Wholesale Price Indices for Primary Articles and Fuel & Power in India (Base: 2004-05 = 100) Review for the week ended 9th April, 2011 (19 Chaitra, 1933 Saka)

21-4-2011

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21-April-2011 11:51 IST

Wholesale Price Indices for Primary Articles and Fuel & Power in India (Base: 2004-05 = 100) Review for the week ended 9th April, 2011 (19 Chaitra, 1933 Saka)

The WPI for the week ended 9^th April, 2011 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 190.9 (Provisional) from 190.6 (Provisional) for the previous week.

The annual rate of inflation, calculated on point to point basis, stood at 11.96 percent (Provisional) for the week ended 09/04/2011 (over 10/04/2010) as compared to 11.40 percent (Provisional) for the previous week (ended 02/04/2011).

The groups and items for which the index showed variations during the week are as follows:-

The index for 'Food Articles' group declined by 0.1 percent to 182.9 (Provisional) from 183.0 (Provisional) for the previous week due to lower prices of barley and mutton (2% each) and condiments & spices and jowar (1% each). However, the prices of maize, bajra, urad and arhar (2% each) and moong, wheat and ragi (1% each) moved up.

The index for 'Non-Food Articles' group rose by 0.7 percent to 193.2 (Provisional) from 191.8 (Provisional) for the previous week due to higher prices of flowers (10%), raw rubber (5%), soyabean (4%), sunflower and raw silk (3% each), castor seed, groundnut seed and raw jute (2% each) and copra and coir fibre (1% each). However, the prices of gingelly seed (21%), mesta (3%), fodder (2%) and gaur seed (1%) declined.

FUEL & POWER (Weight 14.91%)

The index for this major group remained unchanged at its previous week's level of 159.4 (Provisional).

The annual rate of inflation, calculated on point to point basis, stood at 13.05 percent (Provisional) for the week ended 09/04/2011 (over 10/04/2010) as compared to 12.97 percent (Provisional) for the previous week (ended 02/04/2011).

Build up inflation over the week, financial year end and over the year is given in below for some important items. Trend of rate of inflation during last six weeks is also given for some important items in Annexure II.

Next date of press release: 28/04/2011 for the week ending 16/04/2011

Office of the Economic Adviser, Ministry of Commerce & Industry, New Delhi, 21/04/2011

Wholesale Price Index and Rates of Inflation [Base Year: 2004-05]

Week Ending 9^th April, 2011 (Base: 2004-05)
Commodities /Major Groups/ Groups/ Sub-Groups	Weight	WPI Apr. 09, 2011	Latest week over week		Build up from end March		Year on year		52 week Average
Commodities /Major Groups/ Groups/ Sub-Groups	Weight	WPI Apr. 09, 2011	2010 -11	2011 -12	2010 -11	2011 -12	2010 -11	2011 -12	52 week Average
Primary Articles	20.12	190.9	-0.35	0.16	2.34	1.43	21.27	11.96	17.30
Food Articles	14.34	182.9	-0.47	-0.05	2.31	1.89	20.31	8.74	15.22
Cereals	3.37	172.4	-0.66	0.29	-0.48	0.35	8.48	4.48	5.07
Rice	1.79	166.8	-0.18	-0.30	0.18	0.18	8.79	2.08	5.62
Wheat	1.12	170.7	-1.63	0.71	-1.52	-0.52	8.78	1.31	2.65
Pulses	0.72	191.4	1.70	0.74	1.35	1.06	24.55	-5.67	2.23
Vegetables	1.74	146.3	-1.23	-4.88	11.10	1.25	9.75	1.53	13.18
Potatoes	0.20	109.0	-1.91	2.06	5.69	1.58	-22.52	1.21	-36.03
Onions	0.18	164.7	-1.87	-1.38	-3.00	-3.17	-4.16	8.28	29.12
Fruits	2.11	203.5	2.20	3.04	11.91	11.69	19.91	25.15	19.77
Milk	3.24	177.4	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.17	28.10	4.05	19.31
Egg, Meat & Fish	2.41	196.7	-3.77	-0.35	-2.23	-0.35	34.83	14.96	24.81
Non-Food Articles	4.26	193.2	0.00	0.73	0.46	0.57	17.83	27.69	22.23
Fibres	0.88	283.8	0.20	0.25	0.00	-0.04	15.25	86.83	42.81
Oil Seeds	1.78	152.2	1.31	0.26	2.28	0.93	7.17	9.50	4.71
Minerals	1.52	259.2	0.00	0.00	6.09	0.00	34.56	5.49	23.09
Fuel & Power	14.91	159.4	-0.07	0.00	0.64	0.57	13.71	13.05	12.24
Liquefied Petroleum Gas	0.91	128.9	0.00	0.00	3.30	0.00	3.76	11.31	12.83
Petrol	1.09	158.6	0.00	0.00	1.09	0.00	18.04	21.81	19.96
High Speed Diesel Oil	4.67	153.6	0.00	0.00	0.69	0.00	15.83	5.49	13.74

Annexure-II

Trend of Rate of Inflation for some important items during last six weeks

Commodities / Major Groups / Groups / Sub- Groups	Weight (%)	Rate of Inflation for the week ending
Commodities / Major Groups / Groups / Sub- Groups	Weight (%)	09- Apr-11	02- Apr-11	26- Mar-11	19- Mar-11	12- Mar-11	5- Mar-11
Primary Articles	20.12	11.96	11.40	12.97	12.98	13.53	12.31
Food Articles	14.34	8.74	8.28	9.18	9.50	10.05	9.42
Cereals	3.37	4.48	3.49	3.62	3.96	4.33	3.82
Rice	1.79	2.08	2.20	2.08	2.94	2.75	2.75
Wheat	1.12	1.31	-1.05	0.29	0.00	2.15	0.69
Pulses	0.72	-5.67	-4.76	-5.39	-4.40	-3.78	-3.05
Vegetables	1.74	1.53	5.41	11.41	5.52	11.20	8.71
Potato	0.20	1.21	-2.73	5.30	8.39	2.82	-9.27
Onion	0.18	8.28	7.74	8.48	6.23	10.80	6.65
Fruits	2.11	25.15	24.14	25.40	24.67	23.60	19.39
Milk	3.24	4.05	4.05	3.87	5.79	6.63	7.16
Egg, Meat & Fish	2.41	14.96	11.02	12.80	15.34	13.21	13.10
Non-Food Articles	4.26	27.69	26.77	27.56	26.18	26.78	23.03
Fibres	0.88	86.83	86.74	86.90	87.54	89.55	71.25
Oil Seeds	1.78	9.50	10.64	10.96	11.71	9.68	9.29
Minerals	1.52	5.49	5.49	11.92	12.35	12.35	12.35
Fuel & Power	14.91	13.05	12.97	13.13	13.13	12.79	12.79
Liquefied Petroleum Gas	0.92	11.31	11.31	14.99	14.99	14.99	14.99
Petrol	1.09	21.81	21.81	23.14	23.14	23.14	23.14
High Speed Diesel Oil	4.67	5.49	5.49	6.22	6.22	6.22	6.22