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
|
August, 2001
|
July, 2002
|
August, 2002
|
|
Kolkata
|
357
|
366
|
367
|
|
Chennai
|
454
|
487
|
486
|
|
Delhi
|
402
|
411
|
413
|
|
Mumbai
|
396
|
408
|
407
|
Statement-2 gives a comparison of
CPI (UNME) for August, 2002 in respect of 59 selected urban centres,
with the indices for the corresponding month of last year, namely
August 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 – 1.8.to 8.1 percent;
with the largest increase being in the case of Gangtok and the
decrease in the case of Imphal. The increases are less than 0
for 2 centre, 0.1 to 2.0 percent for 11 centres, 2.1 to 4.0 percent
for 24 centres, 4.1 to 6.0 percent for 14 centres, 6.1 to 8.0
percent for 7 centres and 8.1 to 10.0 percent for 1 centre. As
many as 32 centres have lower annual percentage increase as compared
to that of the All India figure of 3.6 percent and 26 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
|
|
Mar
|
Apr
|
May
|
June
|
Jul
|
Aug
|
|
1.
|
Hyderabad
|
413
|
417
|
420
|
425
|
427
|
426
|
|
2.
|
Kurnool
|
407
|
408
|
409
|
410
|
412
|
413
|
|
3.
|
Vijayawada
|
436
|
438
|
442
|
447
|
454
|
457
|
|
4.
|
Visakhapatnam
|
404
|
406
|
408
|
412
|
416
|
416
|
|
5.
|
Warangal
|
418
|
417
|
420
|
428
|
426
|
426
|
|
6.
|
Guwahati
|
395
|
395
|
400
|
408
|
410
|
405
|
|
7.
|
Patna
|
353
|
351
|
354
|
357
|
363
|
370
|
|
8.
|
Muzaffarpur
|
374
|
374
|
375
|
380
|
390
|
395
|
|
9.
|
Ranchi
|
360
|
359
|
361
|
364
|
371
|
375
|
|
10.
|
Ahmedabad
|
350
|
352
|
355
|
362
|
362
|
365
|
|
11.
|
Bhavnagar
|
393
|
398
|
398
|
404
|
404
|
400
|
|
12.
|
Rajkot
|
356
|
359
|
361
|
369
|
369
|
371
|
|
13.
|
Surat
|
348
|
348
|
352
|
356
|
358
|
357
|
|
14.
|
Rohtak
|
428
|
429
|
433
|
437
|
444
|
450
|
|
15.
|
Shimla
|
397
|
399
|
400
|
406
|
408
|
412
|
|
16.
|
Srinagar
|
396
|
398
|
400
|
399
|
400
|
399
|
|
17.
|
Jammu
|
395
|
397
|
398
|
403
|
407
|
410
|
|
18.
|
Bangalore
|
416
|
416
|
419
|
421
|
421
|
422
|
|
19.
|
Gulbarga
|
389
|
387
|
389
|
392
|
392
|
392
|
|
20.
|
Hubli
|
398
|
402
|
404
|
407
|
410
|
413
|
|
21.
|
Mangalore
|
391
|
391
|
395
|
397
|
400
|
407
|
|
22.
|
Trivandrum
|
393
|
395
|
400
|
402
|
406
|
408
|
|
23.
|
Calicut
|
377
|
375
|
376
|
378
|
380
|
383
|
|
24.
|
Bhopal
|
382
|
384
|
380
|
383
|
389
|
387
|
|
25.
|
Gwalior
|
420
|
419
|
422
|
431
|
436
|
438
|
|
26.
|
Indore
|
392
|
394
|
393
|
399
|
401
|
401
|
|
27.
|
Jabalpur
|
360
|
358
|
358
|
362
|
369
|
372
|
|
28.
|
Mumbai
|
403
|
402
|
405
|
406
|
408
|
407
|
|
29.
|
Aurangabad
|
427
|
428
|
431
|
433
|
442
|
440
|
|
30.
|
Nagpur
|
375
|
378
|
381
|
386
|
386
|
388
|
|
31.
|
Pune
|
405
|
409
|
413
|
419
|
421
|
421
|
|
32.
|
Solarpur
|
369
|
373
|
377
|
379
|
384
|
386
|
|
33.
|
Imphal
|
368
|
371
|
377
|
380
|
379
|
377
|
|
34.
|
Shillong
|
409
|
409
|
413
|
413
|
422
|
423
|
|
35.
|
Kohima
|
441
|
442
|
442
|
443
|
457
|
459
|
|
36.
|
Cuttack
|
376
|
378
|
379
|
386
|
393
|
389
|
|
37.
|
Sambalpur
|
339
|
337
|
340
|
344
|
346
|
349
|
|
38.
|
Amritsar
|
332
|
335
|
337
|
341
|
342
|
346
|
|
39.
|
Jaipur
|
391
|
395
|
394
|
401
|
404
|
409
|
|
40.
|
Ajmer
|
426
|
424
|
425
|
432
|
441
|
440
|
|
41.
|
Jodhpur
|
385
|
388
|
386
|
388
|
391
|
394
|
|
42.
|
Gangtok
|
435
|
436
|
444
|
447
|
456
|
456
|
|
43.
|
Chennai
|
474
|
475
|
478
|
482
|
487
|
486
|
|
44.
|
Coimbatore
|
460
|
462
|
463
|
466
|
471
|
473
|
|
45.
|
Madurai
|
448
|
449
|
452
|
455
|
453
|
453
|
|
46.
|
Salem
|
437
|
438
|
440
|
444
|
445
|
449
|
|
47.
|
Tiruchirapalli
|
429
|
431
|
432
|
434
|
439
|
441
|
|
48.
