CONSUMER PRICE INDEX FOR URBAN NON-MANUAL EMPLOYEES FOR JUNE,
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 June, 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 June 2002 is 402, which is 4 points
more than the index for the month of May 2002. At the major group
level, the index for "Food, Beverages & Tobacco"
has increased by 1.53% in June, 2002 over the last month. The
index for "Miscellaneous" group has increased by 1.00%.
At the sub-group level, the index for "Vegetables" has increased
by 8.93% followed by "Oils and Fats" the indices of
which has increased by 4.92%. With the corresponding All India
index for June, 2001 being 386, the index for the month of June,
2002 has shown a rise of 4.1percent over a year.
The average index for the period April, 2002
to June, 2002 works out to 397, which is higher by 3.9% over the
average index of 382 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 June, 2002;
together with the indices for the preceding five months. The CPI
(UNME) for June, 2002 in respect of four metropolitan cities of
India, together with the corresponding indices for the previous
month and also for June, 2001 are given below:-
|
City
|
June, 2001
|
May, 2002
|
June, 2002
|
|
Kolkata
|
359
|
358
|
363
|
|
Chennai
|
440
|
478
|
482
|
|
Delhi
|
394
|
401
|
405
|
|
Mumbai
|
392
|
405
|
406
|
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
June, 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 9.5% percent;
with the largest increase being in the case of Chennai and the
decrease in the case of Srinagar. The increases are less than
0 for 1 centre, 0.1 to 2.0 percent for 4 centres, 2.1 to 4.0 percent
for 26 centres, 4.1 to 6.0 percent for 19 centres, 6.1 to 8.0
percent for 6 centres and 8.1 to 10.0 percent for 3 centres. As
many as 31 centres have lower annual percentage increase as compared
to that of the All India figure of 4.1 percent and 27 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
|
|
Jan
|
Feb
|
Mar
|
Apr
|
May
|
June
|
|
1.
|
Hyderabad
|
412
|
411
|
413
|
417
|
420
|
425
|
|
2.
|
Kurnool
|
413
|
411
|
407
|
408
|
409
|
410
|
|
3.
|
Vijayawada
|
434
|
433
|
436
|
438
|
442
|
447
|
|
4.
|
Visakhapatnam
|
404
|
402
|
404
|
406
|
408
|
412
|
|
5.
|
Warangal
|
424
|
420
|
418
|
417
|
420
|
428
|
|
6.
|
Guwahati
|
397
|
395
|
395
|
395
|
400
|
408
|
|
7.
|
Patna
|
361
|
355
|
353
|
351
|
354
|
357
|
|
8.
|
Muzaffarpur
|
379
|
377
|
374
|
374
|
375
|
380
|
|
9.
|
Ranchi
|
363
|
360
|
360
|
359
|
361
|
364
|
|
10.
|
Ahmedabad
|
348
|
348
|
350
|
352
|
355
|
362
|
|
11.
|
Bhavnagar
|
391
|
390
|
393
|
398
|
398
|
404
|
|
12.
|
Rajkot
|
356
|
356
|
356
|
359
|
361
|
369
|
|
13.
|
Surat
|
344
|
342
|
348
|
348
|
352
|
356
|
|
14.
|
Rohtak
|
424
|
426
|
428
|
429
|
433
|
437
|
|
15.
|
Shimla
|
391
|
394
|
397
|
399
|
400
|
406
|
|
16.
|
Srinagar
|
397
|
397
|
396
|
398
|
400
|
399
|
|
17.
|
Jammu
|
390
|
391
|
395
|
397
|
398
|
403
|
|
18.
|
Bangalore
|
415
|
416
|
416
|
416
|
419
|
421
|
|
19.
|
Gulbarga
|
386
|
389
|
389
|
387
|
389
|
392
|
|
20.
|
Hubli
|
400
|
400
|
398
|
402
|
404
|
407
|
|
21.
|
Mangalore
|
389
|
389
|
391
|
391
|
395
|
397
|
|
22.
|
Trivandrum
|
391
|
392
|
393
|
395
|
400
|
402
|
|
23.
