Wholesale Price Indices for Primary Articles and Fuel & Power in India (Base: 2004-05 = 100) Review for the week ended 27th August, 2011 (05 Bhadrapada, 1933 Saka) .

8-9-2011

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Ministry of Commerce & Industry

08-September-2011 12:03 IST

Wholesale Price Indices for Primary Articles and Fuel & Power in India (Base: 2004-05 = 100) Review for the week ended 27th August, 2011 (05 Bhadrapada, 1933 Saka)

The WPI for the week ended 27^th August, 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 201.4 (Provisional) from 200.9 (Provisional) for the previous week.

The annual rate of inflation, calculated on point to point basis, stood at 13.34 percent (Provisional) for the week ended 27/08/2011 (over 28/08/2010) as compared to 12.93 percent (Provisional) for the previous week (ended 20/08/2011).

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 195.1 (Provisional) from 195.0 (Provisional) for the previous week due to higher prices of poultry chicken (3%), moong (2%) and masur, urad, gram, bajra, arhar, fruits & vegetables, fish-inland and condiments & spices (1% each). However, the prices of fish-marine and tea (4% each), maize, pork and ragi (2% each) and barley (1%) declined.

The index for 'Non-Food Articles' group rose by 1.1 percent to 183.3 (Provisional) from 181.3 (Provisional) for the previous week due to higher prices of flowers (9%), sunflower (5%), raw rubber (3%), fodder and raw silk (2% each) and gaur seed, groundnut seed and raw cotton (1% each). However, the prices of linseed (1%) declined.

FUEL & POWER (Weight 14.91%)

The index and annual rate of inflation calculated on point to point basis remained unchanged at their previous week’s level of 166.8 (Provisional) and 12.55 percent (Provisional) for the week ended 27/08/2011 (over 28/08/2010).

Build up inflation over the week, financial year end and over the year is given in Annexure-I 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: 15/09/2011 for the week ending 03/09/2011

Annexure-I

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

Week Ending 27^th August, 2011 (Base: 2004-05)
Commodities/Major Groups/Groups/Sub-Groups	Weight	WPI Aug 27, 2011	Latest week over week		Build up from end March		Year on year		52 week Average
Commodities/Major Groups/Groups/Sub-Groups	Weight	WPI Aug 27, 2011	2010-11	2011-12	2010-11	2011-12	2010-11	2011-12	52 week Average
Primary Articles	20.12	201.4	-0.11	0.25	6.66	6.90	15.24	13.34	14.95
Food Articles	14.34	195.1	0.51	0.05	8.33	8.93	14.76	9.55	11.41
Cereals	3.37	178.1	-0.76	0.00	1.87	3.85	7.10	5.45	4.20
Rice	1.79	173.2	-0.24	0.00	1.47	3.84	5.95	4.65	3.78
Wheat	1.12	170.7	-1.09	0.41	0.82	0.06	9.66	-1.04	0.02
Pulses	0.72	196.0	-1.34	1.34	-0.55	3.48	6.24	-1.56	-6.63
Vegetables	1.74	215.1	-1.35	4.32	35.47	50.00	-1.90	22.42	13.30
Potato	0.20	155.1	0.59	0.65	34.25	44.55	-44.73	13.38	-23.57
Onion	0.18	248.7	6.31	-3.83	11.67	47.42	1.04	42.03	39.54
Fruits	2.11	177.3	1.60	-2.58	4.68	-4.83	9.74	16.57	21.69
Milk	3.24	192.7	-0.06	-0.16	3.58	10.75	26.32	9.12	12.29
Egg, Meat & Fish	2.41	211.3	4.01	-0.94	12.57	7.04	29.27	7.26	14.84
Non-Food Articles	4.26	183.3	-1.16	1.10	1.53	-4.38	14.10	19.88	23.72
Fibres	0.88	221.2	0.00	0.68	5.07	-22.93	17.53	38.60	54.90
Oil Seeds	1.78	161.7	-1.15	0.56	1.32	7.16	1.18	17.43	8.87
Minerals	1.52	310.8	-2.40	0.00	5.27	16.58	21.47	27.48	24.00
Fuel & Power	14.91	166.8	0.00	0.00	5.78	5.64	12.61	12.55	11.91
Liquefied Petroleum Gas	0.91	148.6	0.00	0.61	14.99	15.28	15.30	15.28	14.14
Petrol	1.09	172.4	0.00	0.00	8.62	8.70	15.33	23.23	23.12
High Speed Diesel Oil	4.67	167.8	0.00	0.00	6.15	9.24	14.64	9.32	10.56

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 (%)	27-Aug-11	20-Aug-11	13-Aug-11	06-Aug-11	30-July-11	23-July-11
Primary Articles	20.12	13.34	12.93	12.40	11.64	12.22	10.99
Food Articles	14.34	9.55	10.05	9.80	9.03	9.90	8.04
Cereals	3.37	5.45	4.64	5.22	6.23	6.22	5.13
Rice	1.79	4.65	4.40	6.02	5.58	4.23	2.35
Wheat	1.12	-1.04	-2.52	-2.80	0.59	2.57	2.03
Pulses	0.72	-1.56	-4.16	-5.56	-5.63	-5.95	-7.01
Vegetables	1.74	22.42	15.78	6.52	2.59	14.61	10.20
Potato	0.20	13.38	13.31	16.39	7.22	10.85	7.85
Onion	0.18	42.03	57.01	44.42	37.62	36.62	26.36
Fruits	2.11	16.57	21.58	27.01	26.46	16.49	15.97
Milk	3.24	9.12	9.22	9.51	9.76	10.38	10.26
Egg, Meat & Fish	2.41	7.26	12.62	13.37	9.93	13.44	6.66
Non-Food Articles	4.26	19.88	17.19	17.80	16.07	15.05	15.60
Fibres	0.88	38.60	37.66	37.18	34.32	26.28	26.12
Oil Seeds	1.78	17.43	15.43	15.91	16.47	16.45	16.75
Minerals	1.52	27.48	24.42	20.69	21.25	23.12	23.12
Fuel & Power	14.91	12.55	12.55	13.13	13.13	12.19	12.12
Liquefied Petroleum Gas	0.92	15.28	14.58	14.58	14.58	14.58	14.58
Petrol	1.09	23.23	23.23	23.23	23.23	23.23	23.23
High Speed Diesel Oil	4.67	9.32	9.32	9.32	9.32	9.32	9.32