CONSUMER PRICE INDEX FOR URBAN NON-MANUAL EMPLOYEES FOR OCTOBER
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 October 2003 has been released
by the Central Statistical Organisation (CSO), Ministry of Statistics
and Programme Implementation; together with the indices for 59
selected urban centres in India. The All-India CPI (UNME) for
October 2003 is 423, which is 3 points more than the index for
the month of September 2003. At the major group level, the index
in October 2003 when compared to last month that is September
2003 has increased by 1.22% in the case of "Food, Beverages
and Tobacco". At the sub-group level, the index for "Vegetables"
has increased by 6.74% whereas the index for "Pulses"
has increased by 2.63%. With the corresponding All-India
index for October 2002 being 408, the index for the month of October,
2003 has shown a rise of 3.7% over a year.
The average index
for the period April 2003 to October 2003 works out to 418, which
is higher by 3.5% over the average index of 404 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 October 2003; together with the indices for the preceding
five months. The CPI (UNME) for October 2003 in respect of four
metropolitan cities of India, together with the corresponding
indices for the previous month and also for October 2002 are given
below:-
|
City
|
October,
2002
|
September,
2003
|
October,
2003
|
|
Kolkata
|
367
|
382
|
387
|
|
Chennai
|
487
|
500
|
501
|
|
Delhi
|
417
|
429
|
430
|
|
Mumbai
|
407
|
411
|
416
|
Statement-2
gives a comparison of CPI(UNME) for October, 2003 in respect of
59 selected urban centres, with the indices for the corresponding
month of last year, namely October, 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 0.7 to 10.9 %; with the largest increase being in
the case of Chandigarh and the least in the case of Bhavnagar.
The increases are 0.0 to 2.0 % for 12 centres, 2.1 to 4.0 % for
27 centres, 4.1 to 6.0 % for 15 centres, 6.1 to 8.0 % for 4 centres
and more than 8.1 % for 1 centre. As many as 32 centres have lower
annual percentage increase as compared to that of the All-India
figure of 3.7 % while 26 centres have recorded a higher percentage
increase as compared to the All-India average, whereas one centre
has recorded the same percentage increase as that of All India
average.
Statement-1
CENTRAL STATISTICAL
ORGANISATION
CONSUMER PRICE
INDEX NUMBER FOR URBAN NON-MANUAL EMPLOYEES
Base 1984 - 85 =
100
|
Sl. No.
|
Centre
|
2003
|
|
May
|
June
|
July
|
Aug
|
Sep
|
Oct
|
|
1
|
Hyderabad
|
440
|
443
|
444
|
438
|
439
|
439
|
|
2
|
Kurnool
|
422
|
427
|
431
|
426
|
430
|
426
|
|
3
|
Vijayawada
|
469
|
473
|
480
|
477
|
476
|
481
|
|
4
|
Visakhapatnam
|
421
|
422
|
426
|
431
|
430
|
432
|
|
5
|
Warangal
|
441
|
447
|
450
|
442
|
441
|
441
|
|
6
|
Guwahati
|
409
|
410
|
415
|
419
|
416
|
415
|
|
7
|
Patna
|
369
|
372
|
377
|
380
|
382
|
387
|
|
8
|
Muzzaffarpur
|
405
|
403
|
408
|
407
|
407
|
417
