CONSUMER PRICE INDEX FOR URBAN NON- MANUAL EMPLOYEES FOR MARCH,
2003 (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 March, 2003 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
March, 2003 is 410, which is 2 points more than the index for
the month of February, 2003. At the major group level, the index
in March, 2003 when compared to last month that is February, 2003
has increased by 1.02% in the case of "Food, Beverages &
Tobacco." and 0.71% in case of "Miscellaneous".
At the sub-group level, the index for "Vegetables" has
increased by 7.69% while that for "Oils & Fats"
has increased by 3.04%. However, the indices for "Sugar,
Honey etc." and "Condiments& Spices" have decreased
by 1.14% and 0.86% respectively. With the corresponding All-India
index for March, 2002 being 395, the index for the month of March,
2003 has shown a rise of 3.8 percent over a year.
The average index
for the period April, 2002 to March, 2003 works out to 405, which
is higher by 3.8% over the average index of 390 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 March, 2003; together with the indices for the preceding five
months. The CPI (UNME) for March, 2003 in respect of four metropolitan
cities of India, together with the corresponding indices for the
previous month and also for March, 2002 are given below:-
|
City
|
March, 2002
|
February,
2003
|
March, 2003
|
|
Kolkata
|
354
|
364
|
365
|
|
Chennai
|
474
|
491
|
492
|
|
Delhi
|
400
|
415
|
417
|
|
Mumbai
|
403
|
407
|
408
|
Statement-2
gives a comparison of CPI(UNME) for March, 2003 in respect of
59 selected urban centres, with the indices for the corresponding
month of last year, namely March, 2002. 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 0.0 to 9.5 percent; with the largest increase being in the
case of Mangalore and the least in the case of Asansol. The increases
are 0.0 percent for 1 centre, 0.1 to 2.0 percent for 5 centres,
2.1 to 4.0 percent for 24 centres, 4.1 to 6.0 percent for 22 centres
and 6.1 to 8.0 percent for 5 centres and more than 8.0 percent
for 2 centres. As many as 24 centres have lower annual percentage
increase as compared to that of the All-India figure of 3.8 percent
while 31 centres have recorded a higher percentage increase as
compared to the All-India average whereas 4 centres have the same
percentage increase 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
|
2003
|
|
Oct
|
Nov
|
Dec
|
Jan
|
Feb
|
Mar
|
|
1
|
Hyderabad
|
430
|
432
|
430
|
430
|
430
|
433
|
|
2
|
Kurnool
|
419
|
426
|
423
|
424
|
419
|
419
|
|
3
|
Vijayawada
|
458
|
459
|
457
|
462
|
463
|
464
|
|
4
|
Visakhapatnam
|
416
|
416
|
415
|
415
|
416
|
418
|
|
5
|
Warangal
|
431
|
433
|
428
|
429
|
433
|
434
|
|
6
|
Guwahati
|
401
|
402
|
400
|
398
|
401
|
403
|
|
7
|
Patna
|
372
|
372
|
367
|
369
|
373
|
375
|
|
8
|
Muzzaffarpur
|
395
|
396
|
390
|
394
