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Government of India

Ministry of Statistics & Programme Implementation

14-January-2013 11:14 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 December 2012 and also final indices for November 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 December 2012 for rural, urban and combined are given in Annex I. The General Indices for rural, urban and combined are 126.8, 124.0 and 125.6 respectively. 

Provisional annual inflation rate based on all India general CPI (Combined) for December 2012 on point to point basis (December 2012 over December 2011) is 10.56% as compared to 9.90% (final) for the previous month of November 2012.

The corresponding provisional inflation rates for rural and urban areas for December 2012 are 10.74% and 10.42% respectively. Inflation rates (final) for rural and urban areas for November 2012 are 9.97% and 9.69% 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 signals elevated annual inflation for combined, driven by food and fuel components, prompting continued monitoring. Consumer Price Index (CPI) numbers on base 2010=100 for December 2012 record provisional general indices of 126.8 for rural, 124.0 for urban and 125.6 combined, with a provisional point to point annual inflation rate of 10.56% for the combined series (rural 10.74%, urban 10.42%). The release provides group and sub group level movements for food, fuel, clothing and miscellaneous categories and publishes State/UT wise provisional indices; price data collection and transmission methods are specified.