CONSUMER PRICE INDEX FOR URBAN NON-MANUAL EMPLOYEES
FOR JUNE 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 June, 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
June, 2003 is 417, which is 2 points more than the index for the
month of May, 2003. At the major group level, the index in June,
2003 when compared to last month that is May, 2003 has increased
by 1.24% in the case of "Food, Beverages & Tobacco".
At the sub-group level, the index for "Vegetables" has
increased by 10.95% whereas the index for "Fish, meat etc"
has increased by 1.40%. With the corresponding All-India index
for June, 2002 being 402, the index for the month of June, 2003
has shown a rise of 3.7 percent over a year.
The average index
for the period April, 2003 to June, 2003 works out to 415, which
is higher by 4.0% over the average index of 399 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, 2003; together with the indices for the preceding five
months. The CPI (UNME) for June, 2003 in respect of four metropolitan
cities of India, together with the corresponding indices for the
previous month and also for June, 2002 are given below:-
|
City
|
June, 2002
|
May, 2003
|
June, 2003
|
|
Kolkata
|
363
|
377
|
378
|
|
Chennai
|
482
|
496
|
501
|
|
Delhi
|
405
|
416
|
418
|
|
Mumbai
|
406
|
411
|
413
|
Statement-2
gives a comparison of CPI(UNME) for June, 2003 in respect of 59
selected urban centres, with the indices for the corresponding
month of last year, namely June, 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 10.8 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 to 2.0 percent for 7 centres, 2.1 to 4.0 percent
for 27 centres, 4.1 to 6.0 percent for 22 centres, 6.1 to 8.0
percent for 2 centres and more than 8.0 percent for 1 centre.
As many as 27 centres have lower annual percentage increase as
compared to that of the All-India figure of 3.7 percent while
31 centres have recorded a higher percentage increase as compared
to the All-India average whereas 1 centre has 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
|
2003
|
|
Jan
|
Feb
|
Mar
|
Apr
|
May
|
June
|
|
1
|
Hyderabad
|
430
|
430
|
433
|
435
|
440
|
443
|
|
2
|
Kurnool
|
424
|
419
|
419
|
420
|
422
|
427
|
|
3
|
Vijayawada
|
462
|
463
|
464
|
468
|
469
|
473
|
|
4
|
Visakhapatnam
|
415
|
416
|
418
|
419
|
421
|
422
|
|
5
|
Warangal
|
429
|
433
|
434
|
438
|
441
|
447
|
|
6
|
Guwahati
|
398
|
401
|
403
|
404
|
409
|
410
|
|
7
|
Patna
|
369
|
373
|
375
|
374
|
369
|
372
|
|
8
|
Muzzaffarpur
|
394
|
