Wholesale Price Indices for Primary Articles and Fuel, Power, Light & Lubricants in India (Base: 1993-94=100)
Review for the week ended 20th March, 2010
The WPI for the week ended 20th March, 2010 in respect of ‘Primary Articles and ‘Fuel, Power, Light & Lubricants’ is given below:
PRIMARY ARTICLES (Weight 22.02%)
The WPI for the week ended 20th March, 2010 rose by 0.4 percent to 283.4 (Provisional) from 282.3 (Provisional) for the previous week.
The annual rate of inflation, calculated on point to point basis, stood at 13.86 percent (Provisional) for the week ended 20/03/2010 (over 21/03/2009) as compared to 13.88 percent (Provisional) for the previous week (ended 13/03/2010) and 5.20 percent during the corresponding week (ended 21/03/2009) of the previous year.
The groups and items for which the index showed variations during the week are as follows:-
The index for 'Food Articles' group rose by 0.6 percent to 284.7 (Provisional) from 283.0 (Provisional) for the previous week due to higher prices of barley and milk (3% each), moong and condiments & spices (2 % each) and urad and arhar (1% each). However, the prices of tea (10%), fish-marine (2%) and wheat, fish-inland, masur and gram (1% each) declined.
The index for 'Non-Food Articles' group declined by 0.1 percent to 254.3 (Provisional) from 254.6 (Provisional) for the previous week due to lower prices of groundnut seed, linseed and copra (1% each). However, the prices of raw rubber (4%), mesta (2%) and fodder, gingelly seed and raw silk (1% each) moved up.
Review for the week ended 20th March, 2010
The WPI for the week ended 20th March, 2010 in respect of ‘Primary Articles and ‘Fuel, Power, Light & Lubricants’ is given below:
PRIMARY ARTICLES (Weight 22.02%)
The WPI for the week ended 20th March, 2010 rose by 0.4 percent to 283.4 (Provisional) from 282.3 (Provisional) for the previous week.
The annual rate of inflation, calculated on point to point basis, stood at 13.86 percent (Provisional) for the week ended 20/03/2010 (over 21/03/2009) as compared to 13.88 percent (Provisional) for the previous week (ended 13/03/2010) and 5.20 percent during the corresponding week (ended 21/03/2009) of the previous year.
The groups and items for which the index showed variations during the week are as follows:-
The index for 'Food Articles' group rose by 0.6 percent to 284.7 (Provisional) from 283.0 (Provisional) for the previous week due to higher prices of barley and milk (3% each), moong and condiments & spices (2 % each) and urad and arhar (1% each). However, the prices of tea (10%), fish-marine (2%) and wheat, fish-inland, masur and gram (1% each) declined.
The index for 'Non-Food Articles' group declined by 0.1 percent to 254.3 (Provisional) from 254.6 (Provisional) for the previous week due to lower prices of groundnut seed, linseed and copra (1% each). However, the prices of raw rubber (4%), mesta (2%) and fodder, gingelly seed and raw silk (1% each) moved up.
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