CONSUMER PRICE
INDEX FOR URBAN NON-MANUAL EMPLOYEES FOR
AUGUST, 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 August, 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
August 2002 is 407, which is 1 point more than the index for the
month of July, 2002. At the major group level, the index for "Miscellaneous"
has increased by 0.49% in August 2002 over the last month. At
the sub-group level, the index for "Oils & Fats"
has increased by 3.85% followed by "Vegetables" the
index of which has increased by 2.16%; however, the index for
"Fruits" has decreased by 6.16%. With the corresponding
All India index for August 2001 being 393, the index for the month
of August, 2002 has shown a rise of 3.6 percent over a year.
The average index
for the period April 2002 to July 2002 works out to 402, which
is higher by 4.1% over the average index of 386 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 August 2002; together with the indices for the
preceding five months. The CPI (UNME) for August, 2002 in respect
of four metropolitan cities of India, together with the corresponding
indices for the previous month and also for August, 2001 are given
below:-
|
City
|
September,
2001
|
August,
2002
|
September,
2002
|
|
Kolkata
|
355
|
367
|
367
|
|
Chennai
|
454
|
486
|
485
|
|
Delhi
|
401
|
413
|
419
|
|
Mumbai
|
394
|
407
|
407
|
Statement-2
gives a comparison of CPI (UNME) for Septembert, 2002 in respect
of 59 selected urban centres, with the indices for the corresponding
month of last year, namely September, 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 – 1.3 to 8.4 percent; with the largest increase being
in the case of Tiruchirapalli and the decrease in the case of
Imphal. The increases are less than 0 for 1centre, 0.1 to 2.0
percent for 7 centres, 2.1 to 4.0 percent for 23centres, 4.1 to
6.0 percent for 19 centres, 6.1 to 8.0 percent for 8 centres and
8.1 to 10.0 percent for 1 centre. As many as 31 centres have lower
annual percentage increase as compared to that of the All India
figure of 4.1 percent and 28 centres have higher percentage increase
as compared to the All-India average. In the remaining 1centre,the
percent increase equals the All-India average.
Statement – 1
CONSUMER PRICE INDEX
NUMBER FOR URBAN NON-MANUAL EMPLOYEES
Base 1984-85 = 100
|
Sl. No.
|
Centre
|
2002
|
|
Apr
|
May
|
June
|
Jul
|
Aug
|
Sep
|
|
1.
|
Hyderabad
|
417
|
420
|
425
|
427
|
426
|
429
|
|
2.
|
Kurnool
|
408
|
409
|
410
|
412
|
413
|
414
|
|
3.
|
Vijayawada
|
438
|
442
|
447
|
454
|
457
|
456
|
|
4.
|
Visakhapatnam
|
406
|
408
|
412
|
416
|
416
|
416
|
|
5.
|
Warangal
|
417
|
420
|
428
|
426
|
426
|
426
|
|
6.
|
Guwahati
|
395
|
400
|
408
|
410
|
405
|
402
|
|
7.
|
Patna
|
351
|
354
|
357
|
363
|
370
|
370
|
|
8.
|
Muzaffarpur
|
374
|
375
|
380
|
390
|
395
|
397
|
|
9.
|
Ranchi
|
359
|
361
|
364
|
371
|
375
|
378
|
|
10.
|
Ahmedabad
|
352
|
355
|
362
|
362
|
365
|
363
|
|
11.
|
Bhavnagar
|
398
|
398
|
404
|
404
|
400
|
405
|
|
12.
|
Rajkot
|
359
|
361
|
369
|
369
|
371
|
372
|
|
13.
|
Surat
|
348
|
352
|
356
|
358
|
357
|
357
|
|
14.
|
Rohtak
|
429
|
433
|
437
|
444
|
450
|
443
|
|
15.
|
Shimla
|
399
|
400
|
406
|
408
|
412
|
412
|
|
16.
|
Srinagar
|
398
|
400
|
399
|
400
|
399
|
401
|
|
17.
|
Jammu
|
397
|
398
|
403
|
407
|
410
|
410
|
|
18.
|
Bangalore
|
416
|
419
|
421
|
421
|
422
|
424
|
|
19.
|
Gulbarga
|
387
|
389
|
392
|
392
|
392
|
395
|
|
20.
