CONSUMER PRICE INDEX FOR URBAN NON-MANUAL EMPLOYEES FOR FEBRUARY,
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 February, 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 January 2003 is 408, which is 2 points more than
the index for the month of January, 2003. At the major group level,
the index in February, 2003 when compared to last month that is
January, 2003 has increased by 0.51% in the case of "Food
and Beverages & Tobacco" and 0.24% in case of "Miscellaneous".
At the sub-group level, the index for "Oils & Fats"
has increased by 2.42% while that for "Fruits" has increased
by 2.27%. However, the indices for "Sugar, Honey etc."
and "Condiments & Spices" have been decreased by
1.12% and 1.07% respectively. With the corresponding All-India
index for February 2002 being 392, the index for the month of
February, 2003 has shown a rise of 4.1 percent over a year.
The average index
for the period April, 2002 to February, 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 February, 2003; together with the indices for
the preceding five months. The CPI (UNME) for February, 2003 in
respect of four metropolitan cities of India, together with the
corresponding indices for the previous month and also for February,
2002 are given below:-
|
City |
December,
2001 |
November,
2002 |
December,
2002 |
|
Kolkata |
352 |
363 |
364 |
|
Chennai |
472 |
489 |
491 |
|
Delhi |
399 |
414 |
415 |
|
Mumbai |
396 |
406 |
407 |
Statement-2
gives a comparison of CPI (UNME) for February, 2003 in respect
of 59 selected urban centres, with the indices for the corresponding
month of last year, namely February, 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 0.3 to 9.3 percent; with the largest increase being
in the case of Mangalore and the least in the case of Asansol.
The increases are 0.1 to 2.0 percent for 6 centres, 2.1 to 4.0
percent for 31 centres, 4.1 to 6.0 percent for 18 centres, 6.1
to 8.0 percent for 3 centres and 8.0 percent for 1 centre. As
many as 37 centres have lower annual percentage increase as compared
to that of the All India figure of 4.1 percent while 20 centres
have recorded a higher percentage increase as compared to the
All-India average whereas 2 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
|
S.No. |
Centre |
2002 |
2003 |
|
Sep |
Oct |
Nov |
Dec |
Jan |
Feb |
|
1. |
Hyderabad |
429 |
430 |
432 |
430 |
430 |
430 |
|
2. |
Kurnool |
414 |
419 |
426 |
423 |
424 |
419 |
|
3. |
Vijayawada |
456 |
458 |
459 |
457 |
462 |
463 |
|
4. |
Visakhapatnam |
416 |
416 |
416 |
415 |
415 |
416 |
|
5. |
Warangal |
426 |
431 |
433 |
428 |
429 |
433 |
|
6. |
Guwahati |
