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Wholesale Price Indices for Primary Articles and Fuel & Power in India (Base: 2004-05 = 100) Review for the week ended 12th February, 2011 (23 Magha, 1932 Saka)

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..... Wholesale Price Indices for Primary Articles and Fuel & Power in India (Base: 2004-05 = 100) Review for the week ended 12th February, 2011 (23 Magha, 1932 Saka)
News and Press Release
Dated:- 24-2-2011

Press Information Bureau Government of India Ministry of Commerce & Industry 24-February-2011 12:7 IST Wholesale Price Indices for Primary Articles and Fuel & Power in India (Base .....

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..... : 2004-05 = 100) Review for the week ended 12th February, 2011 (23 Magha, 1932 Saka) The WPI for the week ended 12th February, 2011 in respect of 'Primary Articles' and 'Fuel & Power' is given below: PRIMARY ARTICLES (Weight 20.12%) The index for this major group rose by 0.5 percent to 189.4 (Provisional) from 188.5 (Provisional) for the previous week. The annual rate of inflation, calculat .....

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..... ed on point to point basis, stood at 15.77 percent (Provisional) for the week ended 12/02/2011 (over 13/02/2010) as compared to 14.59 percent (Provisional) for the previous week (ended 05/02/2011). The groups and items for which the index showed variations during the week are as follows:- The index for 'Food Articles' group declined by 0.3 percent to 182.4 (Provisional) from 182.9 (Provisional) .....

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..... for the previous week due to lower prices of fruits & vegetables (5%), urad, fish-marine and condiments & spices (2% each) and bajra, moong and maize (1% each). However, the prices of milk (5%), jowar and mutton (2% each) and barley and ragi (1% each) moved up. The index for 'Non-Food Articles' group rose by 3.2 percent to 187.1 (Provisional) from 181.3 (Provisional) for the previous week due to .....

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..... higher prices of raw cotton (12%), castor seed (8%), copra (5%), gaur seed (4%), raw rubber (3%), coir fibre and mesta (2% each) and soyabean and sunflower (1% each). However, the prices of raw silk and cotton seed (1% each) declined. FUEL & POWER (Weight 14.91%) The index for this major group rose by 0.2 percent to 152.4 (Provisional) from 152.1 (Provisional) for the previous week due to highe .....

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..... r prices of furnace oil and naphtha (2% each). The annual rate of inflation, calculated on point to point basis, stood at 12.14 percent (Provisional) for the week ended 12/02/2011 (over 13/02/2010) as compared to 11.92 percent (Provisional) for the previous week (ended 05/02/2011). Build up inflation over the week, financial year end and over the year is given below for some important items. N .....

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..... ext date of press release: 03/03/2011 for the week ending 19/02/2011 Wholesale Price Index and Rates of Inflation [Base Year: 2004-05] Week Ending 12th February, 2011 (Base: 2004-05) Commodities/Major Groups/Groups/Sub-Groups Weight WPI Feb. 12, 2011 Latest week over week Build up from end March Year on year 52 week Average 2009-10 2010-11 2009-10 2010-11 2009-10 2010-11 Primary Ar .....

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..... ticles 20.12 189.4 -0.55 0.48 20.21 13.69 21.82 15.77 18.48 Food Articles 14.34 182.4 -0.67 -0.27 20.56 10.95 21.82 11.49 16.82 Cereals 3.37 172.5 -0.59 -0.06 12.22 4.04 12.29 2.07 5.91 Rice 1.79 166.7 -0.18 -0.42 8.97 2.21 9.63 1.65 6.35 Wheat 1.12 177.3 -1.27 0.28 18.53 3.62 17.29 -1.01 4.55 Pulses 0.72 194.7 -0.63 -0.36 29.91 -2.75 28.46 .....

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..... -5.62 6.44 Vegetables 1.74 162.6 -5.46 -11.63 20.12 25.37 15.47 15.89 13.19 Potatoes 0.20 112.4 -4.67 -0.35 10.96 10.30 45.27 -9.72 -34.69 Onions 0.18 278.0 -1.77 -20.30 39.67 77.30 12.07 6.55 21.12 Fruits 2.11 167.2 0.82 1.64 19.68 15.07 18.33 13.13 18.98 Milk 3.24 185.2 0.32 5.11 18.22 8.62 27.15 16.99 22.63 Egg, Meat & Fish 2.41 194.8 0.00 .....

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..... -0.31 33.62 11.31 33.83 14.79 28.40 Non-Food Articles 4.26 187.1 -0.28 3.20 12.95 24.24 13.94 31.58 20.30 Fibres 0.88 261.9 0.07 9.63 16.05 72.42 12.85 77.56 30.75 Oil Seeds 1.78 150.2 -0.64 0.94 8.96 10.52 10.34 7.44 4.07 Minerals 1.52 261.3 0.00 0.00 32.94 12.82 39.33 17.07 27.11 Fuel & Power 14.91 152.4 0.00 0.20 10.40 8.78 9.51 12.14 12. .....

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..... 31 Liquefied Petroleum Gas 0.91 128.9 0.00 0.00 0.45 14.99 0.45 14.99 10.87 Petrol 1.09 158.6 0.00 0.00 9.97 23.14 9.97 30.75 18.79 High Speed Diesel Oil 4.67 153.6 0.00 0.00 6.52 6.22 6.78 14.71 14.95 DS/MRS
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