CONSUMER PRICE INDEX FOR URBAN NON-MANUAL
EMPLOYEES FOR APRIL, 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 May, 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
May, 2003 is 415, which is 2 points more than the index for the
month of April, 2003. At the major group level, the index in May,
2003 when compared to last month that is April, 2003 has increased
by 0.50% in the case of "Food, Beverages & Tobacco".
However, the Index for "Miscellanous" has decreased
by 0.23%. At the sub-group level, the index for "Vegetables"
has increased by 6.07%. However, the index for "Transport
& Communication " has decreased by 0.88%. With the corresponding
All-India index for May, 2002 being 398, the index for the month
of May, 2003 has shown a rise of 4.3 percent over a year.
The average index
for the period April, 2003 to May, 2003 works out to 414, which
is higher by 4.3% over the average index of 397 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 May, 2003 in respect of four metropolitan
cities of India, together with the corresponding indices for the
previous month and also for May, 2002 are given below:-
|
City |
May, 2002 |
April,
2003 |
May, 2003 |
|
Kolkata |
358 |
373 |
377 |
|
Chennai |
478 |
499 |
496 |
|
Delhi |
401 |
417 |
416 |
|
Mumbai |
405 |
411 |
411 |
Statement-2
gives a comparison of CPI(UNME) for May, 2003 in respect of 59
selected urban centres, with the indices for the corresponding
month of last year, namely May, 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 –1.2 to 10.4 percent; with the largest increase being in
the case of Mangalore and the least in the case of Asansol. The
increases are less than 0.0 percent for 1 centre, 0.1 to 2.0 percent
for 1 centre, 2.1 to 4.0 percent for 22 centres, 4.1 to 6.0 percent
for 26 centres, 6.1 to 8.0 percent for 7 centres, 8.1 to 10.0
percent for 1 centre and more than 10.0 percent for 1 centre.
As many as 29 centres have lower annual percentage increase as
compared to that of the All-India figure of 4.3 percent while
27 centres have recorded a higher percentage increase as compared
to the All-India average whereas 3 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 |
|
Dec |
Jan |
Feb |
Mar |
Apr |
May |
|
1 |
Hyderabad |
430 |
430 |
430 |
433 |
435 |
440 |
|
2 |
Kurnool |
423 |
424 |
419 |
419 |
420 |
422 |
|
3 |
Vijayawada |
457 |
462 |
463 |
464 |
468 |
469 |
|
4 |
Visakhapatnam |
415 |
415 |
416 |
418 |
419 |
421 |
|
5 |
Warangal |
428 |
429 |
433 |
434 |
438 |
441 |
|
6 |
Guwahati |
400 |
398 |
401 |
403 |
404 |
409 |
