Wholesale Price Indices for Primary Articles and Fuel & Power in India (Base: 2004-05 = 100)
Review for the Week Ended 11th September, 2010
The WPI [with base year 2004-05] for the week ended 11th September, 2010 in respect of ‘Primary Articles’ and ‘Fuel & Power’ is given below:
PRIMARY ARTICLES (Weight 20.12%)
The index for this major group rose by 0.2 percent to 178.7 (Provisional) from 178.4 (Provisional) for the previous week.
The annual rate of inflation, calculated on point to point basis, stood at 16.80 percent (Provisional) for the week ended 11/09/2010 (over 12/09/2009) as compared to 16.22 percent (Provisional) for the previous week (ended 04/09/2010).
The groups and items for which the index showed variations during the week are as follows:-
The index for 'Food Articles' group rose by 0.1 percent to 178.5 (Provisional) from 178.4 (Provisional) for the previous week due to higher prices of condiments & spices (2%) and fish-inland, urad and poultry chicken (1% each). However, the prices of masur (4%), moong and arhar (3% each), gram and jowar (2% each) and beef & buffalo meat, fish-marine and tea (1% each) declined.
The index for 'Non-Food Articles' group rose by 0.7 percent to 154.4 (Provisional) from 153.3 (Provisional) for the previous week due to higher prices of rose (18%), jasmine and raw rubber (2% each) and raw silk, rape & mustard seed and copra (1% each). However, the prices of marigold (20%) and gingelly seed (sesamum) (2%) declined.
FUEL & POWER (Weight 14.91%)
The index for this major group remained unchanged at its previous week's level of 147.6 (Provisional).
The annual rate of inflation, calculated on point to point basis, has also remained unchanged at its previous week’s level of 11.48 percent (Provisional) for the week ended 11/09/2010 (over 12/09/2009).
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