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

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.

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)
Indices	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

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	% Change	May 18	Apr.18	% Change	May 18	Apr.18	% Change
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.

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).
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: 12^th 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
Group Code	Sub-group Code	Description	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:

Prov. : Provisional.
- : CPI (Rural) for housing is not compiled.
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
Group Code	Sub-group Code	Description	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:

Prov. : Provisional.
- : 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
State/UT Code	Name of the State/UT	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:

Prov. : Provisional.
-- : 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
State/UT Code	Name of the State/UT	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:

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

Consumer Price Index provisional release shows May 2018 inflation trends and accompanying Consumer Food Price Index figures. Provisional Consumer Price Index (CPI) on base 2012=100 and Consumer Food Price Index (CFPI) for May 2018 are released for Rural, Urban and Combined, providing All India point to point inflation rates, month on month changes, and detailed provisional indices at general, group and sub group levels; annexures include All India item indices and weights, annual inflation rates by item, State/UT provisional CPIs and major State inflation rates, with data collection sources noted and the May 2018 figures marked provisional.

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