The WPI for the week ended 29^th January, 2011 in respect of ‘Primary Articles’ and ‘Fuel & Power’ is given below:

PRIMARY ARTICLES (Weight 20.12%) 

The index for this major group declined by 1.4 percent to 191.8 (Provisional) from 194.6 (Provisional) for the previous week.

The annual rate of inflation, calculated on point to point basis, stood at 16.24 percent (Provisional) for the week ended 29/01/2011 (over 30/01/2010) as compared to 18.44 percent (Provisional) for the previous week (ended 22/01/2011). 

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

The index for ‘Food Articles’ group declined by 2.8 percent to 186.9 (Provisional) from 192.2  (Provisional) for the previous week due to lower prices of fruits & vegetables (11%), moong (4%), condiments & spices (3%) and jowar and masur (1% each).  However, the prices of fish-marine (7%),      arhar (4%) and barley and gram (3% each) moved up.

The index for ‘Non-Food Articles’  group rose by 2.5 percent to 183.5 (Provisional) from 179.0  (Provisional) for the previous week due to higher prices of sunflower (21%), castor seed (14%), raw cotton (10%), fodder (3%) and copra, coir fibre, linseed and rape & mustard seed (1% each).  However, the prices of niger seed (7%), flowers (4%), raw silk (3%) and mesta (2%) declined.

 

FUEL & POWER (Weight 14.91%)

The index for this major group remained unchanged at its previous week's level of 151.9 (Provisional).

The annual rate of inflation, calculated on point to point basis, has also remained unchanged at its previous week’s level of 11.61 percent (Provisional) for the week ended 29/01/2011 (over 30/01/2010).

Build up inflation over the week, financial year end and over the year is given below for some important items.

Next date of press release: 17/02/2011 for the week ending 05/02/2011

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

Week Ending 29th January, 2011 (Base: 2004-05)
Commodities/Major Groups/Groups/Sub-Groups	Weight	WPI Jan. 29, 2011	Latest week over week		Build up from end March		Year on year		52 week Average
			2009-10	2010-11	2009-10	2010-11	2009-10	2010-11
Primary Articles	20.12	191.8	0.43	-1.44	21.23	15.13	21.86	16.24	18.67
Food Articles	14.34	186.9	0.67	-2.76	21.81	13.69	22.08	13.07	17.19
Cereals	3.37	172.7	-0.06	0.06	13.15	4.16	14.21	1.35	6.25
Rice	1.79	169.3	0.30	-0.06	9.77	3.80	11.40	2.48	6.55
Wheat	1.12	174.9	-0.44	0.34	20.05	2.22	19.82	-3.58	5.28
Pulses	0.72	194.8	-1.66	1.09	34.26	-2.70	32.75	-8.63	7.75
Vegetables	1.74	224.3	2.17	-16.71	33.05	72.94	19.54	44.34	12.83
Potatoes	0.20	124.3	-3.60	-17.30	21.57	21.98	58.05	-8.87	-33.75
Onions	0.18	476.8	1.60	-21.23	42.88	204.08	6.38	78.64	20.14
Fruits	2.11	159.4	2.41	-2.03	16.84	9.70	13.53	10.46	19.34
Milk	3.24	176.2	0.00	0.23	17.85	3.34	26.75	11.66	23.13
Egg, Meat & Fish	2.41	195.6	0.60	2.35	31.57	11.77	31.68	17.06	29.17
Non-Food Articles	4.26	183.5	-0.21	2.51	13.42	21.85	12.97	28.50	19.58
Fibres	0.88	238.4	-1.07	8.02	16.76	56.95	9.76	60.65	27.93
Oil Seeds	1.78	144.8	1.73	1.83	9.90	6.55	10.07	2.70	4.20
Minerals	1.52	261.3	-0.04	0.00	33.29	12.82	39.70	16.76	27.79
Fuel & Power	14.91	151.9	0.00	0.00	10.56	8.42	9.76	11.61	12.21
Liquefied Petroleum Gas	0.91	128.9	0.00	0.00	0.45	14.99	0.45	14.99	10.31
Petrol	1.09	158.6	0.00	0.00	9.97	23.14	9.97	30.75	17.99
High Speed Diesel Oil	4.67	153.6	0.00	0.00	6.52	6.22	6.78	14.71	14.66

 

Wholesale inflation: primary articles fell while fuel and power index remained steady, showing mixed price movements across commodities. Wholesale Price Index data show Primary Articles (weight 20.12%) declined week on week, driven by lower Food Articles prices despite rises in Non Food Articles; Fuel & Power (weight 14.91%) remained unchanged week on week with stable point to point annual inflation. The release provides weekly percentage changes and build up inflation from the financial year end and year on year comparisons for key items including cereals, pulses, vegetables, fibres and fuels.