CONSUMER PRICE INDEX FOR URBAN NON-MANUAL EMPLOYEES FOR AUGUST 2003 (BASE 1984-85=100)

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The All India Consumer Price Index for Urban Non-Manual Employees (CPI(UNME)), on base 1984-85=100, for the month of August, 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 August, 2003 is 420, which is 1 point less than the index for the month of July, 2003. At the major group level, the index in August, 2003 when compared to last month that is July, 2003 has decreased by –0.97% in the case of "Food, Beverages & Tobacco". At the sub-group level, the index for "Fruits" has decreased by –7.91% followed by the index for "Vegetables" which has decreased by –7.53%. With the corresponding All India index for August, 2002 being 407, the index for the month August 2003 has shown a rise of 3.2 percent over a year.

The average index for the period April 2003 to August, 2003 works out to 417, which is higher by 3.7% over the average index of 402 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 August, 2003; together with the indices for the preceding five months. The CPI (UNME) for August, 2003 in respect of four metropolitan cities of India, together with the corresponding indices for the previous month and also for August, 2002 are given below:-

City	August, 2002	July, 2003	August, 2003
Kolkata	367	381	379
Chennai	486	504	501
Delhi	413	427	426
Mumbai	407	415	413

Statement-2 gives a comparison of CPI (UNME) for August, 2003 in respect of 59 selected urban centres, with the indices for the corresponding month of last year, namely August, 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 – 0.2 to 8.7 percent; with the largest increase being in the case of Chandigarh and the least in the case of Jaipur. The increases are less than 0.0 for 1centre, 0.0 to 2.0 percent for 12 centres, 2.1 to 4.0 percent for 34 centres, 4.1 to 6.0 percent for 8 centres, 6.1 to 8.0 percent for 2 centres and more than 8.0 per cent for 2 centres. As many as 32 centres have lower annual percentage increase as compared to that of the All India figure of 3.2 percent while 27 centres have recorded a higher percentage increase as compared to the All-India average.

Statement – 1

CONSUMER PRICE INDEX NUMBER FOR URBAN NON-MANUAL EMPLOYEES

Base 1984-85 = 100

Sl. No.	Centre	2003
		Mar	Apr	May	June	July	Aug
1.	Hyderabad	433	435	440	443	444	438
2.	Kurnool	419	420	422	427	431	426
3.	Vijayawada	464	468	469	473	480	477
4.	Visakhapatnam	418	419	421	422	426	431
5.	Warangal	434	438	441	447	450	442
6.	Guwahati	403	404	409	410	415	419
7.	Patna	375	374	369	372	377	380
8.	Muzaffarpur	400	400	405	403	408	407
9.	Ranchi	374	379	384	386	390	391
10.	Ahmedabad	365	368	371	373	376	371
11.	Bhavnagar	407	414	415	417	421	420
12.	Rajkot	375	379	385	383	389	385
13.	Surat	356	361	361	365	364	365
14.	Rohtak	446	449	450	453	458	454
15.	Shimla	415	419	421	424	435	432
16.	Srinagar	406	409	416	418	420	420
17.	Jammu	405	410	412	409	420	422
18.	Bangalore	431	435	437	438	441	439
19.	Gulbarga	398	398	399	400	405	404
20.	Hubli	420	426	428	429	433	429
21.	Mangalore	428	434	436	440	442	440
22.	Trivandrum	416	418	418	420	426	424
23.	Calicut	388	393	392	393	394	394
24.	Bhopal	388	391	390	391	395	393
25.	Gwalior	436	441	441	448	453	449
26.	Indore	398	404	406	406	415	417
27.	Jabalpur	369	368	369	372	381	379
28.	Mumbai	408	411	411	413	415	413
29.	Aurangabad	453	455	458	458	466	465
30.	Nagpur	392	396	398	406	408	406
31.	Pune	432	434	438	443	441	436
32.	Solarpur	391	394	395	396	403	400
33.	Imphal	384	388	391	389	404	404
34.	Shillong	427	428	430	430	436	438
35.	Kohima	457	456	457	457	461	461
36.	Cuttack	397	399	401	403	415	417
37.	Sambalpur	348	350	354	354	358	357
38.	Amritsar	349	351	351	350	350	355
39.	Jaipur	410	413	409	410	412	408
40.	Ajmer	438	445	444	447	448	442
41.	Jodhpur	392	397	396	401	402	402
42.	Gangtok	452	454	456	453	464	465
43.	Chennai	492	499	496	501	504	501
44.	Coimbatore	484	487	488	490	498	495
45.	Madurai	459	463	463	465	468	465
46.	Salem	456	458	458	460	465	460
47.	Tiruchirapalli	447	451	454	453	456	450
48.	Agartala	468	470	474	474	487	485
49.	Lucknow	388	389	390	389	399	400
50.	Agra	399	403	403	409	419	415
51.	Allahabad	436	441	439	441	452	450
52.	Kanpur	376	378	381	384	387	387
53.	Meerut	372	373	372	375	382	386
54.	Kolkata	365	373	377	378	381	379
55.	Asansol	400	404	407	414	416	416
56.	Kharagpur	392	397	401	407	409	409
57.	Siliguri	436	436	435	434	443	445
58.	Chandigarh	506	507	506	508	522	523
59.	Delhi	417	417	416	418	427	426
	All India	410	413	415	417	421	420