|
Agartala
|
448
|
444
|
446
|
447
|
457
|
471
|
|
49.
|
Lucknow
|
367
|
370
|
373
|
374
|
386
|
388
|
|
50.
|
Agra
|
389
|
387
|
393
|
395
|
403
|
405
|
|
51.
|
Allahabad
|
418
|
416
|
414
|
418
|
429
|
433
|
|
52.
|
Kanpur
|
359
|
360
|
364
|
372
|
374
|
381
|
|
53.
|
Meerut
|
359
|
360
|
366
|
366
|
370
|
373
|
|
54.
|
Kolkata
|
354
|
356
|
358
|
363
|
366
|
367
|
|
55.
|
Asansol
|
400
|
406
|
412
|
414
|
408
|
410
|
|
56.
|
Kharagpur
|
379
|
381
|
384
|
391
|
396
|
400
|
|
57.
|
Siliguri
|
420
|
422
|
424
|
425
|
430
|
430
|
|
58.
|
Chandigarh
|
468
|
467
|
466
|
472
|
478
|
481
|
|
59.
|
Delhi
|
400
|
399
|
401
|
405
|
411
|
413
|
| |
All India
|
395
|
396
|
398
|
402
|
406
|
407
|
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
|
August, 2001
|
August, 2002
|
Percent change
|
|
1.
|
Hyderabad
|
413
|
426
|
3.1
|
|
2.
|
Kurnool
|
403
|
413
|
2.5
|
|
3.
|
Vijayawada
|
424
|
457
|
7.8
|
|
4.
|
Visakhapatnam
|
399
|
416
|
4.3
|
|
5.
|
Warangal
|
418
|
426
|
1.9
|
|
6.
|
Guwahati
|
379
|
405
|
2.0
|
|
7.
|
Patna
|
362
|
370
|
2.2
|
|
8.
|
Muzaffarpur
|
377
|
395
|
4.8
|
|
9.
|
Ranchi
|
366
|
375
|
2.5
|
|
10.
|
Ahmedabad
|
356
|
365
|
2.5
|
|
11.
|
Bhavnagar
|
398
|
400
|
0.5
|
|
12.
|
Rajkot
|
367
|
371
|
1.1
|
|
13.
|
Surat
|
353
|
357
|
1.1
|
|
14.
|
Rohtak
|
437
|
450
|
3.0
|
|
15.
|
Shimla
|
398
|
412
|
3.5
|
|
16.
|
Srinagar
|
405
|
399
|
-1.5
|
|
17.
|
Jammu
|
403
|
410
|
1.7
|
|
18.
|
Bangalore
|
414
|
422
|
1.9
|
|
19.
|
Gulbarga
|
380
|
392
|
3.2
|
|
20.
|
Hubli
|
398
|
413
|
3.8
|
|
21.
|
Mangalore
|
387
|
407
|
5.2
|
|
22.
|
Trivandrum
|
384
|
408
|
6.3
|
|
23.
|
Calicut
|
371
|
383
|
3.2
|
|
24.
|
Bhopal
|
374
|
387
|
3.5
|
|
25.
|
Gwalior
|
419
|
438
|
4.5
|
|
26.
|
Indore
|
383
|
401
|
4.7
|
|
27.
|
Jabalpur
|
362
|
372
|
2.8
|
|
28.
|
Mumbai
|
396
|
407
|
2.8
|
|
29.
|
Aurangabad
|
422
|
440
|
4.3
|
|
30.
|
Nagpur
|
378
|
388
|
2.6
|
|
31.
|
Pune
|
406
|
421
|
3.7
|
|
32.
|
Solarpur
|
370
|
386
|
4.3
|
|
33.
|
Imphal
|
384
|
377
|
-1.8
|
|
34.
|
Shillong
|
406
|
423
|
4.2
|
|
35.
|
Kohima
|
428
|
459
|
7.2
|
|
36.
|
Cuttack
|
385
|
389
|
1.0
|
|
37.
|
Sambalpur
|
345
|
349
|
1.2
|
|
38.
|
Amritsar
|
334
|
346
|
3.6
|
|
39.
|
Jaipur
|
391
|
409
|
4.6
|
|
40.
|
Ajmer
|
424
|
440
|
3.8
|
|
41.
|
Jodhpur
|
389
|
394
|
1.3
|
|
42.
|
Gangtok
|
422
|
456
|
8.1
|
|
43.
|
Chennai
|
454
|
486
|
7.0
|
|
44.
|
Coimbatore
|
456
|
473
|
3.7
|
|
45.
|
Madurai
|
439
|
453
|
3.2
|
|
46.
|
Salem
|
427
|
449
|
5.2
|
|
47.
|
Tiruchirapalli
|
410
|
441
|
7.6
|
|
48.
|
Agartala
|
439
|
471
|
7.3
|
|
49.
|
Lucknow
|
368
|
388
|
5.4
|
|
50.
|
Agra
|
393
|
405
|
3.1
|
|
51.
|
Allahabad
|
415
|
433
|
4.3
|
|
52.
|
Kanpur
|
360
|
381
|
5.8
|
|
53.
|
Meerut
|
351
|
373
|
6.3
|
|
54.
|
Kolkata
|
357
|
367
|
2.8
|
|
55.
|
Asansol
|
402
|
410
|
2.0
|
|
56.
|
Kharagpur
|
378
|
400
|
5.8
|
|
57.
|
Siliguri
|
417
|
430
|
3.1
|
|
58.
|
Chandigarh
|
467
|
481
|
3.0
|
|
59.
|
Delhi
|
402
|
413
|
2.7
|
|
|
All India
|
393
|
407
|
3.6
|
