CONSUMER PRICE INDEX FOR URBAN NON-MANUAL EMPLOYEES
FOR JULY, 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 July, 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 July 2002 is 406, which is 4 points
more than the index for the month of June 2002. At the major group
level, the index for "Housing" has increased by 2.53%
in July 2002 over the last month. At the sub-group level, the
index for "Vegetables" has increased by 5.24% followed by "Fruits"
the index of which has increased by 3.05%; however, the index
for "Sugar, Honey etc" has decreased by 1.01%. With
the corresponding All India index for July, 2001 being 391, the
index for the month of July, 2002 has shown a rise of 3.8 percent
over a year.
The average index for the period
April, 2002 to July, 2002 works out to 401, which is higher by
4.2% over the average index of 385 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 July, 2002;
together with the indices for the preceding five months. The CPI
(UNME) for July, 2002 in respect of four metropolitan cities of
India, together with the corresponding indices for the previous
month and also for July, 2001 are given below:-
|
City
|
July, 2001
|
June, 2002
|
July, 2002
|
|
Kolkata
|
360
|
363
|
366
|
|
Chennai
|
453
|
482
|
487
|
|
Delhi
|
399
|
405
|
411
|
|
Mumbai
|
396
|
406
|
408
|
Statement-2 gives
a comparison of CPI (UNME) for June, 2002 in respect of 59 selected
urban centres, with the indices for the corresponding month of
last year, namely July, 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
– 3.1.to 8.6 percent; with the largest increase being in the case
of Vijayawada and the decrease in the case of Srinagar. The increases
are less than 0 for 1 centre, 0.1 to 2.0 percent for 6 centres,
2.1 to 4.0 percent for 30 centres, 4.1 to 6.0 percent for 15 centres,
6.1 to 8.0 percent for 5 centres and 8.1 to 10.0 percent for 2
centres. As many as 33centres have lower annual percentage increase
as compared to that of the All India figure of 3.8 percent and
25 centres have higher percentage increase as compared to the
All-India figure whereas 1 centre has the same percentage increased
as that of All-India figure.
Statement – 1
CONSUMER PRICE INDEX NUMBER FOR URBAN
NON-MANUAL EMPLOYEES
Base 1984-85 = 100
|
Sl. No.
|
Centre
|
2002
|
|
Feb
|
Mar
|
Apr
|
May
|
June
|
Jul
|
|
1.
|
Hyderabad
|
411
|
413
|
417
|
420
|
425
|
427
|
|
2.
|
Kurnool
|
411
|
407
|
408
|
409
|
410
|
412
|
|
3.
|
Vijayawada
|
433
|
436
|
438
|
442
|
447
|
454
|
|
4.
|
Visakhapatnam
|
402
|
404
|
406
|
408
|
412
|
416
|
|
5.
|
Warangal
|
420
|
418
|
417
|
420
|
428
|
426
|
|
6.
|
Guwahati
|
395
|
395
|
395
|
400
|
408
|
410
|
|
7.
|
Patna
|
355
|
353
|
351
|
354
|
357
|
363
|
|
8.
|
Muzaffarpur
|
377
|
374
|
374
|
375
|
380
|
390
|
|
9.
|
Ranchi
|
360
|
360
|
359
|
361
|
364
|
371
|
|
10.
|
Ahmedabad
|
348
|
350
|
352
|
355
|
362
|
362
|
|
11.
|
Bhavnagar
|
390
|
393
|
398
|
398
|
404
|
404
|
|
12.
|
Rajkot
|
356
|
356
|
359
|
361
|
369
|
369
|
|
13.
|
Surat
|
342
|
348
|
348
|
352
|
356
|
358
|
|
14.
|
Rohtak
|
426
|
428
|
429
|
433
|
437
|
444
|
|
15.
|
Shimla
|
394
|
397
|
399
|
400
|
406
|
408
|
|
16.
|
Srinagar
|
397
|
396
|
398
|
400
|
399
|
400
|
|
17.
|
Jammu
|
391
|
395
|
397
|
398
|
403
|
407
|
|
18.
|
Bangalore
|
416
|
416
|
416
|
419
|
421
|
421
|
|
19.
|
Gulbarga
|
389
|
389
|
387
|
389
|
392
|
392
|
|
20.
