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Consumer Price Index Numbers on Base 2012=100 for Rural, Urban and Combined for the Month of May 2018

13-6-2018
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The Central Statistics Office (CSO), Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation has revised the Base Year of the Consumer Price Index (CPI) from 2010=100 to 2012=100 with effect from the release of indices for the month of January 2015.

  1. In this press note, the CPI (Rural, Urban, Combined) on Base 2012=100 is being released for the month of May 2018. In addition to this, Consumer Food Price Index (CFPI) for all India Rural, Urban and Combined are also being released for May 2018. All India Inflation rates (on point to point basis i.e. current month over same month of last year, i.e., May 2018 over May 2017), based on General Indices and CFPIs are given as follows:

All India Inflation rates (%) based on CPI (General) and CFPI

Indices

May 2018 (Prov.)

April 2018 (Final)

May 2017 (Final)

Rural

Urban

Combd.

Rural

Urban

Combd.

Rural

Urban

Combd.

CPI (General)

4.88

4.72

4.87

4.67

4.42

4.58

2.30

2.13

2.18

CFPI

3.85

1.66

3.10

3.63

1.29

2.80

-0.60

-1.85

-1.05

Notes: Prov. – Provisional, Combd. - Combined

  1. Monthly changes in the General Indices and CFPIs are given below:

Monthly changes (%) in All India CPI (General) and CFPI: May 2018 over Apr. 2018

Indices

Rural

Urban

Combined

Index Value

% Change

Index Value

% Change

Index Value

% Change

May 18

Apr.18

May 18

Apr.18

May 18

Apr.18

CPI (General)

139.8

139.1

0.50

135.4

134.8

0.45

137.8

137.1

0.51

CFPI

137.6

137.0

0.44

134.5

133.7

0.60

136.5

135.8

0.52

Note: Figures of May 2018 are provisional.

  1. Provisional indices for the month of May 2018 and also the final indices for April 2018 are being released with this note for all-India and for State/UTs. All-India provisional General (all-groups), Group and Sub-group level CPI and CFPI numbers for May 2018 for Rural, Urban and Combined are given in Annexure I. The inflation rates of important categories of items are given in Annexure II. State/UT wise provisional General CPI numbers for Rural, Urban and Combined are given in Annexure III. Inflation rates of major States, having population more than 50 lakhs as per population Census 2011, are given in Annexure IV. State/UT–wise Group CPIs are available on the Ministry’s website (www.mospi.gov.in).
  2. Price data are collected from selected towns by the Field Operations Division of NSSO and from selected villages by the Department of Posts. Price data are received through web portals, maintained by the National Informatics Centre.

Next date of release: 12th July 2018 (Thursday) for June 2018.

 

Annexure I

All India Consumer Price Indices

(Base: 2012=100)

Group Code

Sub-group Code

Description

Rural

Urban

Combined

Weights

Apr. 18 Index
(Final)

May 18 Index
(Prov.)

Weights

Apr. 18 Index
(Final)

May 18 Index
(Prov.)

Weights

Apr. 18 Index
(Final)

May 18 Index
(Prov.)

(1)

(2)

(3)

(4)

(5)

(6)

(7)

(8)

(9)

(10)

(11)

(12)

 

1.1.01

Cereals and products

12.35

137.1

137.4

6.59

135.0

135.0

9.67

136.4

136.6

 

1.1.02

Meat and fish

4.38

144.5

145.8

2.73

144.3

148.2

3.61

144.4

146.6

 

1.1.03

Egg

0.49

135.9

135.6

0.36

130.8

130.4

0.43

133.9

133.6

 

1.1.04

Milk and products

7.72

142.4

142.9

5.33

140.3

140.7

6.61

141.6

142.1

 

1.1.05

Oils and fats

4.21

123.5

123.6

2.81

116.6

116.4

3.56

121.0

121.0

 

1.1.06

Fruits

2.88

156.4

158.0

2.90

150.1

151.3

2.89

153.5

154.9

 