397
|
400
|
400
|
405
|
403
|
|
9
|
Ranchi
|
373
|
372
|
374
|
379
|
384
|
386
|
|
10
|
Ahmedabad
|
360
|
362
|
365
|
368
|
371
|
373
|
|
11
|
Bhavnagar
|
400
|
400
|
407
|
414
|
415
|
417
|
|
12
|
Rajkot
|
370
|
372
|
375
|
379
|
385
|
383
|
|
13
|
Surat
|
353
|
353
|
356
|
361
|
361
|
365
|
|
14
|
Rohtak
|
441
|
443
|
446
|
449
|
450
|
453
|
|
15
|
Shimla
|
409
|
411
|
415
|
419
|
421
|
424
|
|
16
|
Srinagar
|
406
|
407
|
406
|
409
|
416
|
418
|
|
17
|
Jammu
|
403
|
403
|
405
|
410
|
412
|
409
|
|
18
|
Bangalore
|
426
|
429
|
431
|
435
|
437
|
438
|
|
19
|
Gulbarga
|
398
|
400
|
398
|
398
|
399
|
400
|
|
20
|
Hubli
|
420
|
422
|
420
|
426
|
428
|
429
|
|
21
|
Mangalore
|
423
|
425
|
428
|
434
|
436
|
440
|
|
22
|
Trivandrum
|
410
|
412
|
416
|
418
|
418
|
420
|
|
23
|
Calicut
|
387
|
387
|
388
|
393
|
392
|
393
|
|
24
|
Bhopal
|
383
|
386
|
388
|
391
|
390
|
391
|
|
25
|
Gwalior
|
430
|
433
|
436
|
441
|
441
|
448
|
|
26
|
Indore
|
394
|
396
|
398
|
404
|
406
|
406
|
|
27
|
Jabalpur
|
364
|
365
|
369
|
368
|
369
|
372
|
|
28
|
Mumbai
|
406
|
407
|
408
|
411
|
411
|
413
|
|
29
|
Aurangabad
|
453
|
452
|
453
|
455
|
458
|
458
|
|
30
|
Nagpur
|
389
|
391
|
392
|
396
|
398
|
406
|
|
31
|
Pune
|
423
|
425
|
432
|
434
|
438
|
443
|
|
32
|
Solapur
|
390
|
392
|
391
|
394
|
395
|
396
|
|
33
|
Imphal
|
380
|
378
|
384
|
388
|
391
|
389
|
|
34
|
Shillong
|
427
|
427
|
427
|
428
|
430
|
430
|
|
35
|
Kohima
|
456
|
456
|
457
|
456
|
457
|
457
|
|
36
|
Cuttack
|
394
|
391
|
397
|
399
|
401
|
403
|
|
37
|
Sambalpur
|
345
|
346
|
348
|
350
|
354
|
354
|
|
38
|
Amritsar
|
345
|
342
|
349
|
351
|
351
|
350
|
|
39
|
Jaipur
|
402
|
405
|
410
|
413
|
409
|
410
|
|
40
|
Ajmer
|
434
|
435
|
438
|
445
|
444
|
447
|
|
41
|
Jodhpur
|
392
|
389
|
392
|
397
|
396
|
401
|
|
42
|
Gangtok
|
451
|
452
|
452
|
454
|
456
|
453
|
|
43
|
Chennai
|
489
|
491
|
492
|
499
|
496
|
501
|
|
44
|
Coimbatore
|
477
|
479
|
484
|
487
|
488
|
490
|
|
45
|
Madurai
|
454
|
455
|
459
|
463
|
463
|
465
|
|
46
|
Salem
|
450
|
452
|
456
|
458
|
458
|
460
|
|
47
|
Tiruchirapalli
|
445
|
446
|
447
|
451
|
454
|
453
|
|
48
|
Agartala
|
467
|
469
|
468
|
470
|
474
|
474
|
|
49
|
Lucknow
|
382
|
383
|
388
|
389
|
390
|
389
|
|
50
|
Agra
|
392
|
396
|
399
|
403
|
403
|
409
|
|
51
|
Allahabad
|
426
|
430
|
436
|
441
|
439
|
441
|
|
52
|
Kanpur
|
369
|
371
|
376
|
378
|
381
|
384
|
|
53
|
Meerut
|
366
|
369
|
372
|
373
|
372
|
375
|
|
54
|
Kolkata
|
363
|
364
|
365
|
373
|
377
|
378
|
|
55
|
Asansol
|
400
|
399
|
400
