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Government of India

Ministry of Statistics & Programme Implementation

12-December-2012 11:08 IST

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 November 2012 and also final indices for October 2012 are being released with this note for all-India and for States/UTs.

All India provisional General (all groups), Group and Sub- Group level CPI numbers of November 2012 for rural, urban and combined are given in Annex I. The General Indices for rural, urban and combined are 126.9, 123.4 and 125.4 respectively. 

Provisional annual inflation rate based on all India general CPI (Combined) for November 2012 on point to point basis (November 2012 over November 2011) is 9.90% as compared to 9.75% (final) for the previous month of October 2012. The corresponding provisional inflation rates for rural and urban areas for November 2012 are 9.97% and 9.69% respectively. Inflation rates (final) for rural and urban areas for October 2012 are 9.90% and 9.46% 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 release: November 2012 provisional CPI and point to point inflation rates for rural, urban and combined areas. Provisional Consumer Price Indices (CPI) on base 2010=100 are released for November 2012 with final October 2012 indices; All India general indices are 126.9 (rural), 123.4 (urban) and 125.4 (combined). Provisional point to point annual inflation rates are 9.90% (combined), 9.97% (rural) and 9.69% (urban). Detailed group and sub group indices and State/UT wise provisional general indices are provided in annexures; price data are collected by NSSO (selected towns) and Department of Posts (selected villages) and transmitted via NIC web portals.