CONSUMER PRICE INDEX FOR URBAN NON-MANUAL EMPLOYEES FOR MARCH,
2002; BASE 1984-85=100
The All India
Consumer Price Index for Urban Non-Manual Employees (CPI(UNME)),
on base 1984-85=100, for the month of March, 2002 has been released
by the Central Statistical Organisation (CSO), Ministry of Statistics
& Programme Implementation; together with the indices for
59 selected urban centres in India. The All India CPI (UNME) for
March 2002 is 395, which is 3 points more than the index for the
month of February, 2002. At the major group level, the index for
March, 2002 in comparison to the index for February, 2002 is mainly
due to increase in the index for ‘fuel & light’. The index
for the major group "Fuel & Light", has increased by 5.15%
in March 2002 over the last month. At the sub-group level, the
index for "Vegetables" has increased by 3.78% followed by "fruits
" which increased by 3.70%. However, the index for "Condiments
& Spices" decreased by 3.37%. With the corresponding All India
index for March, 2001 being 377, the index for the month of March,
2002 has shown a rise of 4.8 percent over a year.
The average index
for the period April 2001 to March, 2002 works out to 390, which
is higher by 5.1% over the average index of 371 for the corresponding
period of the previous year. Statement-1 gives the CPI
(UNME) for All-India, and 59 selected urban centres in the country,
for March, 2002; together with the indices for the preceding five
months. The CPI (UNME) for March, 2002 in respect of four metropolitan
cities of India, together with the corresponding indices for the
previous month and also for March, 2001 are given below:-
|
City |
March 2001 |
February, 2002 |
March 2002 |
|
Kolkata |
346 |
352 |
354 |
|
Chennai |
431 |
472 |
474 |
|
Delhi |
386 |
399 |
400 |
|
Mumbai |
385 |
396 |
403 |
Statement-2
gives a comparison
of CPI (UNME) for March, 2002 in respect of 59 selected urban
centres, with the indices for the corresponding month of last
year, namely March, 2001. Percentage change in the index is shown
in the last column. From the statement, it may be noted that the
variation in the index for various centres ranges from – 3.4 to
10 percent; with the largest increase being in the case of Chennai
and the decrease in the case of Srinagar. The increases has less
than 0 for 1 centre, 0.1 to 2.0 percent for 1 centre, 2.1 to 4.0
percent for 22 centres, 4.1 to 6.0 percent for 22 centres, 6.1
to 8.0 percent for 9 centres and 8.1 to 10.0 percent for 4 centres.
As many as 31 centres have lower annual percentage increase as
compared to that of the All India figure of 4.8 percent and 25
centres have higher percentage increase as compared to the All-India
figure whereas 3 centres have the same percentage increased as
that the All-India figure.
Statement – 1
CONSUMER PRICE INDEX
NUMBER FOR URBAN NON-MANUAL EMPLOYEES
Base 1984-85 = 100
|
Sl. No. |
Centre |
2001 |
2002 |
|
Oct |
Nov |
Dec |
Jan |
Feb |
March |
|
1. |
Hyderabad |
414 |
413 |
411 |
412 |
411 |
413 |
|
2. |
Kurnool |
409 |
411 |
408 |
413 |
411 |
407 |
|
3. |
Vijayawada |
430 |
434 |
431 |
434 |
433 |
436 |
|
4. |
Visakhapatnam |
403 |
406 |
406 |
404 |
402 |
404 |
|
5. |
Warangal |
423 |
