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Date : Aug 23, 2012
Variations in Index Numbers of Wholesale Prices

(Base: 2004-05 = 100)

(Per cent)

Major Group/Sub-group/Commodity

Weight

Variations

Year-on-Year

Average

Year-on-Year

March 2011

March 2012

2010-11

2011-12

July 2011

July 2012 P

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

All Commodities

100.0

9.7

7.7

9.6

8.9

9.4

6.9

I. Primary Articles

20.1

13.4

10.4

17.7

9.8

11.5

10.4

1. Food Articles

14.3

9.4

10.1

15.6

7.3

 8.2

10.1

a) Cereals

3.4

3.5

4.6

5.3

3.9

5.2

8.3

i) Rice

1.8

2.3

5.0

5.9

3.1

2.4

10.1

ii) Wheat

1.1

0.2

-0.6

3.0

-1.8

1.8

6.7

b) Pulses

0.7

-4.0

10.1

3.2

2.5

-7.5

28.3

c) Fruits and Vegetables

3.8

18.9

10.0

16.4

6.5

11.6

10.5

d) Milk

3.2

4.4

15.3

20.1

10.3

10.8

8.0

e) Eggs, Meat and Fish

2.4

13.5

17.4

25.5

12.7

9.6

16.0

f) Condiments and Spices

0.6

20.4

-13.2

33.6

-2.6

2.0

-14.2

g) Tea and Coffee

0.2

4.7

12.6

-7.3

19.0

24.8

6.6

2. Non-Food Articles

4.3

27.3

-0.8

22.3

9.6

15.8

13.1

a) Fibres

0.9

87.7

-31.3

41.7

10.1

29.7

5.9

i) Raw Cotton

0.7

103.0

-35.2

43.9

13.0

35.3

4.7

b) Oilseeds

1.8

10.9

13.4

4.7

12.3

13.9

25.2

c) Sugarcane

0.6

7.1

0.0

46.8

6.4

7.1

1.2

3. Minerals

1.5

15.2

34.5

24.8

26.6

25.8

8.4

a) Iron Ore

0.2

40.2

2.2

78.8

10.4

5.0

10.5

b) Crude Petroleum

0.9

6.3

59.9

11.8

45.2

45.1

7.6

II. Fuel and Power

14.9

12.5

12.8

12.3

14.0

12.0

6.0

1. Coal

2.1

13.3

13.9

5.7

15.5

13.3

13.9

2. Mineral Oils

9.4

14.7

14.7

16.0

16.9

15.4

4.5

3. Electricity

3.5

3.6

4.0

5.4

1.6

-1.3

4.0

III. Manufactured Products

65.0

7.4

5.2

5.7

7.3

7.7

5.6

1. Food Products

10.0

2.4

6.2

3.7

7.1

8.1

6.3

a) Dairy Products

0.6

4.8

13.9

9.6

12.8

9.2

6.2

b) Grain Mill Products

1.3

0.7

-1.6

5.7

0.3

1.2

-0.4

c) Sugar, Khandsari and Gur

2.1

-7.8

3.2

-0.9

4.5

3.6

7.7

d) Edible Oils

3.0

13.0

9.9

5.4

12.6

14.8

10.3

e) Oil Cakes

0.5

1.5

6.3

0.8

4.0

6.4

21.8

2. Beverages, Tobacco and Tobacco Products

1.8

8.8

8.9

7.4

11.7

12.6

6.1

3. Textiles

7.3

18.3

-3.4

12.1

7.5

11.4

0.9

a) Cotton Textiles

2.6

33.1

-8.7

18.7

11.3

18.9

0.6

b) Man Made Textiles

2.2

12.6

-1.6

10.4

5.6

7.2

1.3

4. Wood and Wood Products

0.6

3.6

8.6

4.0

8.1

9.6

4.4

5. Paper and Paper Products

2.0

8.4

2.5

5.3

5.4

6.4

2.4

6. Leather and Leather Products

0.8

-1.5

4.9

-1.0

2.3

1.0

2.8

7. Rubber and Plastic Products

3.0

10.6

1.2

6.7

6.0

7.8

2.0

8. Chemicals and Chemical Products

12.0

7.4

7.7

5.3

8.6

8.7

7.2

a) Basic Inorganic Chemicals

1.2

4.1

8.3

1.0

9.5

10.6

5.3

b) Basic Organic Chemicals

2.0

8.8

5.8

7.5

8.6

10.9

2.9

c) Fertilizers

2.7

9.9

16.9

8.0

13.5

10.1

15.5

d) Pesticides

0.5

1.9

2.0

2.7

1.1

1.0

5.9

e) Drugs and Medicines

0.5

3.4

3.9

2.4

3.7

3.0

4.6

9. Non-Metallic Mineral Products

2.6

3.7

6.7

2.7

5.7

3.5

8.1

a) Cement and Lime

1.4

1.7

6.1

1.2

4.1

-0.3

10.7

10. Basic Metals, Alloys and Metal Products

10.7

11.7

10.1

8.7

11.1

10.6

9.6

a) Ferrous Metals

8.1

11.7

9.9

8.7

10.4

10.4

9.2

b) Non-Ferrous Metals

1.0

2.3

1.9

5.3

2.4

3.1

1.8

c) Metal Products

1.7

17.0

15.0

10.7

18.5

16.2

15.0

11. Machinery and Machine Tools

8.9

3.2

2.5

2.8

3.1

3.1

3.0

a) Non-Electrical Machinery

1.0

1.3

2.2

2.8

2.7

2.3

1.9

b) Electrical Machinery, Equipment and Batteries

2.3

3.2

3.6

1.5

4.7

4.4

3.1

12. Transport, Equipment and Parts

5.2

3.6

3.3

3.0

3.5

3.2

3.5

P : Provisional.
Source : Office of the Economic Adviser, Ministry of Commerce and Industry, Government of India.


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