OREANDA-NEWS. The Central Statistics Office (CSO), Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation has revised the Base Year of the Consumer Price Index (CPI) from 2010=100 to 2012=100 with effect from the release of indices for the month of January 2015.

2.         In this press note, the CPI (Rural, Urban, Combined) on Base 2012=100 is being released for the month of February 2015. In addition to this, Consumer Food Price Index (CFPI) for all India Rural, Urban and Combined, separately, are also being released for February 2015. Inflation rates (on point to point basis i.e. February, 2015 over February 2014), based on General Indices and CFPIs are given as follows:

Inflation rates based on CPI (General) and CFPI

Indices

February 2015 (Prov.)

January 2015 (Final)

February 2014 (Final)

Rural

Urban

Combd.

Rural

Urban

Combd.

Rural

Urban

Combd.

CPI (General)

5.79

4.95

5.37

5.34

4.96

5.19

7.75

8.02

7.88

CFPI

6.34

7.52

6.79

5.78

7.05

6.14

8.38

7.02

7.89

Note: Prov.  – Provisional, Combd. - Combined

3.         Provisional indices for the month of February 2015 and also the final indices for January 2015 are being released with this note for all-India and for State/UTs. All-India provisional General (all- groups), Group and Sub-group level CPI and CFPI numbers of February, 2015 for Rural, Urban and Combined are given in Annexure I. The General Indices (Provisional) for the month of February 2015 for Rural, Urban and Combined are 120.6, 118.7 and 119.7, respectively.  The CFPI for Rural, Urban and Combined for the same month are 122.4, 123.0 and 122.6 respectively. The inflation rates of important categories of items are given in Annexure II.

4.         State/UT-wise General provisional CPI numbers for Rural, Urban and Combined are given in Annexure III. State/UT – wise Group CPIs are available on the Ministry’s website (www.mospi.gov.in).

5.         Price data are collected from selected towns by the Field Operations Division of NSSO and from selected villages by the Department of Posts. Price data are received through web portals, maintained by the National Informatics Centre.

Next date of release:  13th April 2015 (Monday) for March 2015                    

Annexure I

All India Consumer Price Indices

(Base: 2012=100)

Group Code

Sub-group Code

Description

Rural

Urban

Combined

Weights

Jan. 15 Index
(Final)

Feb. 15 Index
(Prov.)

Weights

Jan. 15 Index
(Final)

Feb. 15 Index
(Prov.)

Weights

Jan. 15 Index
(Final)

Feb. 15 Index
(Prov.)

(1)

(2)

(3)

(4)

(5)

(6)

(7)

(8)

(9)

(10)

(11)

(12)

 

1.1.01

Cereals and products

12.35

123.1

123.4

6.59

124.0

124.2

9.67

123.4

123.7

 

1.1.02

Meat and fish

4.38

123.1

124.4

2.73

125.5

126.6

3.61

123.9

125.2

 

1.1.03

Egg

0.49

122.1

122.2

0.36

126.6

119.5

0.43

123.8

121.2

 

1.1.04

Milk and products

7.72

124.9

125.8

5.33

125.2

125.6

6.61

125.0

125.7

 

1.1.05

Oils and fats

4.21

111.0

111.3

2.81

104.3

104.9

3.56

108.5

108.9

 

1.1.06

Fruits

2.88

130.4

129.4

2.90

121.3

121.5

2.89

126.2

125.7

 

1.1.07

Vegetables

7.46

132.3

128.1

4.41

134.4

131.8

6.04

133.0

129.4

 

1.1.08

Pulses and products

2.95

117.2

118.7

1.73

122.9

125.1

2.38

119.1

120.9

 

1.1.09

Sugar and Confectionery

1.70

100.5

99.8

0.97

96.1

95.0

1.36

99.0

98.2

 

1.1.10

Spices

3.11

117.2

118.5

1.79

126.6

127.7

2.50

120.3

121.6

 

1.2.11

Non-alcoholic beverages

1.37

117.9

118.6

1.13

116.5

116.8

1.26

117.3

117.8

 

1.1.12

Prepared meals, snacks, sweets etc.

5.56

125.6

126.7

5.54

128.0

128.6

5.55

126.7

127.6

1

 

Food and beverages

54.18

122.8

122.8

36.29

123.5

123.6

45.86

123.1

123.1

2

 

Pan, tobacco and intoxicants

3.26

122.7

124.3

1.36

127.4

128.1

2.38

124.0

125.3

 

3.1.01

Clothing

6.32

124.4

125.4

4.72

121.0

121.3

5.58

123.1

123.8

 

3.1.02

Footwear

1.04

121.6

122.7

0.85

116.1

116.5

0.95

119.3

120.1

3

 

Clothing and footwear

7.36

124.0

125.1

5.57

120.2

120.6

6.53

122.5

123.3

4

 

Housing

-

-

-

21.67

117.3

118.1

10.07

117.3

118.1

5

 

Fuel and light

7.94

118.4

119.9

5.58

113.4

114.0

6.84

116.5

117.7

 

6.1.01

Household goods and services

3.75

118.9

119.7

3.87

117.2

117.7

3.80

118.1

118.8

 

