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Press Information Bureau
Government of India
Ministry of Commerce & Industry
07-July-2011 11:52 IST
Wholesale Price Indices for Primary Articles and Fuel & Power in India (Base: 2004-05 = 100) Review for the week ended 25th June, 2011 (04 Asadha, 1933 Saka)
The WPI for the week ended 25th June, 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 197.8 (Provisional) from 197.4 (Provisional) for the previous week.
The annual rate of inflation, calculated on point to point basis, stood at 11.56 percent (Provisional) for the week ended 25/06/2011 (over 26/06/2010) as compared to 11.84 percent (Provisional) for the previous week (ended 18/06/2011).
The groups and items for which the index showed variations during the week are as follows:-
The index for 'Food Articles' group rose by 0.5 percent to 190.8 (Provisional) from 189.8 (Provisional) for the previous week due to higher prices of coffee (21%), mutton (6%), gram and fruits & vegetables (2% each) and jowar and masur (1% each). However, the prices of ragi (3%), tea (2%) and fish-marine, moong, condiments & spices, bajra, egg, urad and barley (1% each) declined.
The index for 'Non-Food Articles' group declined by 0.4 percent to 179.6 (Provisional) from 180.4 (Provisional) for the previous week due to lower prices of raw jute (12%), flowers (8%) and raw rubber (3%). However, the prices of linseed (17%), safflower (6%), gingelly seed (4%), raw silk (3%), fodder (2%) and gaur seed, sunflower and soyabean (1%each) moved up.
The index for 'Minerals' group declined by 0.4 percent to 314.7 (Provisional) from 316.0 (Provisional) for the previous week due to lower prices of crude petroleum (1%).
FUEL & POWER (Weight 14.91%)
The index for this major group rose by 3.8 percent to 166.3 (Provisional) from 160.2 (Provisional) for the previous week due to higher prices of kerosene (18%), lpg (15%) and high speed diesel (9%). However, the prices of bitumen and furnace oil (4% each) and naphtha (3%) declined.
The annual rate of inflation, calculated on point to point basis, stood at 12.67 percent (Provisional) for the week ended 25/06/2011 (over 26/06/2010) as compared to 12.98 percent (Provisional) for the previous week (ended 18/06/2011).
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: 14/07/2011 for the week ending 02/07/2011
Annexure-I
Wholesale Price Index and Rates of Inflation [Base Year: 2004-05]
Week Ending 25th June, 2011 (Base: 2004-05) | |||||||||
Commodities/Major Groups/Groups/Sub-Groups | Weight | WPI June25, 2011 | Latest week over week | Build up from end March | Year on year | 52 week Average
| |||
2010-11 | 2011-12 | 2010-11 | 2011-12 | 2010-11 | 2011-12 | ||||
Primary Articles | 20.12 | 197.8 | 0.45 | 0.20 | 6.42 | 4.99 | 19.23 | 11.56 | 15.88 |
Food Articles | 14.34 | 190.8 | 0.68 | 0.53 | 7.85 | 6.53 | 19.88 | 7.61 | 12.80 |
Cereals | 3.37 | 173.7 | 0.30 | -0.17 | 0.48 | 1.28 | 7.62 | 4.26 | 4.60 |
Rice | 1.79 | 167.0 | 0.37 | -0.12 | 0.86 | 0.12 | 8.37 | 1.52 | 4.40 |
Wheat | 1.12 | 169.2 | -0.35 | -0.18 | -1.52 | -0.82 | 6.11 | 0.42 | 1.30 |
Pulses | 0.72 | 187.8 | 0.05 | 0.59 | 3.10 | -0.84 | 20.77 | -9.01 | -3.99 |