|
|
9
|
Ranchi
|
384
|
386
|
390
|
391
|
393
|
395
|
|
10
|
Ahmedabad
|
371
|
373
|
376
|
371
|
371
|
373
|
|
11
|
Bhavnagar
|
415
|
417
|
421
|
420
|
415
|
410
|
|
12
|
Rajkot
|
385
|
383
|
389
|
385
|
380
|
385
|
|
13
|
Surat
|
361
|
365
|
364
|
365
|
361
|
360
|
|
14
|
Rohtak
|
450
|
453
|
458
|
454
|
458
|
461
|
|
15
|
Shimla
|
421
|
424
|
435
|
432
|
433
|
436
|
|
16
|
Srinagar
|
416
|
418
|
420
|
420
|
420
|
421
|
|
17
|
Jammu
|
412
|
409
|
420
|
422
|
423
|
423
|
|
18
|
Bangalore
|
437
|
438
|
441
|
439
|
440
|
441
|
|
19
|
Gulbarga
|
399
|
400
|
405
|
404
|
406
|
406
|
|
20
|
Hubli
|
428
|
429
|
433
|
429
|
429
|
431
|
|
21
|
Mangalore
|
436
|
440
|
442
|
440
|
439
|
439
|
|
22
|
Trivandrum
|
418
|
420
|
426
|
424
|
425
|
424
|
|
23
|
Calicut
|
392
|
393
|
394
|
394
|
395
|
394
|
|
24
|
Bhopal
|
390
|
391
|
395
|
393
|
391
|
394
|
|
25
|
Gwalior
|
441
|
448
|
453
|
449
|
450
|
455
|
|
26
|
Indore
|
406
|
406
|
415
|
417
|
411
|
414
|
|
27
|
Jabalpur
|
369
|
372
|
381
|
379
|
379
|
380
|
|
28
|
Mumbai
|
411
|
413
|
415
|
413
|
411
|
416
|
|
29
|
Aurangabad
|
458
|
458
|
466
|
465
|
464
|
468
|
|
30
|
Nagpur
|
398
|
406
|
408
|
406
|
407
|
411
|
|
31
|
Pune
|
438
|
443
|
441
|
436
|
434
|
439
|
|
32
|
Solapur
|
395
|
396
|
403
|
400
|
398
|
401
|
|
33
|
Imphal
|
391
|
389
|
404
|
404
|
402
|
405
|
|
34
|
Shillong
|
430
|
430
|
436
|
438
|
436
|
436
|
|
35
|
Kohima
|
457
|
457
|
461
|
461
|
463
|
465
|
|
36
|
Cuttack
|
401
|
403
|
415
|
417
|
414
|
417
|
|
37
|
Sambalpur
|
354
|
354
|
358
|
357
|
356
|
358
|
|
38
|
Amritsar
|
351
|
350
|
350
|
355
|
360
|
360
|
|
39
|
Jaipur
|
409
|
410
|
412
|
408
|
409
|
411
|
|
40
|
Ajmer
|
444
|
447
|
448
|
442
|
441
|
446
|
|
41
|
Jodhpur
|
396
|
401
|
402
|
402
|
401
|
403
|
|
42
|
Gangtok
|
456
|
453
|
464
|
465
|
459
|
469
|
|
43
|
Chennai
|
496
|
501
|
504
|
501
|
500
|
501
|
|
44
|
Coimbatore
|
488
|
490
|
498
|
495
|
497
|
498
|
|
45
|
Madurai
|
463
|
465
|
468
|
465
|
465
|
468
|
|
46
|
Salem
|
458
|
460
|
465
|
460
|
461
|
461
|
|
47
|
Tiruchirapalli
|
454
|
453
|
456
|
450
|
450
|
454
|
|
48
|
Agartala
|
474
|
474
|
487
|
485
|
486
|
483
|
|
49
|
Lucknow
|
390
|
389
|
399
|
400
|
406
|
409
|
|
50
|
Agra
|
403
|
409
|
419
|
415
|
418
|
421
|
|
51
|
Allahabad
|
439
|
441
|
452
|
450
|
450
|
455
|
|
52
|
Kanpur
|
381
|
384
|
387
|
387
|
390
|
396
|
|
53
|
Meerut
|
372
|
375
|
382
|
386
|
389
|
391
|
|
54
|
Kolkata
|
377
|
378
|
381
|
379
|
382
|
387
|
|
55
|
Asansol
|
407
|
414
|
416
|
416
|
417
|
424
|
|
56
|
Kharagpur
|
401
|
407
|
409
|
409
|
411
|
414
|
|
57
|
Siliguri
|
435
|
434
|
443
|
445
|
446
|
448
|
|
58
|
Chandigarh
|
506
|
508
|
522
|
523
|
531
|
531
|
|
59
|
Delhi
|
416
|
418
|
427
|
426
|
429
|
430
|
|
All-India
|
415
|
417
|
421
|
420
|
420
|
423
|
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
CENTRAL STATISTICAL
ORGANISATION
CONSUMER PRICE
INDEX NUMBER FOR URBAN NON-MANUAL EMPLOYEES
Base 1984 - 85 =
100
|
Sl. No.