|
Calicut
|
375
|
376
|
377
|
375
|
376
|
378
|
|
24.
|
Bhopal
|
377
|
380
|
382
|
384
|
380
|
383
|
|
25.
|
Gwalior
|
416
|
415
|
420
|
419
|
422
|
431
|
|
26.
|
Indore
|
386
|
386
|
392
|
394
|
393
|
399
|
|
27.
|
Jabalpur
|
361
|
359
|
360
|
358
|
358
|
362
|
|
28.
|
Mumbai
|
397
|
396
|
403
|
402
|
405
|
406
|
|
29.
|
Aurangabad
|
430
|
428
|
427
|
428
|
431
|
433
|
|
30.
|
Nagpur
|
375
|
372
|
375
|
378
|
381
|
386
|
|
31.
|
Pune
|
405
|
404
|
405
|
409
|
413
|
419
|
|
32.
|
Solarpur
|
371
|
370
|
369
|
373
|
377
|
379
|
|
33.
|
Imphal
|
372
|
367
|
368
|
371
|
377
|
380
|
|
34.
|
Shillong
|
410
|
410
|
409
|
409
|
413
|
413
|
|
35.
|
Kohima
|
437
|
440
|
441
|
442
|
442
|
443
|
|
36.
|
Cuttack
|
377
|
373
|
376
|
378
|
379
|
386
|
|
37.
|
Sambalpur
|
340
|
339
|
339
|
337
|
340
|
344
|
|
38.
|
Amritsar
|
329
|
330
|
332
|
335
|
337
|
341
|
|
39.
|
Jaipur
|
390
|
390
|
391
|
395
|
394
|
401
|
|
40.
|
Ajmer
|
423
|
423
|
426
|
424
|
425
|
432
|
|
41.
|
Jodhpur
|
378
|
376
|
385
|
388
|
386
|
388
|
|
42.
|
Gangtok
|
440
|
446
|
435
|
436
|
444
|
447
|
|
43.
|
Chennai
|
471
|
472
|
474
|
475
|
478
|
482
|
|
44.
|
Coimbatore
|
460
|
460
|
460
|
462
|
463
|
466
|
|
45.
|
Madurai
|
447
|
448
|
448
|
449
|
452
|
455
|
|
46.
|
Salem
|
434
|
433
|
437
|
438
|
440
|
444
|
|
47.
|
Tiruchirapalli
|
426
|
429
|
429
|
431
|
432
|
434
|
|
48.
|
Agartala
|
440
|
441
|
448
|
444
|
446
|
447
|
|
49.
|
Lucknow
|
365
|
362
|
367
|
370
|
373
|
374
|
|
50.
|
Agra
|
385
|
382
|
389
|
387
|
393
|
395
|
|
51.
|
Allahabad
|
411
|
414
|
418
|
416
|
414
|
418
|
|
52.
|
Kanpur
|
357
|
358
|
359
|
360
|
364
|
372
|
|
53.
|
Meerut
|
354
|
355
|
359
|
360
|
366
|
366
|
|
54.
|
Kolkata
|
352
|
352
|
354
|
356
|
358
|
363
|
|
55.
|
Asansol
|
396
|
398
|
400
|
406
|
412
|
414
|
|
56.
|
Kharagpur
|
374
|
374
|
379
|
381
|
384
|
391
|
|
57.
|
Siliguri
|
421
|
418
|
420
|
422
|
424
|
425
|
|
58.
|
Chandigarh
|
466
|
469
|
468
|
467
|
466
|
472
|
|
59.
|
Delhi
|
399
|
399
|
400
|
399
|
401
|
405
|
| |
All India
|
393
|
392
|
395
|
396
|
398
|
402
|
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
|
June 2001
|
June 2002
|
Percent change
|
|
1.
|
Hyderabad
|
405
|
425
|
4.9
|
|
2.
|
Kurnool
|
396
|
410
|
3.5
|
|
3.
|
Vijayawada
|
411
|
447
|
8.8
|
|
4.
|
Visakhapatnam
|
390
|
412
|
5.6
|
|
5.