6.1.02

Health

6.83

116.6

117.7

4.81

113.7

114.1

5.89

115.5

116.3

 

6.1.03

Transport and communication

7.60

111.0

110.9

9.73

107.9

106.8

8.59

109.4

108.7

 

6.1.04

Recreation and amusement

1.37

114.0

114.7

2.04

114.6

114.9

1.68

114.3

114.8

 

6.1.05

Education

3.46

118.2

118.9

5.62

120.8

120.4

4.46

119.7

119.8

 

6.1.06

Personal care and effects

4.25

110.2

110.8

3.47

111.4

111.7

3.89

110.7

111.2

6

 

Miscellaneous

27.26

114.5

115.0

29.53

113.4

113.2

28.32

114.0

114.1

General Index (All Groups)

100.00

120.3

120.6

100.00

118.5

118.7

100.00

119.5

119.7

Consumer Food Price Index

47.25

122.6

122.4

29.62

123.0

123.0

39.06

122.7

122.6

Note:

1.                   Prov.        : Provisional

2.                   -               : CPI (Rural) for housing is not compiled.

3.                                      :  The weights are indicative to show relative importance of groups and sub-groups. However, all India indices have been compiled as weighted average of State indices.

Annexure II

All India annual inflation rates (%) for February 2015 (Provisional)

Group Code

Sub-group Code

Description

Rural

Urban

Combined

Feb.14 Index
(Final)

Feb.15 Index
(Prov.)

Inflation Rate
(%)

Feb.14 Index
(Final)

Feb.15 Index
(Prov.)

Inflation Rate
(%)

Feb.14 Index
(Final)

Feb.15 Index
(Prov.)

Inflation Rate
(%)

(1)

(2)

(3)

(4)

(5)

(6)

(7)

(8)

(9)

(10)

(11)

(12)

1.1.01

Cereals and products

119.4

123.4

3.35

121.9

124.2

1.89

120.2

123.7

2.91

1.1.02

Meat and fish

117.7

124.4

5.69

122.0

126.6

3.77

119.2

125.2

5.03

1.1.03

Egg

121.2

122.2

0.83

124.5

119.5

-4.02

122.5

121.2

-1.06

1.1.04

Milk and products

115.0

125.8

9.39

115.2

125.6

9.03

115.1

125.7

9.21

1.1.05

Oils and fats

109.0

111.3

2.11

102.5

104.9

2.34

106.6

108.9

2.16

1.1.06

Fruits

116.6

129.4

10.98

114.1

121.5

6.49

115.4

125.7

8.93

1.1.07

Vegetables

116.0

128.1

10.43

111.5

131.8

18.21

114.5

129.4

13.01

1.1.08

Pulses and products

109.8

118.7

8.11

108.2

125.1

15.62

109.3

120.9

10.61

1.1.09

Sugar and Confectionery

101.1

99.8

-1.29

95.4

95.0

-0.42

99.2

98.2

-1.01

1.1.10

Spices

110.4

118.5

7.34

113.5

127.7

12.51

111.4

121.6

9.16

1.2.11

Non-alcoholic beverages

112.9

118.6

5.05

112.1

116.8

4.19

112.6

117.8

4.62

1.1.12

Prepared meals, snacks, sweets etc.

117.8

126.7

7.56

119.9

128.6

7.26

118.8

127.6

7.41

1

Food and beverages

115.3

122.8

6.50

115.2

123.6

7.29

115.3

123.1

6.76

2

Pan, tobacco and intoxicants

114.2

124.3

8.84

116.2

128.1

10.24

114.7

125.3

9.24

3.1.01

Clothing

117.1

125.4

7.09

115.3

121.3

5.20

116.4

123.8

6.36

3.1.02

Footwear

114.5

122.7

7.16

111.7

116.5

4.30

113.3

120.1

6.00

3

Clothing and footwear

116.7

125.1

7.20

114.7

120.6

5.14

115.9

123.3

6.38

4

Housing

-

-

-

112.5

118.1

4.98

112.5

118.1

4.98

5

Fuel and light

113.2

119.9

5.92

111.1

114.0

2.61

112.4

117.7

4.72

6.1.01

Household goods and services

112.9

119.7

6.02

112.6

117.7

4.53

112.8

118.8

5.32

6.1.02

Health

110.9

117.7

6.13

110.4

114.1

3.35

110.7

116.3

5.06

6.1.03

Transport and communication

110.8

110.9

0.09

111.3

106.8

-4.04

111.1

108.7

-2.16

6.1.04

Recreation and amusement

109.9

114.7

4.37

110.3

114.9

4.17

110.1

114.8

4.27

6.1.05

Education

112.0

118.9

6.16

111.6

120.4

7.89

111.8

119.8

7.16

6.1.06

Personal care and effects

108.7

110.8

1.93

108.7

111.7

2.76

108.7

111.2

2.30

6

Miscellaneous

110.9

115.0

3.70

111.0

113.2

1.98

110.9

114.1

2.89

General Index (All Groups)

114.0

120.6

5.79

113.1

118.7

4.95

113.6

119.7

5.37

Consumer Food Price Index

115.1

122.4

6.34

114.4

123.0

7.52

114.8

122.6

6.79

 

Note:

1.                   Prov.        : Provisional

2.                   -               : CPI (Rural) for housing is not compiled.