402 |
401 |
402 |
400 |
398 |
401 |
|
7. |
Patna |
370 |
372 |
372 |
367 |
369 |
373 |
|
8. |
Muzaffarpur |
397 |
395 |
396 |
390 |
394 |
397 |
|
9. |
Ranchi |
378 |
380 |
384 |
376 |
373 |
372 |
|
10. |
Ahmedabad |
363 |
363 |
365 |
362 |
360 |
362 |
|
11. |
Bhavnagar |
405 |
407 |
407 |
403 |
400 |
400 |
|
12. |
Rajkot |
372 |
373 |
370 |
367 |
370 |
372 |
|
13. |
Surat |
357 |
356 |
356 |
354 |
353 |
353 |
|
14. |
Rohtak |
443 |
438 |
442 |
438 |
441 |
443 |
|
15. |
Shimla |
412 |
413 |
412 |
408 |
409 |
411 |
|
16. |
Srinagar |
401 |
405 |
405 |
405 |
406 |
407 |
|
17. |
Jammu |
410 |
408 |
404 |
402 |
403 |
403 |
|
18. |
Bangalore |
424 |
424 |
426 |
425 |
426 |
429 |
|
19. |
Gulbarga |
395 |
399 |
401 |
399 |
398 |
400 |
|
20. |
Hubli |
415 |
417 |
418 |
416 |
420 |
422 |
|
21. |
Mangalore |
410 |
408 |
413 |
413 |
423 |
425 |
|
22. |
Trivandrum |
405 |
405 |
406 |
407 |
410 |
412 |
|
23. |
Calicut |
383 |
384 |
388 |
386 |
387 |
387 |
|
24. |
Bhopal |
385 |
390 |
389 |
385 |
383 |
386 |
|
25. |
Gwalior |
437 |
437 |
437 |
429 |
430 |
433 |
|
26. |
Indore |
399 |
402 |
399 |
393 |
394 |
396 |
|
27. |
Jabalpur |
376 |
376 |
375 |
370 |
364 |
365 |
|
28. |
Mumbai |
407 |
407 |
407 |
405 |
406 |
407 |
|
29. |
Aurangabad |
442 |
447 |
448 |
450 |
453 |
452 |
|
30. |
Nagpur |
389 |
390 |
392 |
388 |
389 |
391 |
|
31. |
Pune |
421 |
420 |
424 |
421 |
423 |
425 |
|
32. |
Solarpur |
389 |
389 |
389 |
389 |
390 |
392 |
|
33. |
Imphal |
378 |
377 |
380 |
377 |
380 |
378 |
|
34. |
Shillong |
425 |
426 |
425 |
425 |
427 |
427 |
|
35. |
Kohima |
456 |
456 |
454 |
453 |
456 |
456 |
|
36. |
Cuttack |
391 |
392 |
394 |
390 |
394 |
391 |
|
37. |
Sambalpur |
349 |
349 |
351 |
347 |
345 |
346 |
|
38. |
Amritsar |
350 |
345 |
345 |
342 |
345 |
342 |
|
39. |
Jaipur |
407 |
405 |
405 |
404 |
402 |
405 |
|
40. |
Ajmer |
441 |
439 |
439 |
434 |
434 |
435 |
|
41. |
Jodhpur |
394 |
394 |
393 |
390 |
392 |
389 |
|
42. |
Gangtok |
457 |
458 |
458 |
451 |
451 |
452 |
|
43. |
Chennai |
485 |
487 |
488 |
487 |
489 |
491 |
|
44. |
Coimbatore |
474 |
477 |
479 |
478 |
477 |
479 |
|
45. |
Madurai |
454 |
455 |
459 |
454 |
454 |
455 |
|
46. |
Salem |
448 |
452 |
454 |
452 |
450 |
452 |
|
47. |
Tiruchirapalli |
441 |
445 |
445 |
443 |
445 |
446 |
|
48. |
Agartala |
469 |
477 |
478 |
461 |
467 |
469 |
|
49. |
Lucknow |
390 |
391 |
389 |
382 |
382 |
383 |
|
50. |
Agra |
406 |
405 |
407 |
392 |
392 |
396 |
|
51. |
Allahabad |
435 |
431 |
429 |
422 |
426 |
430 |
|
52. |
Kanpur |
378 |
376 |
375 |
367 |
369 |
371 |
|
53. |
Meerut |
371 |
368 |
368 |
364 |
366 |
369 |
|
54. |
Kolkata |
367 |
367 |
365 |