|
404
|
407
|
414
|
|
56
|
Kharagpur
|
394
|
394
|
392
|
397
|
401
|
407
|
|
57
|
Siliguri
|
433
|
434
|
436
|
436
|
435
|
434
|
|
58
|
Chandigarh
|
496
|
500
|
506
|
507
|
506
|
508
|
|
59
|
Delhi
|
414
|
415
|
417
|
417
|
416
|
418
|
|
|
All-India
|
406
|
408
|
410
|
413
|
415
|
417
|
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
|
June, 2002
|
June, 2003
|
Percent Change
|
|
1
|
Hyderabad
|
425
|
443
|
4.2
|
|
2
|
Kurnool
|
410
|
427
|
4.1
|
|
3
|
Vijayawada
|
447
|
473
|
5.8
|
|
4
|
Visakhapatnam
|
412
|
422
|
2.4
|
|
5
|
Warangal
|
428
|
447
|
4.4
|
|
6
|
Guwahati
|
408
|
410
|
0.5
|
|
7
|
Patna
|
357
|
372
|
4.2
|
|
8
|
Muzzaffarpur
|
380
|
403
|
6.1
|
|
9
|
Ranchi
|
364
|
386
|
6.0
|
|
10
|
Ahmedabad
|
362
|
373
|
3.0
|
|
11
|
Bhavnagar
|
404
|
417
|
3.2
|
|
12
|
Rajkot
|
369
|
383
|
3.8
|
|
13
|
Surat
|
356
|
365
|
2.5
|
|
14
|
Rohtak
|
437
|
453
|
3.7
|
|
15
|
Shimla
|
406
|
424
|
4.4
|
|
16
|
Srinagar
|
399
|
418
|
4.8
|
|
17
|
Jammu
|
403
|
409
|
1.5
|
|
18
|
Bangalore
|
421
|
438
|
4.0
|
|
19
|
Gulbarga
|
392
|
400
|
2.0
|
|
20
|
Hubli
|
407
|
429
|
5.4
|
|
21
|
Mangalore
|
397
|
440
|
10.8
|
|
22
|
Trivandrum
|
402
|
420
|
4.5
|
|
23
|
Calicut
|
378
|
393
|
4.0
|
|
24
|
Bhopal
|
383
|
391
|
2.1
|
|
25
|
Gwalior
|
431
|
448
|
3.9
|
|
26
|
Indore
|
399
|
406
|
1.8
|
|
27
|
Jabalpur
|
362
|
372
|
2.8
|
|
28
|
Mumbai
|
406
|
413
|
1.7
|
|
29
|
Aurangabad
|
433
|
458
|
5.8
|
|
30
|
Nagpur
|
386
|
406
|
5.2
|
|
31
|
Pune
|
419
|
443
|
5.7
|
|
32
|
Solapur
|
379
|
396
|
4.5
|
|
33
|
Imphal
|
380
|
389
|
2.4
|
|
34
|
Shillong
|
413
|
430
|
4.1
|
|
35
|
Kohima
|
443
|
457
|
3.2
|
|
36
|
Cuttack
|
386
|
403
|
4.4
|
|
37
|
Sambalpur
|
344
|
354
|
2.9
|
|
38
|
Amritsar
|
341
|
350
|
2.6
|
|
39
|
Jaipur
|
401
|
410
|
2.2
|
|
40
|
Ajmer
|
432
|
447
|
3.5
|
|
41
|
Jodhpur
|
388
|
401
|
3.4
|
|
42
|
Gangtok
|
447
|
453
|
1.3
|
|
43
|
Chennai
|
482
|
501
|
3.9
|
|
44
|
Coimbatore
|
466
|
490
|
5.2
|
|
45
|
Madurai
|
455
|
465
|
2.2
|
|
46
|
Salem
|
444
|
460
|
3.6
|
|
47
|
Tiruchirapalli
|
434
|
453
|
4.4
|
|
48
|
Agartala
|
447
|
474
|
6.0
|
|
49
|
Lucknow
|
374
|
389
|
4.0
|
|
50
|
Agra
|
395
|
409
|
3.5
|
|
51
|
Allahabad
|
418
|
441
|
5.5
|
|
52
|
Kanpur
|
372
|
384
|
3.2
|
|
53
|
Meerut
|
366
|
375
|
2.5
|
|
54
|
Kolkata
|
363
|
378
|
4.1
|
|
55
|
Asansol
|
414
|
414
|
0.0
|
|
56
|
Kharagpur
|
391
|
407
|
4.1
|
|
57
|
Siliguri
|
425
|
434
|
2.1
|
|
58
|
Chandigarh
|
472
|
508
|
7.6
|
|
59
|
Delhi
|
405
|
418
|
3.2
|
|
|
All-India
|
402
|
417
|
3.7
|