 

Annexure III

State/UT wise General Consumer Price Indices

(Base 2012=100)

State/UT Code

Name of the State/UT

Rural

Urban

Combined

Weights

Jan. 14 Index
(Final)

Feb. 15 Index
(Prov.)

Weights

Jan. 14 Index
(Final)

Feb. 15 Index
(Prov.)

Weights

Jan. 14 Index
(Final)

Feb. 15 Index
(Prov.)

(1)

(2)

(3)

(4)

(5)

(6)

(7)

(8)

(9)

(10)

(11)

01

Jammu & Kashmir

1.14

119.6

120.8

0.72

117.9

118.0

0.94

119.0

119.8

02

Himachal Pradesh

1.03

121.4

122.1

0.26

115.8

116.1

0.67

120.4

121.0

03

Punjab

3.31

118.7

118.8

3.09

117.7

118.1

3.21

118.3

118.5

04

Chandigarh

0.02

120.3

119.3

0.34

116.5

116.2

0.17

116.7

116.4

05

Uttarakhand

1.06

117.8

117.8

0.73

113.2

113.3

0.91

116.1

116.1

06

Haryana

3.30

118.4

118.1

3.35

116.1

116.0

3.32

117.3

117.1

07

Delhi

0.28

116.1

116.9

5.64

118.2

118.7

2.77

118.1

118.6

08

Rajasthan

6.63

121.4

122.4

4.23

117.7

117.7

5.51

120.1

120.7

09

Uttar Pradesh

14.83

119.0

119.3

9.54

118.4

118.5

12.37

118.8

119.0

10

Bihar

8.21

123.5

123.1

1.62

117.7

119.2

5.14

122.7

122.5

11

Sikkim

0.06

115.5

114.5

0.03

119.4

120.6

0.05

116.8

116.5

12

Arunachal Pradesh

0.14

123.8

124.7

0.06

--

--

0.10

123.8

124.7

13

Nagaland

0.14

125.1

125.9

0.12

119.1

118.5

0.13

122.5

122.8

14

Manipur

0.23

109.2

112.7

0.12

117.6

117.7

0.18

111.9

114.3

15

Mizoram

0.07

129.2

128.7

0.13

117.6

117.1

0.10

122.1

121.6

16

Tripura

0.35

126.3

125.7

0.14

128.2

127.4

0.25

126.8

126.1

17

Meghalaya

0.28

128.9

129.1

0.15

116.6

116.6

0.22

125.1

125.2

18

Assam

2.63

117.3

118.4

0.79

117.8

117.2

1.77

117.4

118.2

19

West Bengal

6.99

119.3

119.9

7.20

119.0

119.8

7.09

119.2

119.9

20

Jharkhand

1.96

119.2

119.5

1.39

116.8

117.0

1.69

118.3

118.5

21

Odisha

2.93

121.2

121.7

1.31

117.9

117.9

2.18

120.3

120.6

22

Chhattisgarh

1.68

123.1

124.3

1.22

117.3

117.3

1.46

120.9

121.6

23

Madhya Pradesh

4.93

120.6

119.7

3.97

118.9

119.4

4.48

119.9

119.6

24

Gujarat

4.54

119.4

120.0

6.82

116.4

116.6

5.60

117.7

118.1

25

Daman & Diu

0.02

124.7

124.1

0.02

119.9

120.0

0.02

122.7

122.4

26

Dadra & Nagar Haveli

0.02

118.0

117.8

0.04

114.3

114.5

0.03

115.5

115.6

27

Maharashtra

8.25

119.8

120.5

18.86

116.5

116.8

13.18

117.6

118.0

28

Andhra Pradesh

5.40

120.5

121.5

3.64

119.3

119.7

4.58

120.1

120.8

29

Karnataka

5.09

121.4

122.2

6.81

123.5

123.4

5.89

122.5

122.8

30

Goa

0.14

126.0

125.3

0.25

117.5

117.4

0.19

120.8

120.5

31

Lakshadweep

0.01

122.5

122.7

0.01

109.1

111.2

0.01

115.7

116.8

32

Kerala

5.50

122.0

122.0

3.46

121.7

122.0

4.55

121.9

122.0

33

Tamil Nadu

5.55

121.1

120.8

9.20

121.3

120.9

7.25

121.2

120.9

34

Puducherry

0.08

126.2

124.8

0.27

118.8

118.8

0.17

120.7

120.3

35

Andaman & Nicobar Islands

0.05

119.4

118.2

0.07

115.5

115.5

0.06

117.4

116.8

36

Telangana

3.16

117.5

117.9

4.41

118.6

118.4

3.74

118.1

118.2

99

All India

100.00

120.3

120.6

100.00

118.5

118.7

100.00

119.5

119.7

Notes: 

Prov.       :  Provisional.

         --             :  indicates the receipt of price schedules is less than 80% of allocated schedules and therefore indices are not compiled.