previous month of August 2012. The corresponding provisional inflation rates for rural and urban areas for September 2012 are 9.79 % and 9.72 % respectively. Inflation rates (final) for rural and urban areas for August 2012 are 9.90 % and 10.19 % respectively. Inflation for specified categories is indicated at Annex II.

State/UT-wise General provisional CPI numbers for rural, urban and combined are at Annex III. State/ UT wise Group level provisional indices are available in the Ministry’s website (www.mospi.gov.in).

Price data are collected from selected towns by the Field Operations Division of NSSO and from selected villages by the Department of Posts. Price data are received through web portals being maintained by the National Informatics Centre.

Click here to see Annexure

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