426 |
427 |
424 |
420 |
418 |
|
6. |
Guwahati |
395 |
394 |
397 |
397 |
395 |
395 |
|
7. |
Patna |
370 |
370 |
369 |
361 |
355 |
353 |
|
8. |
Muzaffarpur |
379 |
388 |
383 |
379 |
377 |
374 |
|
9. |
Ranchi |
366 |
367 |
368 |
363 |
360 |
360 |
|
10. |
Ahmedabad |
351 |
352 |
352 |
348 |
348 |
350 |
|
11. |
Bhavnagar |
393 |
396 |
394 |
391 |
390 |
393 |
|
12. |
Rajkot |
358 |
359 |
356 |
356 |
356 |
356 |
|
13. |
Surat |
352 |
352 |
347 |
344 |
342 |
348 |
|
14. |
Rohtak |
438 |
431 |
427 |
424 |
426 |
428 |
|
15. |
Shimla |
397 |
398 |
395 |
391 |
394 |
397 |
|
16. |
Srinagar |
395 |
398 |
397 |
397 |
397 |
396 |
|
17. |
Jammu |
398 |
398 |
392 |
390 |
391 |
395 |
|
18. |
Bangalore |
413 |
416 |
415 |
415 |
416 |
416 |
|
19. |
Gulbarga |
382 |
385 |
386 |
386 |
389 |
389 |
|
20. |
Hubli |
399 |
402 |
403 |
400 |
400 |
398 |
|
21. |
Mangalore |
384 |
387 |
387 |
389 |
389 |
391 |
|
22. |
Trivandrum |
384 |
386 |
386 |
391 |
392 |
393 |
|
23. |
Calicut |
371 |
374 |
374 |
375 |
376 |
377 |
|
24. |
Bhopal |
374 |
377 |
375 |
377 |
380 |
382 |
|
25. |
Gwalior |
414 |
421 |
417 |
416 |
415 |
420 |
|
26. |
Indore |
387 |
389 |
386 |
386 |
386 |
392 |
|
27. |
Jabalpur |
362 |
365 |
362 |
361 |
359 |
360 |
|
28. |
Mumbai |
396 |
397 |
396 |
397 |
396 |
403 |
|
29. |
Aurangabad |
423 |
423 |
425 |
430 |
428 |
427 |
|
30. |
Nagpur |
379 |
379 |
376 |
375 |
372 |
375 |
|
31. |
Pune |
407 |
406 |
404 |
405 |
404 |
405 |
|
32. |
Solarpur |
371 |
374 |
373 |
371 |
370 |
369 |
|
33. |
Imphal |
383 |
383 |
379 |
372 |
367 |
368 |
|
34. |
Shillong |
407 |
408 |
410 |
410 |
410 |
409 |
|
35. |
Kohima |
430 |
433 |
433 |
437 |
440 |
441 |
|
36. |
Cuttack |
384 |
390 |
385 |
377 |
373 |
376 |
|
37. |
Sambalpur |
342 |
343 |
342 |
340 |
339 |
339 |
|
38. |
Amritsar |
333 |
335 |
330 |
329 |
330 |
332 |
|
39. |
Jaipur |
390 |
390 |
391 |
390 |
390 |
391 |
|
40. |
Ajmer |
419 |
423 |
420 |
423 |
423 |
426 |
|
41. |
Jodhpur |
383 |
380 |
380 |
378 |
376 |
385 |
|
42. |
Gangtok |
431 |
436 |
433 |
440 |
436 |
435 |
|
43. |
Chennai |
458 |
462 |
466 |
471 |
472 |
474 |
|
44. |
Coimbatore |
452 |
455 |
462 |
460 |
460 |
460 |
|
45. |
Madurai |
439 |
448 |
448 |
447 |
448 |
448 |
|
46. |
Salem |
428 |
434 |
434 |
434 |
433 |
437 |
|
47. |
Tiruchirapalli |
411 |
418 |
421 |
426 |
429 |
429 |
|
48. |
Agartala |
432 |
444 |
441 |
440 |
441 |
448 |
|
49. |
Lucknow |
369 |
373 |
366 |
365 |
362 |
367 |
|
50. |
Agra |
389 |
389 |
384 |
385 |
382 |
389 |
|
51. |
Allahabad |
415 |
415 |
410 |
411 |
414 |
418 |
|
52. |
Kanpur |
363 |
365 |
360 |
357 |
358 |
359 |
|
53. |
Meerut |
347 |
347 |
345 |
354 |
355 |
359 |
|
54. |
Kolkata |
358 |
359 |
356 |
352 |
352 |
354 |
|
55. |
Asansol |
402 |
403 |
401 |
396 |
398 |
400 |
|
56. |
Kharagpur |
383 |
382 |
382 |
374 |
374 |
379 |
|
57. |
Siliguri |
420 |
424 |
420 |
421 |
418 |
420 |
|
58. |
Chandigarh |
465 |
465 |
463 |
466 |
469 |
468 |
|
59. |
Delhi |
402 |
405 |
402 |
399 |
399 |
400 |
| |
All India |
393 |
395 |
394 |
393 |
392 |
395 |
Notes:-
- The index measures the average
change in Consumer Prices over a period of time at each centre
and as such this cannot be used for comparison of costliness
among different centres.
