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21. Wholesale Price Index
Date : May 09, 2017
(Base: 2004-05 = 100)
Commodities Weight 2016-17 2016 2017
Mar. Jan. Feb. (P) Mar. (P)
1 2 3 4 5 6
1 ALL COMMODITIES 100.000 183.2 175.3 185.1 185.5 185.3
1.1 PRIMARY ARTICLES 20.118 261.4 246.1 258.2 258.1 257.5
1.1.1 Food articles 14.337 275.2 259.5 268.3 267.5 267.6
1.1.1.1 Food Grains 4.090 280.0 259.7 283.3 272.8 265.9
1.1.1.1.1 Cereals 3.373 253.4 241.3 260.0 255.9 253.3
1.1.1.1.2 Pulses 0.717 405.5 346.5 393.2 352.4 325.4
1.1.1.2 Fruits & Vegetables 3.843 255.2 226.2 220.1 230.9 241.5
1.1.1.2.1 Vegetables 1.736 251.9 212.4 195.7 203.3 224.5
1.1.1.2.2 Fruits 2.107 257.8 237.5 240.2 253.7 255.6
1.1.1.3 Milk 3.238 259.9 253.9 261.3 261.6 262.1
1.1.1.4 Eggs, Meat & Fish 2.414 304.3 300.8 308.6 309.5 310.2
1.1.1.5 Condiments & Spices 0.569 348.0 347.3 357.3 334.6 309.9
1.1.1.6 Other Food Articles 0.183 251.9 236.5 257.9 254.1 253.6
1.1.2 Non-Food Articles 4.258 230.0 219.8 231.7 234.8 230.6
1.1.2.1 Fibres 0.877 241.2 208.9 248.3 252.4 254.1
1.1.2.2 Oil Seeds 1.781 217.3 211.6 211.3 211.1 209.5
1.1.2.3 Other Non-Food Articles 1.386 244.8 239.2 248.9 251.7 248.6
1.1.2.4 Flowers 0.213 192.5 206.9 221.6 249.4 193.6
1.1.3 Minerals 1.524 219.6 192.9 237.8 234.8 238.3
1.1.3.1 Metallic Minerals 0.489 280.9 254.0 308.0 295.3 307.9
1.1.3.2 Other Minerals 0.135 203.0 195.4 196.7 211.8 204.4
1.1.3.3 Crude Petroleum 0.900 188.9 159.3 205.9 205.4 205.7
1.2 FUEL & POWER 14.910 189.9 172.4 201.2 203.8 203.7
1.2.1 Coal 2.094 199.0 189.9 217.4 226.1 226.1
1.2.2 Mineral Oils 9.364 194.4 168.5 208.3 210.4 210.3
1.2.3 Electricity 3.452 172.3 172.3 172.3 172.3 172.3
1.3 MANUFACTURED PRODUCTS 64.972 157.4 154.1 158.8 158.8 158.7
1.3.1 Food Products 9.974 191.3 179.6 193.9 194.5 192.1
1.3.1.1 Dairy Products 0.568 211.6 204.3 214.9 215.6 218.0
1.3.1.2 Canning, Preserving & Processing of Food 0.358 168.4 166.5 168.1 169.2 165.3
1.3.1.3 Grain Mill Products 1.340 200.5 183.3 214.1 212.9 203.0
1.3.1.4 Bakery Products 0.444 151.3 149.9 151.8 151.8 152.0
1.3.1.5 Sugar, Khandsari & Gur 2.089 207.5 183.0 212.6 216.4 217.7
1.3.1.6 Edible Oils 3.043 156.1 149.7 158.2 157.6 155.9
1.3.1.7 Oil Cakes 0.494 261.0 255.5 244.7 245.7 246.3
1.3.1.8 Tea & Coffee Proccessing 0.711 198.9 196.6 189.0 189.6 180.1
1.3.1.9 Manufacture of Salt 0.048 198.1 199.8 192.8 192.8 192.8
1.3.1.10 Other Food Products 0.879 231.2 216.5 236.1 235.5 233.4
1.3.2 Beverages, Tobacco & Tobacco Products 1.762 221.1 211.8 221.7 221.5 221.7
1.3.2.1 Wine Industries 0.385 148.7 145.1 149.7 150.3 150.2
1.3.2.2 Malt Liquor 0.153 187.8 186.4 188.6 185.7 185.7
1.3.2.3 Soft Drinks & Carbonated Water 0.241 182.0 170.4 183.9 183.3 183.3