|
7 |
Patna |
367 |
369 |
373 |
375 |
374 |
369 |
|
8 |
Muzzaffarpur |
390 |
394 |
397 |
400 |
400 |
405 |
|
9 |
Ranchi |
376 |
373 |
372 |
374 |
379 |
384 |
|
10 |
Ahmedabad |
362 |
360 |
362 |
365 |
368 |
371 |
|
11 |
Bhavnagar |
403 |
400 |
400 |
407 |
414 |
415 |
|
12 |
Rajkot |
367 |
370 |
372 |
375 |
379 |
385 |
|
13 |
Surat |
354 |
353 |
353 |
356 |
361 |
361 |
|
14 |
Rohtak |
438 |
441 |
443 |
446 |
449 |
450 |
|
15 |
Shimla |
408 |
409 |
411 |
415 |
419 |
421 |
|
16 |
Srinagar |
405 |
406 |
407 |
406 |
409 |
416 |
|
17 |
Jammu |
402 |
403 |
403 |
405 |
410 |
412 |
|
18 |
Bangalore |
425 |
426 |
429 |
431 |
435 |
437 |
|
19 |
Gulbarga |
399 |
398 |
400 |
398 |
398 |
399 |
|
20 |
Hubli |
416 |
420 |
422 |
420 |
426 |
428 |
|
21 |
Mangalore |
413 |
423 |
425 |
428 |
434 |
436 |
|
22 |
Trivandrum |
407 |
410 |
412 |
416 |
418 |
418 |
|
23 |
Calicut |
386 |
387 |
387 |
388 |
393 |
392 |
|
24 |
Bhopal |
385 |
383 |
386 |
388 |
391 |
390 |
|
25 |
Gwalior |
429 |
430 |
433 |
436 |
441 |
441 |
|
26 |
Indore |
393 |
394 |
396 |
398 |
404 |
406 |
|
27 |
Jabalpur |
370 |
364 |
365 |
369 |
368 |
369 |
|
28 |
Mumbai |
405 |
406 |
407 |
408 |
411 |
411 |
|
29 |
Aurangabad |
450 |
453 |
452 |
453 |
455 |
458 |
|
30 |
Nagpur |
388 |
389 |
391 |
392 |
396 |
398 |
|
31 |
Pune |
421 |
423 |
425 |
432 |
434 |
438 |
|
32 |
Solapur |
389 |
390 |
392 |
391 |
394 |
395 |
|
33 |
Imphal |
377 |
380 |
378 |
384 |
388 |
391 |
|
34 |
Shillong |
425 |
427 |
427 |
427 |
428 |
430 |
|
35 |
Kohima |
453 |
456 |
456 |
457 |
456 |
457 |
|
36 |
Cuttack |
390 |
394 |
391 |
397 |
399 |
401 |
|
37 |
Sambalpur |
347 |
345 |
346 |
348 |
350 |
354 |
|
38 |
Amritsar |
342 |
345 |
342 |
349 |
351 |
351 |
|
39 |
Jaipur |
404 |
402 |
405 |
410 |
413 |
409 |
|
40 |
Ajmer |
434 |
434 |
435 |
438 |
445 |
444 |
|
41 |
Jodhpur |
390 |
392 |
389 |
392 |
397 |
396 |
|
42 |
Gangtok |
451 |
451 |
452 |
452 |
454 |
456 |
|
43 |
Chennai |
487 |
489 |
491 |
492 |
499 |
496 |
|
44 |
Coimbatore |
478 |
477 |
479 |
484 |
487 |
488 |
|
45 |
Madurai |
454 |
454 |
455 |
459 |
463 |
463 |
|
46 |
Salem |
452 |
450 |
452 |
456 |
458 |
458 |
|
47 |
Tiruchirapalli |
443 |
445 |
446 |
447 |
451 |
454 |
|
48 |
Agartala |
461 |
467 |
469 |
468 |
470 |
474 |
|
49 |
Lucknow |
382 |
382 |
383 |
388 |
389 |
390 |
|
50 |
Agra |
392 |
392 |
396 |
399 |
403 |
403 |
|
51 |
Allahabad |
422 |
426 |
430 |
436 |
441 |
439 |
|
52 |
Kanpur |
367 |
369 |
371 |
376 |
378 |
381 |
|
53 |
Meerut |
364 |
366 |
369 |
372 |
373 |
372 |
|
54 |
Kolkata |
361 |
363 |
364 |
365 |
373 |