- All-India CPI (UNME) on base
1984-85=100 may be converted to old base 1960=100 by multiplying
it with the linking factor 5.32.
Statement – 2
CONSUMER PRICE INDEX
NUMBER FOR URBAN NON-MANUAL EMPLOYEES
Base 1984-85 = 100
|
Sl. No. |
Centre |
March 2001 |
March 2002 |
Percent change |
|
1. |
Hyderabad |
390 |
413 |
5.9 |
|
2. |
Kurnool |
386 |
407 |
5.4 |
|
3. |
Vijayawada |
403 |
436 |
8.2 |
|
4. |
Visakhapatnam |
382 |
404 |
5.8 |
|
5. |
Warangal |
399 |
418 |
4.8 |
|
6. |
Guwahati |
382 |
395 |
3.4 |
|
7. |
Patna |
344 |
353 |
2.6 |
|
8. |
Muzaffarpur |
357 |
374 |
4.8 |
|
9. |
Ranchi |
355 |
360 |
1.4 |
|
10. |
Ahmedabad |
341 |
350 |
2.6 |
|
11. |
Bhavnagar |
377 |
393 |
4.2 |
|
12. |
Rajkot |
344 |
356 |
3.5 |
|
13. |
Surat |
338 |
348 |
3.0 |
|
14. |
Rohtak |
419 |
428 |
2.1 |
|
15. |
Shimla |
383 |
397 |
3.7 |
|
16. |
Srinagar |
410 |
396 |
-3.4 |
|
17. |
Jammu |
380 |
395 |
3.9 |
|
18. |
Bangalore |
397 |
416 |
4.8 |
|
19. |
Gulbarga |
356 |
389 |
9.3 |
|
20. |
Hubli |
384 |
498 |
3.6 |
|
21. |
Mangalore |
371 |
391 |
5.4 |
|
22. |
Trivandrum |
369 |
393 |
6.5 |
|
23. |
Calicut |
369 |
377 |
2.2 |
|
24. |
Bhopal |
367 |
382 |
4.1 |
|
25. |
Gwalior |
403 |
420 |
4.2 |
|
26. |
Indore |
370 |
392 |
5.9 |
|
27. |
Jabalpur |
344 |
360 |
4.7 |
|
28. |
Mumbai |
385 |
403 |
4.7 |
|
29. |
Aurangabad |
401 |
427 |
6.5 |
|
30. |
Nagpur |
365 |
375 |
2.7 |
|
31. |
Pune |
393 |
405 |
2.8 |
|
32. |
Solarpur |
357 |
369 |
3.4 |
|
33. |
Imphal |
360 |
368 |
2.2 |
|
34. |
Shillong |
394 |
409 |
3.8 |
|
35. |
Kohima |
415 |
441 |
6.3 |
|
36. |
Cuttack |
366 |
376 |
2.7 |
|
37. |
Sambalpur |
324 |
339 |
4.6 |
|
38. |
Amritsar |
324 |
332 |
2.5 |
|
39. |
Jaipur |
382 |
391 |
2.4 |
|
40. |
Ajmer |
404 |
426 |
5.4 |
|
41. |
Jodhpur |
366 |
385 |
5.2 |
|
42. |
Gangtok |
408 |
435 |
6.6 |
|
43. |
Chennai |
431 |
474 |
10.0 |
|
44. |
Coimbatore |
442 |
460 |
4.1 |
|
45. |
Madurai |
427 |
448 |
4.9 |
|
46. |
Salem |
416 |
437 |
5.0 |
|
47. |
Tiruchirapalli |
398 |
429 |
7.8 |
|
48. |
Agartala |
419 |
448 |
6.9 |
|
49. |
Lucknow |
346 |
367 |
6.1 |
|
50. |
Agra |
362 |
389 |
7.5 |
|
51. |
Allahabad |
390 |
418 |
7.2 |
|
52. |
Kanpur |
342 |
359 |
5 |
|
53. |
Meerut |
331 |
359 |
8.5 |
|
54. |
Kolkata |
346 |
354 |
2.3 |
|
55. |
Asansol |
379 |
400 |
5.5 |
|
56. |
Kharagpur |
360 |
379 |
5.3 |
|
57. |
Siliguri |
408 |
420 |
2.9 |
|
58. |
Chandigarh |
454 |
468 |
3.1 |
|
59. |
Delhi |
386 |
400 |
3.6 |
| |
All India |
377 |
395 |
4.8 |