1.1.07

Vegetables

7.46

135.1

137.9

4.41

127.6

131.3

6.04

132.6

135.7

 

1.1.08

Pulses and products

2.95

128.4

127.1

1.73

114.0

112.9

2.38

123.5

122.3

 

1.1.09

Sugar and Confectionery

1.70

115.2

111.9

0.97

110.6

105.4

1.36

113.7

109.7

 

1.1.10

Spices

3.11

137.2

137.4

1.79

140.2

139.6

2.50

138.2

138.1

 

1.2.11

Non-alcoholic beverages

1.37

131.9

132.2

1.13

126.5

126.6

1.26

129.6

129.9

 

1.1.12

Prepared meals, snacks, sweets etc.

5.56

153.8

154.3

5.54

148.3

148.7

5.55

151.2

151.7

1

 

Food and beverages

54.18

138.6

139.2

36.29

135.7

136.4

45.86

137.5

138.2

2

 

Pan, tobacco and intoxicants

3.26

156.1

157.0

1.36

159.2

160.3

2.38

156.9

157.9

 

3.1.01

Clothing

6.32

150.1

150.7

4.72

137.8

138.6

5.58

145.3

145.9

 

3.1.02

Footwear

1.04

143.3

144.0

0.85

127.4

128.0

0.95

136.7

137.4

3

 

Clothing and footwear

7.36

149.1

149.8

5.57

136.2

137.0

6.53

144.0

144.7

4

 

Housing

-

-

-

21.67

142.9

143.2

10.07

142.9

143.2

5

 

Fuel and light

7.94

143.8

144.3

5.58

124.6

124.7

6.84

136.5

136.9

 

6.1.01

Household goods and services

3.75

140.9

141.8

3.87

131.8

132.5

3.80

136.6

137.4

 

6.1.02

Health

6.83

137.6

138.3

4.81

131.3

132.0

5.89

135.2

135.9

 

6.1.03

Transport and communication

7.60

125.3

126.4

9.73

118.9

119.8

8.59

121.9

122.9

 

6.1.04

Recreation and amusement

1.37

136.0

136.9

2.04

127.6

128.0

1.68

131.3

131.9

 

6.1.05

Education

3.46

143.7

144.4

5.62

139.7

140.4

4.46

141.4

142.1

 

6.1.06

Personal care and effects

4.25

130.4

131.2

3.47

127.6

128.1

3.89

129.2

129.9

6

 

Miscellaneous

27.26

134.2

135.0

29.53

128.2

128.9

28.32

131.3

132.0

General Index (All Groups)

100.00

139.1

139.8

100.00

134.8

135.4

100.00

137.1

137.8

Consumer Food Price Index

47.25

137.0

137.6

29.62

133.7

134.5

39.06

135.8

136.5

 

Notes:

  1. Prov. : Provisional.
  2. - : CPI (Rural) for housing is not compiled.
  3. The weights are indicative to show relative importance of groups and sub-groups. However, all India indices have been compiled as weighted average of State indices.

 

Annexure II

All India annual inflation rates (%) for May 2018 (Provisional)

(Base: 2012=100)

Group Code

Sub-group Code

Description

Rural

Urban

Combined

 

May 17 Index
(Final)

May 18

Index
(Prov.)

Inflation Rate
(%)

May 17 Index
(Final)

May 18

Index
(Prov.)

Inflation Rate
(%)

May 17 Index
(Final)

May 18

Index
(Prov.)

