All India Consumer
Price Index Number for Industrial Workers (CPI-IW) on base 1982=100
for the month of January, 2003 has decreased by one point to
stand at 483 (four hundred & eighty three). The decrease
in index is mainly due to fall in prices of Pulses, Onion, Vegetables,
Sugar, etc.
All India Consumer
Price Index Number for January, 2002 had decreased by 2 points.
The Fall/Rise
in index varies from centre to centre. In 45 centres, decrease
in index was noticed between 1 to 19 points, in 5 centres it
remained constant and in 20 centres it recorded an increase
of 1 to 8 points when compared to previous month.
During the
month Rangapara-Tezpur centre experienced the maximum decrease
of 19 points mainly on account of the decline in the prices
of Rice, Arhar Dal, Onion, Vegetables, etc. Whereas, Agra centre
experienced the maximum increase of 8 points. The increase in
index was due to rise in the prices of Wheat, Wheat Atta, Firewood,
Soft Coke, Washing Soap, Grinding Charges, etc. However, the
index remained stationary in five centres viz. Coonoor, Chandigarh,
Faridabad, Hyderabad and Quilon.
The index in
respect of six main centres during January- 2003 stands at the
following level:-
| 1. |
Ahmedabad
|
478
|
4. |
Chennai
|
525
|
| 2. |
Bangalore
|
463
|
5. |
Delhi
|
555
|
| 3. |
Kolkata
|
527
|
6. |
Mumbai
|
574
|
The point to
point rate of inflation, based on the CPI-IW has increased from
3.20 % in December, 2002 to 3.43% in January, 2003. In January,
2002 it was 4.94 %.
