The All India Consumer Price Index for Urban
Non-Manual Employees (CPI(UNME)), on base 1984-85=100, for the
month of April, 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 May 2002 is 398, which is 2 points
more than the index for the month of April 2002. At the major
group level, the index for "Food, Beverages & Tobacco"
has increased by 1.03% in May, 2002 over the last month, At
the sub-group level, the index for "Vegetables" has increased
by 8.04% followed by "Pulses " & "Oils and
Fats" the indices of which have increased by 1.67%. However,
the index for "Cereals" has decreased by 0.51%. With
the corresponding All India index for May, 2001being 382, the
index for the month of May, 2002 has shown a rise of 4.2 percent
over a year.\
The average index for the period April,
2002 to May, 2002 works out to 397, which is higher by 4.2%
over the average index of 381 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
May, 2002; together with the indices for the preceding five
months. The CPI (UNME) for May, 2002 in respect of four metropolitan
cities of India, together with the corresponding indices for
the previous month and also for May, 2001 are given below:-
|
City
|
April, 2001
|
March, 2002
|
April, 2002
|
|
Kolkata
|
352
|
356
|
358
|
|
Chennai
|
436
|
475
|
478
|
|
Delhi
|
388
|
399
|
401
|
|
Mumbai
|
387
|
402
|
405
|
Statement-2 gives a comparison of
CPI (UNME) for May, 2002 in respect of 59 selected urban centres,
with the indices for the corresponding month of last year, namely
May, 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 9.6% 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 7 centres, 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 5 centres and 8.1 to 10.0 percent for 2 centres.
As many as 31 centres have lower annual percentage increase
as compared to that of the All India figure of 4.2 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
|
2001
|
2002
|
|
Dec
|
Jan
|
Feb
|
Mar
|
Apr
|
May
|
|
1.
|
Hyderabad
|
411
|
412
|
411
|
413
|
417
|
420
|
|
2.
|
Kurnool
|
408
|
413
|
411
|
407
|
408
|
409
|
|
3.
|
Vijayawada
|
431
|
434
|
433
|
436
|
438
|
442
|
|
4.
|
Visakhapatnam
|
406
|
404
|
402
|
404
|
406
|
408
|
|
5.
|
Warangal
|
427
|
424
|
420
|
418
|
417
|
420
|
|
6.
|
Guwahati
|
397
|
397
|
395
|
395
|
395
|
400
|
|
7.
|
Patna
|
369
|
361
|
355
|
353
|
351
|
354
|
|
8.
|
Muzaffarpur
|
383
|
379
|
377
|
374
|
374
|
375
|
|
9.
|
Ranchi
|
368
|
363
|
360
|
360
|
359
|
361
|
|
10.
|
Ahmedabad
|
352
|
348
|
348
|
350
|
352
|
355
|
|
11.
|
Bhavnagar
|
394
|
391
|
390
|
393
|
398
|
398
|
|
12.
|
Rajkot
|
356
|
356
|
356
|
356
|
359
|
361
|
|
13.
|
Surat
|
347
|
344
|
342
|
348
|
348
|
352
|
|
14.
|
Rohtak
|
427
|
424
|
426
|
428
|
429
|
433
|
|
15.
|
Shimla
|
395
|
391
|
394
|
397
|
399
|
400
|
|
16.
|
Srinagar
|
397
|
397
|
397
|
396
|
398
|
400
|
|
17.
|
Jammu
|
392
|
390
|
391
|
395
|
397
|
398
|
|
18.
|
Bangalore
|
415
|
415
|
416
|
416
|
416
|
419
|
|
19.
|
Gulbarga
|
386
|
386
|
389
|
389
|
387
|
389
|
|
20.
|
Hubli
|
403
|
400
|
400
|
398
|
402
|
404
|
|
21.
|
Mangalore
|
387
|
389
|
389
|
391
|
391
|
395
|
|
22.
|
Trivandrum
|
386
|
391
|
392
|
393
|
395
|
400
|
|
23.
|
Calicut
|
374
|
375
|
376
|
377
|
375
|
376
|
|
24.