Inflation Rate
(%)

 

(1)

(2)

(3)

(4)

(5)

(6)

(7)

(8)

(9)

(10)

(11)

(12)

 

 

1.1.01

Cereals and products

133.1

137.4

3.23

132.6

135.0

1.81

132.9

136.6

2.78

 

 

1.1.02

Meat and fish

140.3

145.8

3.92

144.1

148.2

2.85

141.6

146.6

3.53

 

 

1.1.03

Egg

126.8

135.6

6.94

125.6

130.4

3.82

126.3

133.6

5.78

 

 

1.1.04

Milk and products

138.2

142.9

3.40

136.8

140.7

2.85

137.7

142.1

3.20

 

 

1.1.05

Oils and fats

120.8

123.6

2.32

113.4

116.4

2.65

118.1

121.0

2.46

 

 

1.1.06

Fruits

140.2

158.0

12.70

135.2

151.3

11.91

137.9

154.9

12.33

 

 

1.1.07

Vegetables

123.8

137.9

11.39

129.2

131.3

1.63

125.6

135.7

8.04

 

 

1.1.08

Pulses and products

141.8

127.1

-10.37

131.5

112.9

-14.14

138.3

122.3

-11.57

 

 

1.1.09

Sugar and Confectionery

118.6

111.9

-5.65

121.0

105.4

-12.89

119.4

109.7

-8.12

 

 

1.1.10

Spices

134.0

137.4

2.54

139.9

139.6

-0.21

136.0

138.1

1.54

 

 

1.2.11

Non-alcoholic beverages

130.3

132.2

1.46

123.8

126.6

2.26

127.6

129.9

1.80

 

 

1.1.12

Prepared meals, snacks, sweets etc.

145.8

154.3

5.83

142.9

148.7

4.06

144.5

151.7

4.98

 

1

 

Food and beverages

133.8

139.2

4.04

133.6

136.4

2.10

133.7

138.2

3.37

 

2

 

Pan, tobacco and intoxicants

145.5

157.0

7.90

148.3

160.3

8.09

146.2

157.9

8.00

 

 

3.1.01

Clothing

142.5

150.7

5.75

131.5

138.6

5.40

138.2

145.9

5.57

 

 

3.1.02

Footwear

137.3

144.0

4.88

123.2

128.0

3.90

131.4

137.4

4.57

 

3

 

Clothing and footwear

141.8

149.8

5.64

130.2

137.0

5.22

137.2

144.7

5.47

 

4

 

Housing

-

-

-

132.1

143.2

8.40

132.1

143.2

8.40

 

5

 

Fuel and light

135.0

144.3

6.89

120.1

124.7

3.83

129.4

136.9

5.80

 

 

6.1.01

Household goods and services

134.9

141.8

5.11

126.5

132.5

4.74

130.9

137.4

4.97

 

 

6.1.02

Health

131.4

138.3

5.25

123.6

132.0

6.80

128.4

135.9

5.84

 

 

6.1.03

Transport and communication

119.4

126.4

5.86

114.3

119.8

4.81

116.7

122.9

5.31

 

 

6.1.04

Recreation and amusement

129.4

136.9

5.80

122.8

128.0

4.23

125.7

131.9

4.93

 

 

6.1.05

Education

136.3

144.4

5.94

133.8

140.4

4.93

134.8

142.1

5.42

 

 

6.1.06

Personal care and effects

123.7

131.2

6.06

122.0

128.1

5.00

123.0

129.9

5.61

 

6

 

Miscellaneous

127.9

135.0

5.55

122.6

128.9

5.14

125.3

132.0

5.35

 

General Index (All Groups)

133.3

139.8

4.88

129.3

135.4

4.72

131.4

137.8

4.87

 

Consumer Food Price Index

132.5

137.6

3.85

132.3

134.5

1.66

132.4

136.5

3.10

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Notes:

  1. Prov. : Provisional.
  2. - : CPI (Rural) for housing is not compiled.

Annexure III

State/UT wise General Consumer Price Indices

(Base: 2012=100)

State/UT Code

Name of the State/UT

Rural

Urban

Combined

Weights

Apr. 18 Index
(Final)

May 18 Index
(Prov.)

Weights

Apr. 18 Index
(Final)

May 18 Index
(Prov.)

Weights

Apr. 18 Index
(Final)

May 18 Index
(Prov.)