361 |
363 |
364 |
|
55. |
Asansol |
415 |
414 |
411 |
407 |
400 |
399 |
|
56. |
Kharagpur |
400 |
403 |
401 |
396 |
394 |
394 |
|
57. |
Siliguri |
432 |
434 |
434 |
431 |
433 |
434 |
|
58. |
Chandigarh |
482 |
479 |
479 |
475 |
496 |
500 |
|
59. |
Delhi |
419 |
417 |
416 |
412 |
414 |
415 |
| |
All India |
408 |
408 |
408 |
431 |
406 |
408 |
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 |
February, 2002 |
February, 2003 |
Percent Change |
|
1. |
Hyderabad |
411 |
430 |
4.6 |
|
2. |
Kurnool |
411 |
419 |
1.9 |
|
3. |
Vijayawada |
433 |
463 |
6.9 |
|
4. |
Visakhapatnam |
402 |
416 |
3.5 |
|
5. |
Warangal |
420 |
433 |
3.1 |
|
6. |
Guwahati |
395 |
401 |
1.5 |
|
7. |
Patna |
355 |
373 |
5.1 |
|
8. |
Muzaffarpur |
377 |
397 |
5.3 |
|
9. |
Ranchi |
360 |
372 |
3.3 |
|
10. |
Ahmedabad |
348 |
362 |
4.0 |
|
11. |
Bhavnagar |
390 |
400 |
2.6 |
|
12. |
Rajkot |
356 |
372 |
4.5 |
|
13. |
Surat |
342 |
353 |
3.2 |
|
14. |
Rohtak |
426 |
443 |
4.0 |
|
15. |
Shimla |
394 |
411 |
4.3 |
|
16. |
Srinagar |
397 |
407 |
2.5 |
|
17. |
Jammu |
391 |
403 |
3.1 |
|
18. |
Bangalore |
416 |
429 |
3.1 |
|
19. |
Gulbarga |
389 |
400 |
2.8 |
|
20. |
Hubli |
400 |
422 |
5.5 |
|
21. |
Mangalore |
389 |
425 |
9.3 |
|
22. |
Trivandrum |
392 |
412 |
5.1 |
|
23. |
Calicut |
376 |
387 |
2.9 |
|
24. |
Bhopal |
380 |
386 |
1.6 |
|
25. |
Gwalior |
415 |
433 |
4.3 |
|
26. |
Indore |
386 |
396 |
2.6 |
|
27. |
Jabalpur |
359 |
365 |
1.7 |
|
28. |
Mumbai |
396 |
407 |
2.8 |
|
29. |
Aurangabad |
428 |
452 |
5.6 |
|
30. |
Nagpur |
372 |
391 |
5.1 |
|
31. |
Pune |
404 |
425 |
5.2 |
|
32. |
Solapur |
370 |
392 |
5.9 |
|
33. |
Imphal |
367 |
378 |
3.0 |
|
34. |
Shillong |
410 |
427 |
4.1 |
|
35. |
Kohima |
440 |
456 |
3.6 |
|
36. |
Cuttack |
373 |
391 |
4.8 |
|
37. |
Sambalpur |
339 |
346 |
2.1 |
|
38. |
Amritsar |
330 |
342 |
3.6 |
|
39. |
Jaipur |
390 |
405 |
3.8 |
|
40. |
Ajmer |
423 |
435 |
2.8 |
|
41. |
Jodhpur |
376 |
389 |
3.5 |
|
42. |
Gangtok |
436 |
452 |
3.7 |
|
43. |
Chennai |
472 |
491 |
4.0 |
|
44. |
Coimbatore |
460 |
479 |
4.1 |
|
45. |
Madurai |
448 |
455 |
1.6 |
|
46. |
Salem |
433 |
452 |
4.4 |
|
47. |
Tiruchirapalli |
429 |
446 |
4.0 |
|
48. |
Agartala |
441 |
469 |
6.3 |
|
49. |
Lucknow |
362 |
383 |
5.8 |
|
50. |
Agra |
382 |
396 |
3.7 |
|
51. |
Allahabad |
414 |
430 |
3.9 |
|
52. |
Kanpur |
358 |
371 |
3.6 |
|
53. |
Meerut |
355 |
369 |
3.9 |
|
54. |
Kolkata |
352 |
364 |
3.4 |
|
32 |
Asansol |
398 |
399 |
0.3 |
|
56. |
Kharagpur |
374 |
394 |
5.3 |
|
57. |
Siliguri |
418 |
434 |
3.8 |
|
58. |
Chandigarh |
469 |
500 |
6.6 |
|
59. |
Delhi |
399 |
415 |
4.0 |
|
|
All India |
392 |
408 |
4.1 |