|
Hubli
|
400
|
398
|
402
|
404
|
407
|
410
|
|
21.
|
Mangalore
|
389
|
391
|
391
|
395
|
397
|
400
|
|
22.
|
Trivandrum
|
392
|
393
|
395
|
400
|
402
|
406
|
|
23.
|
Calicut
|
376
|
377
|
375
|
376
|
378
|
380
|
|
24.
|
Bhopal
|
380
|
382
|
384
|
380
|
383
|
389
|
|
25.
|
Gwalior
|
415
|
420
|
419
|
422
|
431
|
436
|
|
26.
|
Indore
|
386
|
392
|
394
|
393
|
399
|
401
|
|
27.
|
Jabalpur
|
359
|
360
|
358
|
358
|
362
|
369
|
|
28.
|
Mumbai
|
396
|
403
|
402
|
405
|
406
|
408
|
|
29.
|
Aurangabad
|
428
|
427
|
428
|
431
|
433
|
442
|
|
30.
|
Nagpur
|
372
|
375
|
378
|
381
|
386
|
386
|
|
31.
|
Pune
|
404
|
405
|
409
|
413
|
419
|
421
|
|
32.
|
Solarpur
|
370
|
369
|
373
|
377
|
379
|
384
|
|
33.
|
Imphal
|
367
|
368
|
371
|
377
|
380
|
379
|
|
34.
|
Shillong
|
410
|
409
|
409
|
413
|
413
|
422
|
|
35.
|
Kohima
|
440
|
441
|
442
|
442
|
443
|
457
|
|
36.
|
Cuttack
|
373
|
376
|
378
|
379
|
386
|
393
|
|
37.
|
Sambalpur
|
339
|
339
|
337
|
340
|
344
|
346
|
|
38.
|
Amritsar
|
330
|
332
|
335
|
337
|
341
|
342
|
|
39.
|
Jaipur
|
390
|
391
|
395
|
394
|
401
|
404
|
|
40.
|
Ajmer
|
423
|
426
|
424
|
425
|
432
|
441
|
|
41.
|
Jodhpur
|
376
|
385
|
388
|
386
|
388
|
391
|
|
42.
|
Gangtok
|
446
|
435
|
436
|
444
|
447
|
456
|
|
43.
|
Chennai
|
472
|
474
|
475
|
478
|
482
|
487
|
|
44.
|
Coimbatore
|
460
|
460
|
462
|
463
|
466
|
471
|
|
45.
|
Madurai
|
448
|
448
|
449
|
452
|
455
|
453
|
|
46.
|
Salem
|
433
|
437
|
438
|
440
|
444
|
445
|
|
47.
|
Tiruchirapalli
|
429
|
429
|
431
|
432
|
434
|
439
|
|
48.
|
Agartala
|
441
|
448
|
444
|
446
|
447
|
457
|
|
49.
|
Lucknow
|
362
|
367
|
370
|
373
|
374
|
386
|
|
50.
|
Agra
|
382
|
389
|
387
|
393
|
395
|
403
|
|
51.
|
Allahabad
|
414
|
418
|
416
|
414
|
418
|
429
|
|
52.
|
Kanpur
|
358
|
359
|
360
|
364
|
372
|
374
|
|
53.
|
Meerut
|
355
|
359
|
360
|
366
|
366
|
370
|
|
54.
|
Kolkata
|
352
|
354
|
356
|
358
|
363
|
366
|
|
55.
|
Asansol
|
398
|
400
|
406
|
412
|
414
|
408
|
|
56.
|
Kharagpur
|
374
|
379
|
381
|
384
|
391
|
396
|
|
57.
|
Siliguri
|
418
|
420
|
422
|
424
|
425
|
430
|
|
58.
|
Chandigarh
|
469
|
468
|
467
|
466
|
472
|
478
|
|
59.
|
Delhi
|
399
|
400
|
399
|
401
|
405
|
411
|
| |
All India
|
392
|
395
|
396
|
398
|
402
|
406
|
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
|
July, 2001
|
July, 2002
|
Percent change
|
|
1.
|
Hyderabad
|
412
|
427
|
3.6
|
|
2.
|
Kurnool
|
400
|
412
|
3.0
|
|
3.