(1)

(2)

(3)

(4)

(5)

(6)

(7)

(8)

(9)

(10)

(11)

01

Jammu & Kashmir

1.14

147.6

147.7

0.72

135.4

135.9

0.94

143.3

143.5

02

Himachal Pradesh

1.03

139.7

139.3

0.26

133.8

133.9

0.67

138.6

138.3

03

Punjab

3.31

136.0

136.5

3.09

130.5

130.9

3.21

133.5

134.0

04

Chandigarh

0.02

139.0

139.5

0.34

132.8

131.8

0.17

133.2

132.2

05

Uttarakhand

1.06

131.4

132.1

0.73

129.5

131.1

0.91

130.7

131.7

06

Haryana

3.30

135.3

135.6

3.35

133.1

133.4

3.32

134.3

134.6

07

Delhi

0.28

131.4

131.0

5.64

137.1

137.3

2.77

136.8

137.0

08

Rajasthan

6.63

137.8

138.0

4.23

136.6

136.6

5.51

137.4

137.5

09

Uttar Pradesh

14.83

134.0

134.3

9.54

136.0

136.4

12.37

134.7

135.1

10

Bihar

8.21

139.7

140.4

1.62

133.3

134.3

5.14

138.8

139.5

11

Sikkim

0.06

150.5

147.2

0.03

142.2

143.8

0.05

147.8

146.1

12

Arunachal Pradesh

0.14

149.8

151.3

0.06

--

--

0.10

--

--

13

Nagaland

0.14

150.5

151.3

0.12

135.1

135.6

0.13

144.0

144.6

14

Manipur

0.23

165.7

165.0

0.12

133.6

134.3

0.18

155.5

155.3

15

Mizoram

0.07

138.7

137.6

0.13

128.4

129.4

0.10

132.4

132.6

16

Tripura

0.35

145.7

145.2

0.14

139.4

139.4

0.25

144.1

143.7

17

Meghalaya

0.28

139.0

139.2

0.15

128.4

129.8

0.22

135.7

136.3

18

Assam

2.63

137.9

138.7

0.79

132.3

132.8

1.77

136.7

137.5

19

West Bengal

6.99

141.4

142.6

7.20

136.6

137.5

7.09

139.1

140.2

20

Jharkhand

1.96

142.9

143.5

1.39

132.3

132.7

1.69

138.9

139.4

21

Odisha

2.93

141.3

142.7

1.31

131.2

132.5

2.18

138.5

139.8

22

Chhattisgarh

1.68

139.4

140.4

1.22

134.6

135.4

1.46

137.5

138.5

23

Madhya Pradesh

4.93

132.7

133.5

3.97

134.1

134.9

4.48

133.3

134.1

24

Gujarat

4.54

140.0

140.7

6.82

128.6

129.3

5.60

133.5

134.2

25

Daman & Diu

0.02

161.3

162.3

0.02

130.7

133.1

0.02

148.5

150.1

26

Dadra & Nagar Haveli

0.02

135.6

136.3

0.04

129.1

129.5

0.03

131.3

131.8

27

Maharashtra

8.25

141.9

142.7

18.86

131.2

131.6

13.18

134.8

135.3

28

Andhra Pradesh

5.40

142.4

143.9

3.64

135.3

136.3

4.58

139.8

141.1

29

Karnataka

5.09

139.8

140.1

6.81

140.3

141.1

5.89

140.1

140.6

30

Goa

0.14

152.0

151.3

0.25

132.8

134.0

0.19

140.2

140.7

31

Lakshadweep

0.01

131.8

129.0

0.01

132.8

134.5

0.01

132.3

131.8

32

Kerala

5.50

143.1

144.2

3.46

141.2

142.7

4.55

142.4

143.7

33

Tamil Nadu

5.55

141.3

142.2

9.20

139.0

139.7

7.25

139.9

140.7

34

Puducherry

0.08

141.5

143.3

0.27

135.4

135.9

0.17

137.0

137.8

35

Andaman & Nicobar Islands

0.05

145.0

144.7

0.07

134.2

135.1

0.06

139.5

139.8

36

Telangana

3.16

143.1

144.1

4.41

135.4

135.9

3.74

138.9

139.6

99

All India

100.00

139.1

139.8

100.00

134.8

135.4

100.00

137.1

137.8

 