|
Bhopal
|
375
|
377
|
380
|
382
|
384
|
380
|
|
25.
|
Gwalior
|
417
|
416
|
415
|
420
|
419
|
422
|
|
26.
|
Indore
|
386
|
386
|
386
|
392
|
394
|
393
|
|
27.
|
Jabalpur
|
362
|
361
|
359
|
360
|
358
|
358
|
|
28.
|
Mumbai
|
396
|
397
|
396
|
403
|
402
|
405
|
|
29.
|
Aurangabad
|
425
|
430
|
428
|
427
|
428
|
431
|
|
30.
|
Nagpur
|
376
|
375
|
372
|
375
|
378
|
381
|
|
31.
|
Pune
|
404
|
405
|
404
|
405
|
409
|
413
|
|
32.
|
Solarpur
|
373
|
371
|
370
|
369
|
373
|
377
|
|
33.
|
Imphal
|
379
|
372
|
367
|
368
|
371
|
377
|
|
34.
|
Shillong
|
410
|
410
|
410
|
409
|
409
|
413
|
|
35.
|
Kohima
|
433
|
437
|
440
|
441
|
442
|
442
|
|
36.
|
Cuttack
|
385
|
377
|
373
|
376
|
378
|
379
|
|
37.
|
Sambalpur
|
342
|
340
|
339
|
339
|
337
|
340
|
|
38.
|
Amritsar
|
330
|
329
|
330
|
332
|
335
|
337
|
|
39.
|
Jaipur
|
391
|
390
|
390
|
391
|
395
|
394
|
|
40.
|
Ajmer
|
420
|
423
|
423
|
426
|
424
|
425
|
|
41.
|
Jodhpur
|
380
|
378
|
376
|
385
|
388
|
386
|
|
42.
|
Gangtok
|
433
|
440
|
446
|
435
|
436
|
444
|
|
43.
|
Chennai
|
466
|
471
|
472
|
474
|
475
|
478
|
|
44.
|
Coimbatore
|
462
|
460
|
460
|
460
|
462
|
463
|
|
45.
|
Madurai
|
448
|
447
|
448
|
448
|
449
|
452
|
|
46.
|
Salem
|
434
|
434
|
433
|
437
|
438
|
440
|
|
47.
|
Tiruchirapalli
|
421
|
426
|
429
|
429
|
431
|
432
|
|
48.
|
Agartala
|
441
|
440
|
441
|
448
|
444
|
446
|
|
49.
|
Lucknow
|
366
|
365
|
362
|
367
|
370
|
373
|
|
50.
|
Agra
|
384
|
385
|
382
|
389
|
387
|
393
|
|
51.
|
Allahabad
|
410
|
411
|
414
|
418
|
416
|
414
|
|
52.
|
Kanpur
|
360
|
357
|
358
|
359
|
360
|
364
|
|
53.
|
Meerut
|
345
|
354
|
355
|
359
|
360
|
366
|
|
54.
|
Kolkata
|
356
|
352
|
352
|
354
|
356
|
358
|
|
55.
|
Asansol
|
401
|
396
|
398
|
400
|
406
|
412
|
|
56.
|
Kharagpur
|
382
|
374
|
374
|
379
|
381
|
384
|
|
57.
|
Siliguri
|
420
|
421
|
418
|
420
|
422
|
424
|
|
58.
|
Chandigarh
|
463
|
466
|
469
|
468
|
467
|
466
|
|
59.
|
Delhi
|
402
|
399
|
399
|
400
|
399
|
401
|
| |
All India
|
394
|
393
|
392
|
395
|
396
|
398
|
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
|
May 2001
|
May 2002
|
Percent change
|
|
1.
|
Hyderabad
|
404
|
420
|
4.0
|
|
2.
|
Kurnool
|
390
|
409
|
4.9
|
|
3.
|
Vijayawada
|
407
|
442
|
8.6
|
|
4.
|
Visakhapatnam
|
388
|
408
|
5.2
|
|
5.