|
Centre
|
October,
2002
|
October,
2003
|
Percent change
|
|
1
|
Hyderabad
|
430
|
439
|
2.1
|
|
2
|
Kurnool
|
419
|
426
|
1.7
|
|
3
|
Vijayawada
|
458
|
481
|
5.0
|
|
4
|
Visakhapatnam
|
416
|
432
|
3.8
|
|
5
|
Warangal
|
431
|
441
|
2.3
|
|
6
|
Guwahati
|
401
|
415
|
3.5
|
|
7
|
Patna
|
372
|
387
|
4.0
|
|
8
|
Muzzaffarpur
|
395
|
417
|
5.6
|
|
9
|
Ranchi
|
380
|
395
|
3.9
|
|
10
|
Ahmedabad
|
363
|
373
|
2.8
|
|
11
|
Bhavnagar
|
407
|
410
|
0.7
|
|
12
|
Rajkot
|
373
|
385
|
3.2
|
|
13
|
Surat
|
356
|
360
|
1.1
|
|
14
|
Rohtak
|
438
|
461
|
5.3
|
|
15
|
Shimla
|
413
|
436
|
5.6
|
|
16
|
Srinagar
|
405
|
421
|
4.0
|
|
17
|
Jammu
|
408
|
423
|
3.7
|
|
18
|
Bangalore
|
424
|
441
|
4.0
|
|
19
|
Gulbarga
|
399
|
406
|
1.8
|
|
20
|
Hubli
|
417
|
431
|
3.4
|
|
21
|
Mangalore
|
408
|
439
|
7.6
|
|
22
|
Trivandrum
|
405
|
424
|
4.7
|
|
23
|
Calicut
|
384
|
394
|
2.6
|
|
24
|
Bhopal
|
390
|
394
|
1.0
|
|
25
|
Gwalior
|
437
|
455
|
4.1
|
|
26
|
Indore
|
402
|
414
|
3.0
|
|
27
|
Jabalpur
|
376
|
380
|
1.1
|
|
28
|
Mumbai
|
407
|
416
|
2.2
|
|
29
|
Aurangabad
|
447
|
468
|
4.7
|
|
30
|
Nagpur
|
390
|
411
|
5.4
|
|
31
|
Pune
|
420
|
439
|
4.5
|
|
32
|
Solapur
|
389
|
401
|
3.1
|
|
33
|
Imphal
|
377
|
405
|
7.4
|
|
34
|
Shillong
|
426
|
436
|
2.3
|
|
Sl. No.
|
Centre
|
October,
2002
|
October,
2003
|
Percent change
|
|
35
|
Kohima
|
456
|
465
|
2.0
|
|
36
|
Cuttack
|
392
|
417
|
6.4
|
|
37
|
Sambalpur
|
349
|
358
|
2.6
|
|
38
|
Amritsar
|
345
|
360
|
4.3
|
|
39
|
Jaipur
|
405
|
411
|
1.5
|
|
40
|
Ajmer
|
439
|
446
|
1.6
|
|
41
|
Jodhpur
|
394
|
403
|
2.3
|
|
42
|
Gangtok
|
458
|
469
|
2.4
|
|
43
|
Chennai
|
487
|
501
|
2.9
|
|
44
|
Coimbatore
|
477
|
498
|
4.4
|
|
45
|
Madurai
|
455
|
468
|
2.9
|
|
46
|
Salem
|
452
|
461
|
2.0
|
|
47
|
Tiruchirapalli
|
445
|
454
|
2.0
|
|
48
|
Agartala
|
477
|
483
|
1.3
|
|
49
|
Lucknow
|
391
|
409
|
4.6
|
|
50
|
Agra
|
405
|
421
|
4.0
|
|
51
|
Allahabad
|
431
|
455
|
5.6
|
|
52
|
Kanpur
|
376
|
396
|
5.3
|
|
53
|
Meerut
|
368
|
391
|
6.3
|
|
54
|
Kolkata
|
367
|
387
|
5.4
|
|
55
|
Asansol
|
414
|
424
|
2.4
|
|
56
|
Kharagpur
|
403
|
414
|
2.7
|
|
57
|
Siliguri
|
434
|
448
|
3.2
|
|
58
|
Chandigarh
|
479
|
531
|
10.9
|
|
59
|
Delhi
|
417
|
430
|
3.1
|
|
All-India
|
408
|
423
|
3.7
|