|
Hubli
|
402
|
404
|
407
|
410
|
413
|
415
|
|
21.
|
Mangalore
|
391
|
395
|
397
|
400
|
407
|
410
|
|
22.
|
Trivandrum
|
395
|
400
|
402
|
406
|
408
|
405
|
|
23.
|
Calicut
|
375
|
376
|
378
|
380
|
383
|
383
|
|
24.
|
Bhopal
|
384
|
380
|
383
|
389
|
387
|
385
|
|
25.
|
Gwalior
|
419
|
422
|
431
|
436
|
438
|
437
|
|
26.
|
Indore
|
394
|
393
|
399
|
401
|
401
|
399
|
|
27.
|
Jabalpur
|
358
|
358
|
362
|
369
|
372
|
376
|
|
28.
|
Mumbai
|
402
|
405
|
406
|
408
|
407
|
407
|
|
29.
|
Aurangabad
|
428
|
431
|
433
|
442
|
440
|
442
|
|
30.
|
Nagpur
|
378
|
381
|
386
|
386
|
388
|
389
|
|
31.
|
Pune
|
409
|
413
|
419
|
421
|
421
|
421
|
|
32.
|
Solarpur
|
373
|
377
|
379
|
384
|
386
|
389
|
|
33.
|
Imphal
|
371
|
377
|
380
|
379
|
377
|
378
|
|
34.
|
Shillong
|
409
|
413
|
413
|
422
|
423
|
425
|
|
35.
|
Kohima
|
442
|
442
|
443
|
457
|
459
|
456
|
|
36.
|
Cuttack
|
378
|
379
|
386
|
393
|
389
|
391
|
|
37.
|
Sambalpur
|
337
|
340
|
344
|
346
|
349
|
349
|
|
38.
|
Amritsar
|
335
|
337
|
341
|
342
|
346
|
350
|
|
39.
|
Jaipur
|
395
|
394
|
401
|
404
|
409
|
407
|
|
40.
|
Ajmer
|
424
|
425
|
432
|
441
|
440
|
441
|
|
41.
|
Jodhpur
|
388
|
386
|
388
|
391
|
394
|
394
|
|
42.
|
Gangtok
|
436
|
444
|
447
|
456
|
456
|
457
|
|
43.
|
Chennai
|
475
|
478
|
482
|
487
|
486
|
485
|
|
44.
|
Coimbatore
|
462
|
463
|
466
|
471
|
473
|
474
|
|
45.
|
Madurai
|
449
|
452
|
455
|
453
|
453
|
454
|
|
46.
|
Salem
|
438
|
440
|
444
|
445
|
449
|
448
|
|
47.
|
Tiruchirapalli
|
431
|
432
|
434
|
439
|
441
|
441
|
|
48.
|
Agartala
|
444
|
446
|
447
|
457
|
471
|
469
|
|
49.
|
Lucknow
|
370
|
373
|
374
|
386
|
388
|
390
|
|
50.
|
Agra
|
387
|
393
|
395
|
403
|
405
|
406
|
|
51.
|
Allahabad
|
416
|
414
|
418
|
429
|
433
|
435
|
|
52.
|
Kanpur
|
360
|
364
|
372
|
374
|
381
|
378
|
|
53.
|
Meerut
|
360
|
366
|
366
|
370
|
373
|
371
|
|
54.
|
Kolkata
|
356
|
358
|
363
|
366
|
367
|
367
|
|
55.
|
Asansol
|
406
|
412
|
414
|
408
|
410
|
415
|
|
56.
|
Kharagpur
|
381
|
384
|
391
|
396
|
400
|
400
|
|
57.
|
Siliguri
|
422
|
424
|
425
|
430
|
430
|
432
|
|
58.
|
Chandigarh
|
467
|
466
|
472
|
478
|
481
|
482
|
|
59.
|
Delhi
|
399
|
401
|
405
|
411
|
413
|
419
|
| |
All India
|
396
|
398
|
402
|
406
|
407
|
408
|
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
|
September, 2001
|
September,2002
|
Percent change
|
|
1.
|
Hyderabad
|
410
|
429
|
4.6
|
|
2.
|
Kurnool
|
406
|
414
|
2.0
|
|
3.