|
Vijayawada
|
418
|
454
|
8.6
|
|
4.
|
Visakhapatnam
|
396
|
416
|
5.1
|
|
5.
|
Warangal
|
415
|
426
|
2.7
|
|
6.
|
Guwahati
|
396
|
410
|
3.5
|
|
7.
|
Patna
|
354
|
363
|
2.5
|
|
8.
|
Muzaffarpur
|
369
|
390
|
5.7
|
|
9.
|
Ranchi
|
361
|
371
|
2.8
|
|
10.
|
Ahmedabad
|
355
|
362
|
2.0
|
|
11.
|
Bhavnagar
|
398
|
404
|
1.5
|
|
12.
|
Rajkot
|
359
|
369
|
2.8
|
|
13.
|
Surat
|
350
|
358
|
2.3
|
|
14.
|
Rohtak
|
435
|
444
|
2.1
|
|
15.
|
Shimla
|
395
|
408
|
3.3
|
|
16.
|
Srinagar
|
413
|
400
|
-3.1
|
|
17.
|
Jammu
|
398
|
407
|
2.3
|
|
18.
|
Bangalore
|
413
|
421
|
1.9
|
|
19.
|
Gulbarga
|
376
|
392
|
4.3
|
|
20.
|
Hubli
|
394
|
410
|
4.1
|
|
21.
|
Mangalore
|
382
|
400
|
4.7
|
|
22.
|
Trivandrum
|
382
|
406
|
6.3
|
|
23.
|
Calicut
|
375
|
380
|
1.3
|
|
24.
|
Bhopal
|
375
|
389
|
3.7
|
|
25.
|
Gwalior
|
421
|
436
|
3.6
|
|
26.
|
Indore
|
383
|
401
|
4.7
|
|
27.
|
Jabalpur
|
361
|
369
|
2.2
|
|
28.
|
Mumbai
|
396
|
408
|
3.0
|
|
29.
|
Aurangabad
|
413
|
442
|
7.0
|
|
30.
|
Nagpur
|
377
|
386
|
2.4
|
|
31.
|
Pune
|
406
|
421
|
3.7
|
|
32.
|
Solarpur
|
367
|
384
|
4.6
|
|
33.
|
Imphal
|
365
|
379
|
3.8
|
|
34.
|
Shillong
|
406
|
422
|
3.9
|
|
35.
|
Kohima
|
427
|
457
|
7.0
|
|
36.
|
Cuttack
|
383
|
393
|
2.6
|
|
37.
|
Sambalpur
|
338
|
346
|
2.4
|
|
38.
|
Amritsar
|
329
|
342
|
4.0
|
|
39.
|
Jaipur
|
386
|
404
|
4.7
|
|
40.
|
Ajmer
|
419
|
441
|
5.3
|
|
41.
|
Jodhpur
|
381
|
391
|
2.6
|
|
42.
|
Gangtok
|
421
|
456
|
8.3
|
|
43.
|
Chennai
|
453
|
487
|
7.5
|
|
44.
|
Coimbatore
|
451
|
471
|
4.4
|
|
45.
|
Madurai
|
438
|
453
|
3.4
|
|
46.
|
Salem
|
428
|
445
|
4.0
|
|
47.
|
Tiruchirapalli
|
409
|
439
|
7.3
|
|
48.
|
Agartala
|
441
|
457
|
3.6
|
|
49.
|
Lucknow
|
368
|
386
|
4.9
|
|
50.
|
Agra
|
384
|
403
|
4.9
|
|
51.
|
Allahabad
|
414
|
429
|
3.6
|
|
52.
|
Kanpur
|
358
|
374
|
4.5
|
|
53.
|
Meerut
|
349
|
370
|
6.0
|
|
54.
|
Kolkata
|
360
|
366
|
1.7
|
|
55.
|
Asansol
|
407
|
408
|
0.2
|
|
56.
|
Kharagpur
|
375
|
396
|
5.6
|
|
57.
|
Siliguri
|
416
|
430
|
3.4
|
|
58.
|
Chandigarh
|
463
|
478
|
3.2
|
|
59.
|
Delhi
|
399
|
411
|
3.0
|
|
|
All India
|
391
|
406
|
3.8
|