|
Warangal
|
404
|
420
|
4.0
|
|
6.
|
Guwahati
|
392
|
40
|
2.0
|
|
7.
|
Patna
|
347
|
354
|
2.0
|
|
8.
|
Muzaffarpur
|
360
|
375
|
4.2
|
|
9.
|
Ranchi
|
354
|
361
|
2.0
|
|
10.
|
Ahmedabad
|
346
|
355
|
2.9
|
|
11.
|
Bhavnagar
|
385
|
398
|
3.4
|
|
12.
|
Rajkot
|
348
|
361
|
3.7
|
|
13.
|
Surat
|
345
|
352
|
2.0
|
|
14.
|
Rohtak
|
432
|
433
|
0.2
|
|
15.
|
Shimla
|
385
|
400
|
3.9
|
|
16.
|
Srinagar
|
414
|
400
|
-3.5
|
|
17.
|
Jammu
|
388
|
398
|
3.4
|
|
18.
|
Bangalore
|
403
|
419
|
4.0
|
|
19.
|
Gulbarga
|
367
|
389
|
6.0
|
|
20.
|
Hubli
|
385
|
404
|
4.9
|
|
21.
|
Mangalore
|
374
|
395
|
5.6
|
|
22.
|
Trivandrum
|
374
|
400
|
7.0
|
|
23.
|
Calicut
|
371
|
376
|
1.3
|
|
24.
|
Bhopal
|
372
|
380
|
2.2
|
|
25.
|
Gwalior
|
407
|
422
|
3.7
|
|
26.
|
Indore
|
374
|
393
|
5.1
|
|
27.
|
Jabalpur
|
347
|
358
|
3.2
|
|
28.
|
Mumbai
|
387
|
405
|
4.7
|
|
29.
|
Aurangabad
|
407
|
431
|
5.9
|
|
30.
|
Nagpur
|
373
|
381
|
2.1
|
|
31.
|
Pune
|
400
|
413
|
3.3
|
|
32.
|
Solarpur
|
362
|
377
|
4.1
|
|
33.
|
Imphal
|
368
|
377
|
2.4
|
|
34.
|
Shillong
|
399
|
413
|
3.5
|
|
35.
|
Kohima
|
419
|
442
|
5.5
|
|
36.
|
Cuttack
|
379
|
379
|
2.4
|
|
37.
|
Sambalpur
|
326
|
340
|
4.3
|
|
38.
|
Amritsar
|
322
|
337
|
4.7
|
|
39.
|
Jaipur
|
382
|
394
|
3.1
|
|
40.
|
Ajmer
|
405
|
425
|
4.9
|
|
41.
|
Jodhpur
|
372
|
386
|
3.8
|
|
42.
|
Gangtok
|
413
|
444
|
7.5
|
|
43.
|
Chennai
|
436
|
478
|
9.6
|
|
44.
|
Coimbatore
|
447
|
463
|
3.6
|
|
45.
|
Madurai
|
433
|
452
|
4.4
|
|
46.
|
Salem
|
419
|
440
|
5.0
|
|
47.
|
Tiruchirapalli
|
400
|
432
|
8.0
|
|
48.
|
Agartala
|
426
|
446
|
4.7
|
|
49.
|
Lucknow
|
357
|
373
|
4.5
|
|
50.
|
Agra
|
371
|
393
|
5.9
|
|
51.
|
Allahabad
|
389
|
414
|
6.4
|
|
52.
|
Kanpur
|
347
|
364
|
4.9
|
|
53.
|
Meerut
|
335
|
360
|
7.5
|
|
54.
|
Kolkata
|
353
|
358
|
1.7
|
|
55.
|
Asansol
|
389
|
412
|
5.9
|
|
56.
|
Kharagpur
|
365
|
384
|
5.2
|
|
57.
|
Siliguri
|
414
|
424
|
2.4
|
|
58.
|
Chandigarh
|
454
|
466
|
2.6
|
|
59.
|
Delhi
|
388
|
401
|
3.4
|
| |
All India
|
382
|
398
|
4.2
|