|
397
|
400
|
|
9
|
Ranchi
|
380
|
384
|
376
|
373
|
372
|
374
|
|
10
|
Ahmedabad
|
363
|
365
|
362
|
360
|
362
|
365
|
|
11
|
Bhavnagar
|
407
|
407
|
403
|
400
|
400
|
407
|
|
12
|
Rajkot
|
373
|
370
|
367
|
370
|
372
|
375
|
|
13
|
Surat
|
356
|
356
|
354
|
353
|
353
|
356
|
|
14
|
Rohtak
|
438
|
442
|
438
|
441
|
443
|
446
|
|
15
|
Shimla
|
413
|
412
|
408
|
409
|
411
|
415
|
|
16
|
Srinagar
|
405
|
405
|
405
|
406
|
407
|
406
|
|
17
|
Jammu
|
408
|
404
|
402
|
403
|
403
|
405
|
|
18
|
Bangalore
|
424
|
426
|
425
|
426
|
429
|
431
|
|
19
|
Gulbarga
|
399
|
401
|
399
|
398
|
400
|
398
|
|
20
|
Hubli
|
417
|
418
|
416
|
420
|
422
|
420
|
|
21
|
Mangalore
|
408
|
413
|
413
|
423
|
425
|
428
|
|
22
|
Trivandrum
|
405
|
406
|
407
|
410
|
412
|
416
|
|
23
|
Calicut
|
384
|
388
|
386
|
387
|
387
|
388
|
|
24
|
Bhopal
|
390
|
389
|
385
|
383
|
386
|
388
|
|
25
|
Gwalior
|
437
|
437
|
429
|
430
|
433
|
436
|
|
26
|
Indore
|
402
|
399
|
393
|
394
|
396
|
398
|
|
27
|
Jabalpur
|
376
|
375
|
370
|
364
|
365
|
369
|
|
28
|
Mumbai
|
407
|
407
|
405
|
406
|
407
|
408
|
|
29
|
Aurangabad
|
447
|
448
|
450
|
453
|
452
|
453
|
|
30
|
Nagpur
|
390
|
392
|
388
|
389
|
391
|
392
|
|
31
|
Pune
|
420
|
424
|
421
|
423
|
425
|
432
|
|
32
|
Solapur
|
389
|
389
|
389
|
390
|
392
|
391
|
|
33
|
Imphal
|
377
|
380
|
377
|
380
|
378
|
384
|
|
34
|
Shillong
|
426
|
425
|
425
|
427
|
427
|
427
|
|
35
|
Kohima
|
456
|
454
|
453
|
456
|
456
|
457
|
|
36
|
Cuttack
|
392
|
394
|
390
|
394
|
391
|
397
|
|
37
|
Sambalpur
|
349
|
351
|
347
|
345
|
346
|
348
|
|
38
|
Amritsar
|
345
|
345
|
342
|
345
|
342
|
349
|
|
39
|
Jaipur
|
405
|
405
|
404
|
402
|
405
|
410
|
|
40
|
Ajmer
|
439
|
439
|
434
|
434
|
435
|
438
|
|
41
|
Jodhpur
|
394
|
393
|
390
|
392
|
389
|
392
|
|
42
|
Gangtok
|
458
|
458
|
451
|
451
|
452
|
452
|
|
43
|
Chennai
|
487
|
488
|
487
|
489
|
491
|
492
|
|
44
|
Coimbatore
|
477
|
479
|
478
|
477
|
479
|
484
|
|
45
|
Madurai
|
455
|
459
|
454
|
454
|
455
|
459
|
|
46
|
Salem
|
452
|
454
|
452
|
450
|
452
|
456
|
|
47
|
Tiruchirapalli
|
445
|
445
|
443
|
445
|
446
|
447
|
|
48
|
Agartala
|
477
|
478
|
461
|
467
|
469
|
468
|
|
49
|
Lucknow
|
391
|
389
|
382
|
382
|
383
|
388
|
|
50
|
Agra
|
405
|
407
|
392
|
392
|
396
|
399
|
|
51
|
Allahabad
|
431
|
429
|
422
|
426
|
430
|
436
|
|
52
|
Kanpur
|
376
|
375
|
367
|
369
|
371
|
376
|
|
53
|
Meerut
|
368
|
368
|
364
|
366
|
369
|
372
|
|
54
|
Kolkata
|
367
|
365
|
361
|
363
|
364
|
365
|
|
55
|
Asansol
|
414
|
411
|
407
|
400
|
399
|
400
|
|
56
|
Kharagpur
|
403
|
401
|
396
|
394
|
394
|
392
|
|
57
|
Siliguri
|
434
|
434
|
431
|
433
|
434
|
436
|
|
58
|
Chandigarh
|
479
|
479
|
475
|
496
|
500
|
506
|
|
59
|
Delhi
|
417
|
416
|
412
|
414
|
415
|
417
|
|
All-India
|
408
|
408
|
405
|
406
|
408
|
410
|
Notes: -
|
1.
|
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.
|
|
|
|
|
2.
