August 01, 2013
Kalaivaraikalai
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According to a press release issued
yesterday by the Labour Bureau, Ministry of Labour & Employment the
All-India CPI-IW for June, 2013 rose by 3 points and pegged at 231
(two hundred and thirty one). On 1-month percentage change, it
increased by 1.32 per cent between May and June compared with 0.97 per
cent between the same two months a year ago.
The largest upward pressure to the
change in current index came from Food group contributing 2.98
percentage points to the total change. At item level, Rice, Fish Fresh,
Eggs (Hen), Poultry (Chicken), Milk, Onion, Ginger, Chillies Green,
Potato, Tomato & other Vegetables, Tea Leaf, Tea (Readymade), Bidi,
Cigarette, Electricity Charges, Doctor’s fee, Medicine (Allopathic),
Petrol, etc. are responsible for the rise in index. However, this was
compensated by Wheat, Groundnut Oil and Mustard Oil putting downward
pressure on the index.
The year-on-year inflation measured by
monthly CPI-IW stood at 11.06 per cent for June, 2013 as compared to
10.68 per cent for the previous month and 10.05 per cent during the
corresponding month of the previous year. Similarly, the Food inflation
stood at 14.86 per cent against 13.24 per cent of the previous month and
10.45 per cent during the corresponding month of the previous year.
At centre level, Pune, Bhilai and Guntur
recorded the highest increase of 8 points each followed by Jalpaiguri,
Asansol, Mumbai, Bokaro, Siliguri and Kanpur (7 points each) and
Warrangal and Vijaywada (6 points each). Among others, 5 points rise was
registered in 9 centres, 4 points in 8 centres, 3 points in 12 centres,
2 points in 15 centres, and 1 point in 14 centres. On the contrary, a
decline of 1 point each was recorded in Amritsar and Coimbatore centres.
Rest of the 7 centres’ indices remained stationary.
The indices of 39 centres are above
All-India Index and other 38 centres’ indices are below national
average. The index of Bhilwara centre remained at par with all-India
index.
| Dec-12 | 219 | 80.83 |
| Jan-13 | 221 | 82.49 |
| Feb-13 | 223 | 84.22 |
| Mar-13 | 224 | 85.87 |
| Apr-13 | 226 | 87.38 |
| May-13 | 228 | 88.97 |
| Jun-13 | 231 | 90.62 |
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