The All India Consumer
Price Index Number for Industrial Workers (CPI-IW) on base 1982=100
for the month of November 2002 has increased by 2 points to stand
at 489 (four hundred & eighty nine). The increase in index
is mainly due to rise in prices of Rice, Groundnut Oil, Mustard
Oil, Onion, Kerosene Oil etc. All India Consumer Price Index Number
for November, 2001 had increased by 4 points.
During the month
Tiruchirapally centre has experienced the maximum increase of
13 points which is mainly on account of rise in prices of Rice,
Groundnut Oil, Onion, Vegetables & Fruits, Flower Garlands
etc. Whereas, Durgapur centre has experienced the maximum decrease
of 8 points. The decrease in index is due to decline in prices
of Cereals, Moong Dal, Fish Fresh, Vegetables & Fruits, Clothing
Items etc. However, the index remained stationary in 8 centres
viz. Guwahati, Mariani-Jorhat, Hyderabad. Ranchi-Hatia, Varanasi,
Bhavnagar, Mundakayam and Srinagar.
The index in
respect of six main centres during November, 2002 stands at the
following level:-
|
Ahmedabad
|
483
|
|
Bangalore
|
460
|
|
Kolkata
|
544
|
|
Chennai
|
528
|
|
Delhi
|
561
|
|
Mumbai
|
565
|
The
point to point rate of inflation, based on the CPI-IW has decreased
from 4.06% in October, 2002 to 3.60% in November, 2002. In November,
2001 it was 4.89%.
The Rise/Fall
in index varies from centre to centre. In 40 centres increase
in index was noticed between 1 to 13 points, in 8 centres it remained
constant and in 22 centres it recorded a decrease of 1 to 8 points
when compared to the previous month.