|
Warangal
|
414
|
428
|
3.4
|
|
6.
|
Guwahati
|
396
|
408
|
3.0
|
|
7.
|
Patna
|
351
|
357
|
1.7
|
|
8.
|
Muzaffarpur
|
362
|
380
|
5.0
|
|
9.
|
Ranchi
|
358
|
364
|
1.7
|
|
10.
|
Ahmedabad
|
351
|
362
|
3.1
|
|
11.
|
Bhavnagar
|
391
|
404
|
3.3
|
|
12.
|
Rajkot
|
358
|
369
|
3.1
|
|
13.
|
Surat
|
348
|
356
|
2.3
|
|
14.
|
Rohtak
|
428
|
437
|
2.1
|
|
15.
|
Shimla
|
387
|
406
|
4.9
|
|
16.
|
Srinagar
|
413
|
399
|
-3.4
|
|
17.
|
Jammu
|
392
|
403
|
2.8
|
|
18.
|
Bangalore
|
409
|
421
|
2.9
|
|
19.
|
Gulbarga
|
369
|
392
|
6.2
|
|
20.
|
Hubli
|
391
|
407
|
4.1
|
|
21.
|
Mangalore
|
376
|
397
|
5.6
|
|
22.
|
Trivandrum
|
377
|
402
|
6.6
|
|
23.
|
Calicut
|
374
|
378
|
1.1
|
|
24.
|
Bhopal
|
373
|
383
|
2.7
|
|
25.
|
Gwalior
|
410
|
431
|
5.1
|
|
26.
|
Indore
|
375
|
399
|
6.4
|
|
27.
|
Jabalpur
|
352
|
362
|
2.8
|
|
28.
|
Mumbai
|
392
|
406
|
3.6
|
|
29.
|
Aurangabad
|
412
|
433
|
5.1
|
|
30.
|
Nagpur
|
375
|
386
|
2.9
|
|
31.
|
Pune
|
404
|
419
|
3.7
|
|
32.
|
Solarpur
|
366
|
379
|
3.6
|
|
33.
|
Imphal
|
367
|
380
|
3.5
|
|
34.
|
Shillong
|
399
|
413
|
3.5
|
|
35.
|
Kohima
|
420
|
443
|
5.5
|
|
36.
|
Cuttack
|
372
|
386
|
3.8
|
|
37.
|
Sambalpur
|
329
|
344
|
4.6
|
|
38.
|
Amritsar
|
324
|
341
|
5.2
|
|
39.
|
Jaipur
|
385
|
401
|
4.2
|
|
40.
|
Ajmer
|
409
|
432
|
5.6
|
|
41.
|
Jodhpur
|
373
|
388
|
4.0
|
|
42.
|
Gangtok
|
415
|
447
|
7.7
|
|
43.
|
Chennai
|
440
|
482
|
9.5
|
|
44.
|
Coimbatore
|
447
|
466
|
4,3
|
|
45.
|
Madurai
|
438
|
455
|
3.9
|
|
46.
|
Salem
|
424
|
444
|
4.7
|
|
47.
|
Tiruchirapalli
|
404
|
434
|
7.4
|
|
48.
|
Agartala
|
432
|
447
|
3.5
|
|
49.
|
Lucknow
|
360
|
374
|
3.9
|
|
50.
|
Agra
|
371
|
395
|
6.5
|
|
51.
|
Allahabad
|
395
|
418
|
5.8
|
|
52.
|
Kanpur
|
353
|
372
|
5.4
|
|
53.
|
Meerut
|
335
|
366
|
9.3
|
|
54.
|
Kolkata
|
359
|
363
|
1.1
|
|
55.
|
Asansol
|
394
|
414
|
5.1
|
|
56.
|
Kharagpur
|
371
|
391
|
5.4
|
|
57.
|
Siliguri
|
413
|
425
|
2.9
|
|
58.
|
Chandigarh
|
459
|
472
|
2.8
|
|
59.
|
Delhi
|
394
|
405
|
2.8
|
|
|
All India
|
386
|
402
|
4.1
|
