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TMI BlogWholesale Price Indices for Primary Articles and Fuel & Power in India (Base: 2004-05 = 100)Review for the week ended 6th August, 2011 (15 Shravana, 1933 Saka).X X X X Extracts X X X X X X X X Extracts X X X X ..... Wholesale Price Indices for Primary Articles and Fuel & Power in India (Base: 2004-05 = 100)Review for the week ended 6th August, 2011 (15 Shravana, 1933 Saka). X X X X Extracts X X X X X X X X Extracts X X X X ..... us week. The annual rate of inflation, calculated on point to point basis, stood at 11.64 percent (Provisional) for the week ended 06/08/2011 (over 07/08/2010) as compared to 12.22 percent (Provisional) for the previous week (ended 30/07/2011). The groups and items for which the index showed variations during the week are as follows:- The index for 'Food Articles' group declined by 1.7 percent to 191.9 (Provisional) from 195.3 (Provisional) for the previous week due to lower prices of fruits & vegetables and fish-marine (5% each), fish-inland (4%), urad, bajra and arhar (2% each) and wheat and moong (1% each). However, the prices of ragi (5%), gram and maize (2% each) and jowar (1%) moved up. The index for 'Non-Food Articles' group ros ..... X X X X Extracts X X X X X X X X Extracts X X X X ..... e by 1.5 percent to 178.4 (Provisional) from 175.8 (Provisional) for the previous week due to higher prices of flowers, raw cotton and safflower (7% each), gingelly seed, cotton seed and linseed (2% each) and soyabean and castor seed (1% each). However, the prices of sunflower (4%), niger seed (3%), groundnut seed (2%) and gaur seed (1%) declined. FUEL & POWER (Weight 14.91%) The index for this major group rose by 0.9 percent to 167.2 (Provisional) from 165.7 (Provisional) for the previous week due to higher prices of furnace oil (7%), naphtha (5%), light diesel oil (4%), aviation turbine fuel (3%) and bitumen (2%). The annual rate of inflation, calculated on point to point basis, stood at 13.13 percent (Provisional) for the week ended 0 ..... X X X X Extracts X X X X X X X X Extracts X X X X ..... 6/08/2011 (over 07/08/2010) as compared to 12.19 percent (Provisional) for the previous week (ended 30/08/2011). Build up inflation over the week, financial year end and over the year is given in Annexure-I for some important items. Trend of rate of inflation during last six weeks is also given for some important items in Annexure II. Next date of press release: 25/08/2011 for the week ending 13/08/2011 Office of the Economic Adviser, Ministry of Commerce & Industry, New Delhi, 18/08/2011 This press release is available at our home page http://eaindustry.nic.in Annexure-I Wholesale Price Index and Rates of Inflation [Base Year: 2004-05] Week Ending 6th August, 2011 (Base: 2004-05) Commodities/Major Groups/Groups/Sub-Groups Weight ..... X X X X Extracts X X X X X X X X Extracts X X X X ..... WPI Aug 06, 2011 Latest week over week Build up from end March Year on year 52 week Average 2010-11 2011-12 2010-11 2011-12 2010-11 2011-12 Primary Articles 20.12 197.5 -0.39 -0.90 6.18 4.83 15.85 11.64 15.17 Food Articles 14.34 191.9 -0.96 -1.74 7.06 7.15 14.51 9.03 11.72 Cereals 3.37 177.3 -0.24 -0.23 0.66 3.38 7.89 6.23 4.36 Rice 1.79 172.3 -1.27 0.00 0.06 3.30 7.30 5.58 3.85 Wheat 1.12 169.6 0.90 -1.05 -1.46 -0.59 8.29 0.59 0.72 Pulses 0.72 191.2 -0.34 0.00 1.20 0.95 8.34 -5.63 -6.08 Vegetables 1.74 182.1 8.50 -2.88 36.85 26.99 -7.55 2.59 12.14 Potato 0.20 141.0 -1.65 -4.86 29.05 31.41 -45.12 7.22 -26.91 Onion 0.18 219.5 6.40 7.18 1.72 30.1 ..... X X X X Extracts X X X X X X X X Extracts X X X X ..... 1 -3.10 37.62 37.12 Fruits 2.11 187.8 -13.46 -6.05 2.20 0.81 13.10 26.46 21.47 Milk 3.24 193.5 0.57 0.00 3.40 11.21 27.29 9.76 13.21 Egg, Meat & Fish 2.41 208.1 0.53 -2.57 8.17 5.42 27.13 9.93 15.67 Non-Food Articles 4.26 178.4 0.59 1.48 2.06 -6.94 16.35 16.07 23.64 Fibres 0.88 208.6 -0.70 5.62 2.24 -27.32 14.28 34.32 53.91 Oil Seeds 1.78 160.5 -0.14 -0.12 1.40 6.36 2.84 16.47 8.09 Minerals 1.52 303.0 1.54 0.00 7.90 13.65 24.51 21.25 24.16 Fuel & Power 14.91 167.2 0.07 0.91 5.50 5.89 12.48 13.13 11.90 Liquefied Petroleum Gas 0.91 147.7 0.00 0.00 14.99 14.58 15.30 14.58 14.17 Petrol 1.09 172.4 0.00 0.00 8.62 8.70 15.33 23.23 22.69 High Spe ..... X X X X Extracts X X X X X X X X Extracts X X X X ..... ed Diesel Oil 4.67 167.8 0.00 0.00 6.15 9.24 14.64 9.32 10.86 Annexure-II Trend of Rate of Inflation for some important items during last six weeks Commodities/Major Groups/Groups/Sub-Groups Weight (%) Rate of Inflation for the week ending 06-Aug-11 30-July-11 23-July-11 16-July-11 9-July-11 2-July-11 Primary Articles 20.12 11.64 12.22 10.99 10.49 11.13 11.58 Food Articles 14.34 9.03 9.90 8.04 7.33 7.58 8.31 Cereals 3.37 6.23 6.22 5.13 4.82 4.77 5.40 Rice 1.79 5.58 4.23 2.35 1.80 1.32 2.43 Wheat 1.12 0.59 2.57 2.03 1.84 2.40 0.83 Pulses 0.72 -5.63 -5.95 -7.01 -8.01 -7.67 -8.46 Vegetables 1.74 2.59 14.61 10.20 7.59 4.31 2.25 Potato 0.20 7.22 10.85 7.85 10.55 4 ..... X X X X Extracts X X X X X X X X Extracts X X X X ..... .20
-2.56
Onion
0.18
37.62
36.62
26.36
22.66
19.68
30.72
Fruits
2.11
26.46
16.49
15.97
13.90
15.84
13.54
Milk
3.24
9.76
10.38
10.26
9.96
10.76
12.39
Egg, Meat & Fish
2.41
9.93
13.44
6.66
6.36
7.97
11.95
Non-Food Articles
4.26
16.07
15.05
15.60
16.05
15.50
15.20
Fibres
0.88
34.32
26.28
26.12
28.37
33.35
33.92
Oil Seeds
1.78
16.47
16.45
16.75
13.72
11.56
11.40
Minerals
1.52
21.25
23.12
23.12
23.12
27.87
27.82
Fuel & Power
14.91
13.13
12.19
12.12
12.12
11.89
11.89
Liquefied Petroleum Gas
0.92
14.58
14.58
14.58
14.58
14.58
14.58
Petrol
1.09
23.23
23.23
23.23
23.23
23.23
23.23
High Speed Diesel Oil
4.67
9.32
9.32
9.32
9.32
9.32
9.32
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