1.3.2.4 Manufacture of Bidi, Cigarettes, Tobacco & Zarda 0.983 264.2 252.0 264.4 264.4 264.7
1.3.3 Textiles 7.326 141.9 139.9 142.2 142.6 142.9
1.3.3.1 Cotton Textiles 2.605 160.7 155.8 162.0 162.2 162.7
1.3.3.1.1 Cotton Yarn 1.377 171.9 164.6 173.7 174.3 174.5
1.3.3.1.2 Cotton Fabric 1.228 148.0 145.8 148.9 148.6 149.4
1.3.3.2 Man-Made Textiles 2.206 129.6 129.1 130.1 130.9 131.4
1.3.3.2.1 Man-Made Fibre 1.672 127.5 127.2 127.4 127.8 128.6
1.3.3.2.2 Man-Made Fabric 0.533 136.1 134.8 138.3 140.5 140.1
1.3.3.3 Woollen Textiles 0.294 152.0 151.6 151.8 152.1 152.0
1.3.3.4 Jute, Hemp & Mesta Textiles 0.261 238.4 238.1 232.7 232.7 233.9
1.3.3.5 Other Misc. Textiles 1.960 116.2 116.3 116.1 116.1 116.1
1.3.4 Wood & Wood Products 0.587 196.4 197.0 191.9 191.8 193.2
1.3.4.1 Timber/Wooden Planks 0.181 163.5 165.8 158.5 158.5 158.5
1.3.4.2 Processed Wood 0.128 199.0 195.3 199.2 199.2 199.2
1.3.4.3 Plywood & Fibre Board 0.241 226.8 228.0 220.3 220.0 222.9
1.3.4.4 Others 0.038 151.9 154.4 147.3 146.8 150.4

No. 21: Wholesale Price Index (Concld.)
(Base: 2004-05 = 100)
Commodities Weight 2016-17 2016 2017
Mar. Jan. Feb. (P) Mar. (P)
1 2 3 4 5 6
1.3.5 Paper & Paper Products 2.034 156.9 155.8 158.3 157.7 158.8
1.3.5.1 Paper & Pulp 1.019 151.7 151.1 153.4 152.5 154.5
1.3.5.2 Manufacture of boards 0.550 135.0 136.5 134.3 133.7 134.0
1.3.5.3 Printing & Publishing 0.465 194.3 189.3 197.6 197.5 197.7
1.3.6 Leather & Leather Products 0.835 145.9 145.8 145.1 145.1 145.3
1.3.6.1 Leathers 0.223 114.6 115.7 112.6 113.4 113.3
1.3.6.2 Leather Footwear 0.409 163.6 161.5 164.7 164.4 164.5
1.3.6.3 Other Leather Products 0.203 144.7 147.4 141.1 141.1 141.7
1.3.7 Rubber & Plastic Products 2.987 147.9 145.3 148.6 148.9 150.4
1.3.7.1 Tyres & Tubes 0.541 177.7 176.1 179.0 178.8 180.3
1.3.7.1.1 Tyres 0.488 177.8 176.4 179.1 178.8 180.5
1.3.7.1.2 Tubes 0.053 176.5 173.3 178.4 178.4 178.4
1.3.7.2 Plastic Products 1.861 135.4 133.5 135.6 136.0 137.4
1.3.7.3 Rubber Products 0.584 160.2 154.3 161.8 162.1 164.4
1.3.8 Chemicals & Chemical Products 12.018 151.0 149.6 151.2 151.5 152.3
1.3.8.1 Basic Inorganic Chemicals 1.187 155.6 154.5 155.5 155.6 156.1
1.3.8.2 Basic Organic Chemicals 1.952 143.3 137.8 147.3 149.2 151.4
1.3.8.3 Fertilisers & Pesticides 3.145 155.0 155.9 153.4 152.9 152.6
1.3.8.3.1 Fertilisers 2.661 157.5 158.9 155.4 155.0 154.8
1.3.8.3.2 Pesticides 0.483 141.3 139.0 142.2 141.3 140.6
1.3.8.4 Paints, Varnishes & Lacquers 0.529 152.5 152.0 152.5 152.4 152.5
1.3.8.5 Dyestuffs & Indigo 0.563 143.4 142.0 143.7 143.7 143.7
1.3.8.6 Drugs & Medicines 0.456 128.8 128.6 128.5 128.4 128.5
1.3.8.7 Perfumes, Cosmetics, Toiletries etc. 1.130 164.8 163.2 164.3 164.6 165.0
1.3.8.8 Turpentine, Plastic Chemicals 0.586 155.2 153.7 155.8 155.8 156.3