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	August, 2002	August, 2003	Percent Change
1.	Hyderabad	426	438	2.8
2.	Kurnool	413	426	3.1
3.	Vijayawada	457	477	4.4
4.	Visakhapatnam	416	431	3.6
5.	Warangal	426	442	3.8
6.	Guwahati	405	419	3.5
7.	Patna	370	380	2.7
8.	Muzaffarpur	395	407	3.0
9.	Ranchi	375	391	4.3
10.	Ahmedabad	365	371	1.6
11.	Bhavnagar	400	420	5.0
12.	Rajkot	371	385	3.8
13.	Surat	357	365	2.2
14.	Rohtak	450	454	0.9
15.	Shimla	412	432	4.9
16.	Srinagar	399	420	5.3
17.	Jammu	410	422	2.9
18.	Bangalore	422	439	4.0
19.	Gulbarga	392	404	3.1
20.	Hubli	413	429	3.9
21.	Mangalore	407	440	8.1
22.	Trivandrum	408	424	3.9
23.	Calicut	383	394	2.9
24.	Bhopal	387	393	1.6
25.	Gwalior	438	449	2.5
26.	Indore	401	417	4.0
27.	Jabalpur	372	379	1.9
28.	Mumbai	407	413	1.5
29.	Aurangabad	440	465	5.7
30.	Nagpur	388	406	4.6
31.	Pune	421	436	3.6
32.	Solarpur	386	400	3.6
33.	Imphal	377	404	7.2
34.	Shillong	423	438	3.5
35.	Kohima	459	461	0.4
36.	Cuttack	389	417	7.2
37.	Sambalpur	349	357	2.3
38.	Amritsar	346	355	2.6
39.	Jaipur	409	408	-0.2
40.	Ajmer	440	442	0.5
41.	Jodhpur	394	402	2.0
42.	Gangtok	456	465	2.0
43.	Chennai	486	501	3.1
44.	Coimbatore	473	495	4.7
45.	Madurai	453	465	2.6
46.	Salem	449	460	2.4
47.	Tiruchirapalli	441	450	2.0
48.	Agartala	471	485	3.0
49.	Lucknow	388	400	3.1
50.	Agra	405	415	2.5
51.	Allahabad	433	450	3.9
52.	Kanpur	381	387	1.6
53.	Meerut	373	386	3.5
54.	Kolkata	367	379	3.3
55.	Asansol	410	416	1.5
56.	Kharagpur	400	409	2.3
57.	Siliguri	430	445	3.5
58.	Chandigarh	481	523	8.7
59.	Delhi	413	426	3.1
	All India	407	420	3.2