|
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
|
March,
2002
|
March,
2003
|
Percent
change
|
|
1
|
Hyderabad
|
413
|
433
|
4.8
|
|
2
|
Kurnool
|
407
|
419
|
2.9
|
|
3
|
Vijayawada
|
436
|
464
|
6.4
|
|
4
|
Visakhapatnam
|
404
|
418
|
3.5
|
|
5
|
Warangal
|
418
|
434
|
3.8
|
|
6
|
Guwahati
|
395
|
403
|
2.0
|
|
7
|
Patna
|
353
|
375
|
6.2
|
|
8
|
Muzzaffarpur
|
374
|
400
|
7.0
|
|
9
|
Ranchi
|
360
|
374
|
3.9
|
|
10
|
Ahmedabad
|
350
|
365
|
4.3
|
|
11
|
Bhavnagar
|
393
|
407
|
3.6
|
|
12
|
Rajkot
|
356
|
375
|
5.3
|
|
13
|
Surat
|
348
|
356
|
2.3
|
|
14
|
Rohtak
|
428
|
446
|
4.2
|
|
15
|
Shimla
|
397
|
415
|
4.5
|
|
16
|
Srinagar
|
396
|
406
|
2.5
|
|
17
|
Jammu
|
395
|
405
|
2.5
|
|
18
|
Bangalore
|
416
|
431
|
3.6
|
|
19
|
Gulbarga
|
389
|
398
|
2.3
|
|
20
|
Hubli
|
398
|
420
|
5.5
|
|
21
|
Mangalore
|
391
|
428
|
9.5
|
|
22
|
Trivandrum
|
393
|
416
|
5.9
|
|
23
|
Calicut
|
377
|
388
|
2.9
|
|
24
|
Bhopal
|
382
|
388
|
1.6
|
|
25
|
Gwalior
|
420
|
436
|
3.8
|
|
26
|
Indore
|
392
|
398
|
1.5
|
|
27
|
Jabalpur
|
360
|
369
|
2.5
|
|
28
|
Mumbai
|
403
|
408
|
1.2
|
|
29
|
Aurangabad
|
427
|
453
|
6.1
|
|
30
|
Nagpur
|
375
|
392
|
4.5
|
|
31
|
Pune
|
405
|
432
|
6.7
|
|
32
|
Solapur
|
369
|
391
|
6.0
|
|
33
|
Imphal
|
368
|
384
|
4.3
|
|
34
|
Shillong
|
409
|
427
|
4.4
|
|
35
|
Kohima
|
441
|
457
|
3.6
|
|
36
|
Cuttack
|
376
|
397
|
5.6
|
|
37
|
Sambalpur
|
339
|
348
|
2.7
|
|
38
|
Amritsar
|
332
|
349
|
5.1
|
|
39
|
Jaipur
|
391
|
410
|
4.9
|
|
40
|
Ajmer
|
426
|
438
|
2.8
|
|
41
|
Jodhpur
|
385
|
392
|
1.8
|
|
42
|
Gangtok
|
435
|
452
|
3.9
|
|
43
|
Chennai
|
474
|
492
|
3.8
|
|
44
|
Coimbatore
|
460
|
484
|
5.2
|
|
45
|
Madurai
|
448
|
459
|
2.5
|
|
46
|
Salem
|
437
|
456
|
4.3
|
|
47
|
Tiruchirapalli
|
429
|
447
|
4.2
|
|
48
|
Agartala
|
448
|
468
|
4.5
|
|
49
|
Lucknow
|
367
|
388
|
5.7
|
|
50
|
Agra
|
389
|
399
|
2.6
|
|
51
|
Allahabad
|
418
|
436
|
4.3
|
|
52
|
Kanpur
|
359
|
376
|
4.7
|
|
53
|
Meerut
|
359
|
372
|
3.6
|
|
54
|
Kolkata
|
354
|
365
|
3.1
|
|
55
|
Asansol
|
400
|
400
|
0.0
|
|
56
|
Kharagpur
|
379
|
392
|
3.4
|
|
57
|
Siliguri
|
420
|
436
|
3.8
|
|
58
|
Chandigarh
|
468
|
506
|
8.1
|
|
59
|
Delhi
|
400
|
417
|
4.3
|
|
All-India
|
395
|
410
|
3.8
|
