The Central Statistics Office (CSO), Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation releases Consumer Price Indices (CPI) on base 2010=100 for all-India and States/UTs separately for rural, urban and combined every month with effect from January, 2011.

Provisional indices for the month of March 2014 and also final indices for February 2014 are being released hereby for all-India and for States/UTs.

All India provisional General (all groups), Group and Sub- group level CPI numbers for March 2014 for rural, urban and combined are given in Annex I. The General Indices for rural, urban and combined are 139.7, 136.0 and 138.1 respectively.

Provisional annual inflation rate based on all India general CPI (Combined) for March 2014 on point to point basis (March 2014 over March 2013) is 8.31% as compared to 8.03% (final) for the previous month of February 2014. The corresponding provisional inflation rates for rural and urban areas for March 2014 are 8.89% and 7.51% respectively. Inflation rates (final) for rural and urban areas for February 2014 are 8.43% and 7.55% respectively. Inflation for specified categories is indicated at Annex II.

State/UT-wise General provisional CPI numbers for rural, urban and combined are at Annex III. State/ UT wise Group level provisional indices are available in the Ministry’s website (www.mospi.gov.in).

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 being maintained by the National Informatics Centre.

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Consumer Price Index reports provisional year on year inflation increase across combined, rural and urban; provisional and final indices released. The release provides monthly Consumer Price Indices (CPI) on base 2010=100 for all India and State/UTs-rural, urban and combined-issuing provisional indices for March and final indices for February, reporting general, group and sub group numbers and provisional year on year inflation rates, and describing price data collection by NSSO Field Operations and the Department of Posts with data transmitted via National Informatics Centre web portals.