377 |
|
55 |
Asansol |
407 |
400 |
399 |
400 |
404 |
407 |
|
56 |
Kharagpur |
396 |
394 |
394 |
392 |
397 |
401 |
|
57 |
Siliguri |
431 |
433 |
434 |
436 |
436 |
435 |
|
58 |
Chandigarh |
475 |
496 |
500 |
506 |
507 |
506 |
|
59 |
Delhi |
412 |
414 |
415 |
417 |
417 |
416 |
|
|
All-India |
405 |
406 |
408 |
410 |
413 |
415 |
|
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 |
May. 2002 |
May, 2003 |
Percent
change |
|
1 |
Hyderabad |
420 |
440 |
4.8 |
|
2 |
Kurnool |
409 |
422 |
3.2 |
|
3 |
Vijayawada |
442 |
469 |
6.1 |
|
4 |
Visakhapatnam |
408 |
421 |
3.2 |
|
5 |
Warangal |
420 |
441 |
5.0 |
|
6 |
Guwahati |
400 |
409 |
2.3 |
|
7 |
Patna |
354 |
369 |
4.2 |
|
8 |
Muzzaffarpur |
375 |
405 |
8.0 |
|
9 |
Ranchi |
361 |
384 |
6.4 |
|
10 |
Ahmedabad |
355 |
371 |
4.5 |
|
11 |
Bhavnagar |
398 |
415 |
4.3 |
|
12 |
Rajkot |
361 |
385 |
6.6 |
|
13 |
Surat |
352 |
361 |
2.6 |
|
14 |
Rohtak |
433 |
450 |
3.9 |
|
15 |
Shimla |
400 |
421 |
5.3 |
|
16 |
Srinagar |
400 |
416 |
4.0 |
|
17 |
Jammu |
398 |
412 |
3.5 |
|
18 |
Bangalore |
419 |
437 |
4.3 |
|
19 |
Gulbarga |
389 |
399 |
2.6 |
|
20 |
Hubli |
404 |
428 |
5.9 |
|
21 |
Mangalore |
395 |
436 |
10.4 |
|
22 |
Trivandrum |
400 |
418 |
4.5 |
|
23 |
Calicut |
376 |
392 |
4.3 |
|
24 |
Bhopal |
380 |
390 |
2.6 |
|
25 |
Gwalior |
422 |
441 |
4.5 |
|
26 |
Indore |
393 |
406 |
3.3 |
|
27 |
Jabalpur |
358 |
369 |
3.1 |
|
28 |
Mumbai |
405 |
411 |
1.5 |
|
29 |
Aurangabad |
431 |
458 |
6.3 |
|
30 |
Nagpur |
381 |
398 |
4.5 |
|
31 |
Pune |
413 |
438 |
6.1 |
|
32 |
Solapur |
377 |
395 |
4.8 |
|
33 |
Imphal |
377 |
391 |
3.7 |
|
34 |
Shillong |
413 |
430 |
4.1 |
|
35 |
Kohima |
442 |
457 |
3.4 |
|
36 |
Cuttack |
379 |
401 |
5.8 |
|
37 |
Sambalpur |
340 |
354 |
4.1 |
|
38 |
Amritsar |
337 |
351 |
4.2 |
|
39 |
Jaipur |
394 |
409 |
3.8 |
|
40 |
Ajmer |
425 |
444 |
4.5 |
|
41 |
Jodhpur |
386 |
396 |
2.6 |
|
42 |
Gangtok |
444 |
456 |
2.7 |
|
43 |
Chennai |
478 |
496 |
3.8 |
|
44 |
Coimbatore |
463 |
488 |
5.4 |
|
45 |
Madurai |
452 |
463 |
2.4 |
|
46 |
Salem |
440 |
458 |
4.1 |
|
47 |
Tiruchirapalli |
432 |
454 |
5.1 |
|
48 |
Agartala |
446 |
474 |
6.3 |
|
49 |
Lucknow |
373 |
390 |
4.6 |
|
50 |
Agra |
393 |
403 |
2.5 |
|
51 |
Allahabad |
414 |
439 |
6.0 |
|
52 |
Kanpur |
364 |
381 |
4.7 |
|
53 |
Meerut |
360 |
372 |
3.3 |
|
54 |
Kolkata |
358 |
377 |
5.3 |
|
55 |
Asansol |
412 |
407 |
-1.2 |
|
56 |
Kharagpur |
384 |
401 |
4.4 |
|
57 |
Siliguri |
424 |
435 |
2.6 |
|
58 |
Chandigarh |
466 |
506 |
8.6 |
|
59 |
Delhi |
401 |
416 |
3.7 |
|
|
All-India |
398 |
415 |
4.3 |
