AICPIN for the month of October 2012
Consumer Price Index Numbers for Industrial Workers (CPI-IW) October 2012
The
All-India CPI-IW for October, 2012 rose by 2 points and pegged at 217
(two hundred and seventeen). On 1-month percentage change, it increased
by 0.93 per cent between September and October compared with 0.51 per
cent between the same two months a year ago.
The
largest upward contribution to the change in current index came from
food items which increased by 0.43 per cent, contributing 0.45
percentage points to the total change. At item level, largest upward
pressure came from Rice, Wheat & Wheat Atta, Milk, Tea (readymade),
Snack Saltish, Snack Sweet, Onion, etc. The other items like Cooking
Gas, Electricity Charges, Fire wood, Medicine (Allopathic), Doctors’
Fee, Bus Fare, Cinema Charges, etc. also put upward pressure in total
change.
Jun-12 208 72.41
Jul-12 | 212 | 73.78 |
Aug-12 | 214 | 75.22 |
Sep-12 | 215 | 76.51 |
Oct-12 | 217 | 77.88 |
The largest downward
contribution to the change in current index came from Oils and Fats with
a decline of 1.08 per cent, contributing (-) 0.10 percentage points to
the total change. The main downward pressure came from Groundnut Oil,
Coconut Oil, Vanaspati Ghee and Palm Oil.
The
year-on-year inflation measured by monthly CPI-IW stood at 9.60 per
cent for October, 2012 as compared to 9.14 per cent for the previous
month and 9.39 per cent during the corresponding month of the previous
year. Similarly, the Food inflation stood at 9.91 per cent against 11.00
per cent of the previous month and 8.72 per cent during the
corresponding month of the previous year.
At
centre level, Monger Jamalpur and Siliguri recorded the largest
increase of 6 points each followed by Labac Silchar, Guntur, Salem,
Jharia, Coimbatore, Sholapur, Jalpaiguri, Kodarma, Mariani Jorhat,
Bengluru and Tripura (4 points each). Among others, 3 points rise was
registered in 7 centres followed by 2 points in 21 centres and 1 point
in 11 centres. Hubli Dharwar centre reported a decline of 4 points
followed by Goa with 3 points, Chennai and Varanasi with 2 points each
and other 6 centres registered a fall of 1 point. Rest of the 16
centres’ indices remained stationary.
The
indices of 38 centres are above All-India Index and other 39 centres’
indices are below national average. Bokaro’s index remained at par with
all-India index.
The next index of CPI-IW for the month of November, 2012 will be released on Monday, December 31, 2012.
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