|
Vijayawada
|
424
|
456
|
7.5
|
|
4.
|
Visakhapatnam
|
400
|
416
|
4.0
|
|
5.
|
Warangal
|
417
|
426
|
2.2
|
|
6.
|
Guwahati
|
396
|
402
|
1.5
|
|
7.
|
Patna
|
366
|
370
|
1.1
|
|
8.
|
Muzaffarpur
|
376
|
397
|
5.6
|
|
9.
|
Ranchi
|
366
|
378
|
3.0
|
|
10.
|
Ahmedabad
|
352
|
363
|
3.1
|
|
11.
|
Bhavnagar
|
395
|
405
|
2.5
|
|
12.
|
Rajkot
|
358
|
372
|
3.9
|
|
13.
|
Surat
|
351
|
357
|
1.7
|
|
14.
|
Rohtak
|
433
|
443
|
2.3
|
|
15.
|
Shimla
|
400
|
412
|
3.0
|
|
16.
|
Srinagar
|
395
|
401
|
1.5
|
|
17.
|
Jammu
|
404
|
410
|
1.5
|
|
18.
|
Bangalore
|
413
|
424
|
2.7
|
|
19.
|
Gulbarga
|
379
|
395
|
4.2
|
|
20.
|
Hubli
|
400
|
415
|
3.8
|
|
21.
|
Mangalore
|
383
|
410
|
7.0
|
|
22.
|
Trivandrum
|
385
|
405
|
5.2
|
|
23.
|
Calicut
|
370
|
383
|
3.5
|
|
24.
|
Bhopal
|
371
|
385
|
3.8
|
|
25.
|
Gwalior
|
414
|
437
|
5.6
|
|
26.
|
Indore
|
383
|
399
|
4.2
|
|
27.
|
Jabalpur
|
361
|
370
|
4.2
|
|
28.
|
Mumbai
|
394
|
407
|
3.3
|
|
29.
|
Aurangabad
|
422
|
442
|
4.7
|
|
30.
|
Nagpur
|
376
|
389
|
3.5
|
|
31.
|
Pune
|
406
|
421
|
3.7
|
|
32.
|
Solarpur
|
369
|
389
|
5.4
|
|
33.
|
Imphal
|
383
|
378
|
-1.3
|
|
34.
|
Shillong
|
406
|
425
|
4.7
|
|
35.
|
Kohima
|
427
|
456
|
6.8
|
|
36.
|
Cuttack
|
382
|
391
|
2.4
|
|
37.
|
Sambalpur
|
343
|
349
|
1.7
|
|
38.
|
Amritsar
|
337
|
350
|
3.9
|
|
39.
|
Jaipur
|
390
|
407
|
4.4
|
|
40.
|
Ajmer
|
417
|
441
|
5.8
|
|
41.
|
Jodhpur
|
384
|
394
|
2.6
|
|
42.
|
Gangtok
|
427
|
457
|
7.0
|
|
43.
|
Chennai
|
454
|
485
|
6.8
|
|
44.
|
Coimbatore
|
454
|
474
|
4.4
|
|
45.
|
Madurai
|
438
|
454
|
3.7
|
|
46.
|
Salem
|
426
|
448
|
5.2
|
|
47.
|
Tiruchirapalli
|
407
|
441
|
8.4
|
|
48.
|
Agartala
|
435
|
469
|
7.8
|
|
49.
|
Lucknow
|
367
|
390
|
6.3
|
|
50.
|
Agra
|
388
|
406
|
4.6
|
|
51.
|
Allahabad
|
413
|
435
|
5.3
|
|
52.
|
Kanpur
|
359
|
378
|
5.3
|
|
53.
|
Meerut
|
348
|
371
|
6.6
|
|
54.
|
Kolkata
|
355
|
367
|
3.4
|
|
55.
|
Asansol
|
402
|
415
|
3.2
|
|
56.
|
Kharagpur
|
378
|
400
|
5.8
|
|
57.
|
Siliguri
|
418
|
432
|
3.3
|
|
58.
|
Chandigarh
|
472
|
482
|
2.1
|
|
59.
|
Delhi
|
491
|
419
|
4.5
|
|
|
All India
|
392
|
408
|
4.1
|