Notes:

  1. Prov. : Provisional.
  2. -- : indicates the receipt of price schedules is less than 80% of allocated schedules and therefore indices are not compiled.

Annexure IV

Major State/UT wise annual inflation rates (%) for May 2018 (Provisional)

(Base: 2012=100)

State/UT Code

Name of the State/UT

Rural

Urban

Combined

May 17 Index
(Final)

May 18

Index
(Prov.)

Inflation Rate
(%)

May 17 Index
(Final)

May 18

Index
(Prov.)

Inflation Rate
(%)

May 17 Index
(Final)

May 18

Index
(Prov.)

Inflation Rate
(%)

(1)

(2)

(3)

(4)

(5)

(6)

(7)

(8)

(9)

(10)

(11)

01

Jammu & Kashmir

139.5

147.7

5.88

128.4

135.9

5.84

135.6

143.5

5.83#

02

Himachal Pradesh

134.8

139.3

3.34

126.4

133.9

5.93

133.3

138.3

3.75

03

Punjab

129.5

136.5

5.41

127.1

130.9

2.99

128.4

134.0

4.36

05

Uttarakhand

127.8

132.1

3.36

121.6

131.1

7.81

125.5

131.7

4.94

06

Haryana

130.8

135.6

3.67

124.9

133.4

6.81

128.0

134.6

5.16

07

Delhi

130.1

131.0

0.69

133.9

137.3

2.54

133.7

137.0

2.47

08

Rajasthan

135.1

138.0

2.15

129.9

136.6

5.16

133.2

137.5

3.23

09

Uttar Pradesh

129.0

134.3

4.11

128.1

136.4

6.48

128.7

135.1

4.97

10

Bihar

133.2

140.4

5.41

123.9

134.3

8.39

131.8

139.5

5.84

18

Assam

128.0

138.7

8.36

128.9

132.8

3.03

128.2

137.5

7.25

19

West Bengal

130.4

142.6

9.36

128.8

137.5

6.75

129.6

140.2

8.18

20

Jharkhand

135.1

143.5

6.22

125.7

132.7

5.57

131.5

139.4

6.01

21

Odisha

136.7

142.7

4.39

127.2

132.5

4.17

134.0

139.8

4.33

22

Chhattisgarh

136.3

140.4

3.01

125.7

135.4

7.72

132.2

138.5

4.77

23

Madhya Pradesh

128.1

133.5

4.22

128.2

134.9

5.23

128.1

134.1

4.68

24

Gujarat

136.3

140.7

3.23

125.8

129.3

2.78

130.4

134.2

2.91

27

Maharashtra

136.2

142.7

4.77

125.8

131.6

4.61

129.3

135.3

4.64

28

Andhra Pradesh

137.5

143.9

4.65

131.8

136.3

3.41

135.4

141.1

4.21

29

Karnataka

136.7

140.1

2.49

137.0

141.1

2.99

136.9

140.6

2.70

32

Kerala

135.4

144.2

6.50

134.8

142.7

5.86

135.2

143.7

6.29

33

Tamil Nadu

133.6

142.2

6.44

133.7

139.7

4.49

133.7

140.7

5.24

36

Telangana

135.7

144.1

6.19

131.9

135.9

3.03

133.6

139.6

4.49

99

All India

133.3

139.8

4.88

129.3

135.4

4.72

131.4

137.8

4.87

 

Notes:

  1. Prov. : Provisional.
  2. # : Less than those of Rural as well as Urban due to rounding.

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