Vegetables | 1.74 | 168.2 | 2.62 | 4.15 | 42.10 | 17.29 | 10.96 | -8.74 | 10.45 |
Potato | 0.20 | 123.9 | 0.96 | 1.23 | 24.24 | 15.47 | -41.58 | -2.13 | -31.97 |
Onion | 0.18 | 184.4 | -0.20 | 4.24 | -3.00 | 9.31 | -8.92 | 21.24 | 33.74 |
Fruits | 2.11 | 205.0 | 1.58 | -0.05 | 14.93 | 10.04 | 26.42 | 22.75 | 23.51 |
Milk | 3.24 | 192.7 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.82 | 10.75 | 24.12 | 12.10 | 15.00 |
Egg, Meat & Fish | 2.41 | 203.4 | 0.33 | 0.15 | 5.54 | 3.04 | 35.41 | 10.12 | 17.93 |
Non-Food Articles | 4.26 | 179.6 | -0.26 | -0.44 | 1.33 | -6.31 | 15.17 | 17.69 | 23.82 |
Fibres | 0.88 | 217.7 | 0.38 | -0.73 | 3.82 | -24.15 | 18.04 | 38.05 | 52.82 |
Oil Seeds | 1.78 | 157.4 | 0.00 | 0.51 | 1.32 | 4.31 | 1.47 | 14.31 | 6.70 |
Minerals | 1.52 | 314.7 | 0.08 | -0.41 | 6.26 | 18.04 | 22.01 | 27.87 | 23.25 |
Fuel & Power | 14.91 | 166.3 | 4.09 | 3.81 | 5.35 | 5.32 | 17.14 | 12.67 | 11.98 |
Liquefied Petroleum Gas | 0.91 | 147.7 | 11.31 | 14.58 | 14.99 | 14.58 | 15.50 | 14.58 | 14.24 |
Petrol | 1.09 | 172.4 | 8.11 | 0.00 | 8.62 | 8.70 | 26.84 | 23.23 | 21.79 |
High Speed Diesel Oil | 4.67 | 167.7 | 5.57 | 9.18 | 6.15 | 9.18 | 22.12 | 9.25 | 11.48 |
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 | |||||
25-June-11 | 18-June-11 | 11-June-11 | 04-June-11 | 28-May-11 | 21-May-11 | ||
Primary Articles | 20.12 | 11.56 | 11.84 | 12.62 | 12.86 | 11.52 | 10.87 |
Food Articles | 14.34 | 7.61 | 7.78 | 9.13 | 8.96 | 9.01 | 8.06 |
Cereals | 3.37 | 4.26 | 4.76 | 4.32 | 5.25 | 5.77 | 4.78 |
Rice | 1.79 | 1.52 | 2.01 | 1.82 | 2.32 | 2.69 | 2.51 |
Wheat | 1.12 | 0.42 | 0.24 | -1.00 | 0.18 | 0.90 | -0.77 |
Pulses | 0.72 | -9.01 | -9.50 | -10.34 | -10.12 | -9.49 | -9.22 |
Vegetables | 1.74 | -8.74 | -10.08 | -9.27 | -1.39 | -0.20 | -1.06 |
Potato | 0.20 | -2.13 | -2.39 | 0.71 | 1.14 | -2.87 | -2.15 |
Onion | 0.18 | 21.24 | 16.08 | 11.89 | 12.17 | 14.02 | 12.32 |
Fruits | 2.11 | 22.75 | 24.76 | 28.66 | 29.92 | 30.78 | 30.51 |
Milk | 3.24 | 12.10 | 12.10 | 15.30 | 10.59 | 8.49 | 7.04 |
Egg, Meat & Fish | 2.41 | 10.12 | 10.32 | 10.56 | 7.31 | 6.99 | 5.50 |
Non-Food Articles | 4.26 | 17.69 | 17.91 | 18.43 | 20.20 | 20.97 | 21.31 |
Fibres | 0.88 | 38.05 | 39.59 | 43.77 | 53.54 | 56.56 | 55.82 |
Oil Seeds | 1.78 | 14.31 | 13.73 | 12.91 | 11.94 | 13.46 | 13.23 |
Minerals | 1.52 | 27.87 | 28.51 | 25.90 | 25.90 | 12.11 | 11.78 |
Fuel & Power | 14.91 | 12.67 | 12.98 | 12.84 | 12.84 | 12.46 | 12.54 |
Liquefied Petroleum Gas | 0.92 | 14.58 | 11.31 | 11.31 | 11.31 | 11.31 | 11.31 |
Petrol | 1.09 | 23.23 | 33.23 | 33.23 | 33.23 | 33.23 | 32.41 |
High Speed Diesel Oil | 4.67 | 9.25 | 5.64 | 5.64 | 5.64 | 5.64 | 5.49 |
MA/GK
Wholesale Price Index shows sharp fuel increase and modest primary articles rise, signalling continued consumer price inflationary pressure. The Wholesale Price Index for the week ended 25 June 2011 shows a small weekly rise in Primary Articles, led by food items, and a substantial weekly increase in Fuel & Power driven by higher kerosene, LPG and diesel prices; annexures provide build up, 52 week averages and six week trends showing persistent inflationary pressures in selected commodities. of Press 'Enter' after typing page number.
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