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Index Numbers of Wholesale Prices in India (Base: 1993-94=100)
Review for the week ended 10th October, 2009 (18 Asvina, 1931 Saka)
The official Wholesale Price Index for 'All Commodities' (Base: 1993-94 = 100) for the week
ended 10th October 2009 rose by 0.1 percent to 242.2 (Provisional) from 241.9 (Provisional) for
the previous week.
The annual rate of inflation, calculated on point to point basis, stood at 1.21 percent (Provisional)
for the week ended 10/10/2009 (over 11/10/2008) as compared to 0.92 percent (Provisional) for the previous week (ended 03/10/2009) and 11.30 percent during the corresponding week
(ended11/10/2008) of the previous year.
1. INFLATION
The annual rate of inflation, calculated on point to point basis, stood at 1.21 percent (Provisional)
for the week ended 10/10/2009 over (11/10/2008) as compared to 0.92 percent (Provisional) for the previous week (ended 03/10/2009) and 11.30 percent during the corresponding week (ended 11/10/2008 of the previous year. Build up inflation in the financial year so far was 5.95% compared to a build up of 5.56% in the corresponding period of the previous year. 52 week average inflation for the week ended 10/10/2009 was 2.49 %