1.3.8.9 Polymers including Synthetic Rubber 0.970 145.6 144.4 145.0 145.2 146.1
1.3.8.10 Petrochemical Intermediates 0.869 145.6 144.0 145.8 146.3 151.1
1.3.8.11 Matches, Explosives & other Chemicals 0.629 154.0 152.6 154.9 155.3 154.5
1.3.9 Non-Metallic Mineral Products 2.556 178.9 178.4 178.2 178.8 177.7
1.3.9.1 Structural Clay Products 0.658 200.8 198.5 200.8 201.0 201.7
1.3.9.2 Glass, Earthenware, Chinaware & their Products 0.256 143.9 142.7 144.2 144.0 144.2
1.3.9.3 Cement & Lime 1.386 175.5 175.7 174.2 175.2 172.8
1.3.9.4 Cement, Slate & Graphite Products 0.256 176.0 177.0 176.1 176.1 176.3
1.3.10 Basic Metals, Alloys & Metal Products 10.748 156.2 153.4 161.2 160.4 160.5
1.3.10.1 Ferrous Metals 8.064 142.0 139.3 148.6 147.3 147.4
1.3.10.1.1 Iron & Semis 1.563 137.0 136.3 143.3 140.7 142.7
1.3.10.1.2 Steel: Long 1.630 145.6 146.9 150.0 148.5 150.1
1.3.10.1.3 Steel: Flat 2.611 136.4 130.8 146.1 144.9 143.5
1.3.10.1.4 Steel: Pipes & Tubes 0.314 127.0 123.8 129.4 129.7 127.2
1.3.10.1.5 Stainless Steel & alloys 0.938 161.4 157.6 165.8 164.8 166.8
1.3.10.1.6 Castings & Forgings 0.871 141.4 140.2 143.9 143.8 142.0
1.3.10.1.7 Ferro alloys 0.137 168.2 148.2 200.1 200.1 191.3
1.3.10.2 Non-Ferrous Metals 1.004 164.8 163.1 165.6 165.8 166.3
1.3.10.2.1 Aluminium 0.489 138.2 135.1 139.7 140.1 140.7
1.3.10.2.2 Other Non-Ferrous Metals 0.515 190.0 189.7 190.2 190.3 190.6
1.3.10.3 Metal Products 1.680 219.6 215.8 219.1 220.2 220.3
1.3.11 Machinery & Machine Tools 8.931 135.4 135.1 135.4 135.4 135.3
1.3.11.1 Agricultural Machinery & Implements 0.139 152.5 149.3 154.0 154.0 154.0
1.3.11.2 Industrial Machinery 1.838 154.0 153.5 153.9 153.9 153.5
1.3.11.3 Construction Machinery 0.045 141.6 141.5 141.6 141.6 141.6
1.3.11.4 Machine Tools 0.367 174.0 175.8 170.9 170.0 170.0
1.3.11.5 Air Conditioner & Refrigerators 0.429 121.3 121.2 121.3 121.3 121.3
1.3.11.6 Non-Electrical Machinery 1.026 128.4 128.0 128.5 128.5 128.6
1.3.11.7 Electrical Machinery, Equipment & Batteries 2.343 138.9 138.0 138.9 138.9 139.0
1.3.11.8 Electrical Accessories, Wires, Cables etc. 1.063 152.8 152.9 154.0 154.1 153.7
1.3.11.9 Electrical Apparatus & Appliances 0.337 123.7 122.0 124.0 124.0 124.0
1.3.11.10 Electronics Items 0.961 89.1 89.5 88.9 88.9 89.0
1.3.11.11 IT Hardware 0.267 91.8 91.7 92.0 92.0 92.0
1.3.11.12 Communication Equipments 0.118 98.8 99.6 99.3 99.3 99.3
1.3.12 Transport, Equipment & Parts 5.213 139.9 139.0 140.4 140.5 140.8
1.3.12.1 Automotives 4.231 139.4 138.3 139.9 139.9 140.4
1.3.12.2 Auto Parts 0.804 140.5 140.1 140.7 141.1 140.7
1.3.12.3 Other Transport Equipments 0.178 150.7 150.4 150.7 150.7 150.6
Source: Office of the Economic Adviser, Ministry of Commerce and Industry, Government of India.

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