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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 13th August, 2011 (22 Shravana, 1933 Saka) The WPI for the week ended 13th August, 2011 in respect of ‘Primary Articles’ and ‘Fuel & Power’ is given below: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 13th August, 2011 (22 Shravana, 1933 Saka) The WPI for the week ended 13th August, 2011 in respect of ‘Primary Articles’ and ‘Fuel & Power’ is given below: X X X X Extracts X X X X X X X X Extracts X X X X ..... Industry 25-August-2011 11:49 IST Wholesale Price Indices for Primary Articles and Fuel & Power in India (Base: 2004-05 = 100) Review for the week ended 13th August, 2011 (22 Shravana, 1933 Saka) The WPI for the week ended 13th August, 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 percen ..... X X X X Extracts X X X X X X X X Extracts X X X X ..... t to 198.5 (Provisional) from 197.5 (Provisional) for the previous week. The annual rate of inflation, calculated on point to point basis, stood at 12.40 percent (Provisional) for the week ended 13/08/2011 (over 14/08/2010) as compared to 11.64 percent (Provisional) for the previous week (ended 06/08/2011). The groups and items for which the index showed variations during the week are as follow ..... X X X X Extracts X X X X X X X X Extracts X X X X ..... s:- The index for 'Food Articles' group rose by 0.4 percent to 192.7 (Provisional) from 191.9 (Provisional) for the previous week due to higher prices of fish-inland (2%) and mutton, gram, fruits & vegetables, egg, pork, bajra and masur (1% each). However, the prices of poultry chicken (3%) and jowar and moong (2% each) declined. The index for 'Non-Food Articles' group rose by 1.6 percent to 181 ..... X X X X Extracts X X X X X X X X Extracts X X X X ..... .3 (Provisional) from 178.4 (Provisional) for the previous week due to higher prices of flowers (27%), raw silk (6%), niger seed and fodder (3% each), raw cotton and rape & mustard seed (2% each) and groundnut seed, sunflower and linseed (1% each). However, the prices of gingelly seed (5%), gaur seed and raw rubber (2% each) and castor seed and copra (1% each) declined. The index for 'Minerals' g ..... X X X X Extracts X X X X X X X X Extracts X X X X ..... roup declined by 0.5 percent to 301.6 (Provisional) from 303.0 (Provisional) for the previous week due to lower prices of crude petroleum (1%). FUEL & POWER (Weight 14.91%) The index and annual rate of inflation calculated on point to point basis remained unchanged at their previous week's level of 167.2 (Provisional) and 13.13 percent (Provisional) for the week ended 13/08/2011 (over 14/08/2010 ..... X X X X Extracts X X X X X X X X Extracts X X X X ..... ). 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: 01/09/2011 for the week ending 20/08/2011 Office of the Economic Adviser, Ministry of Commerce & Industry, New Delhi, 25/08/2011 Annexure-I ..... X X X X Extracts X X X X X X X X Extracts X X X X ..... Wholesale Price Index and Rates of Inflation [Base Year: 2004-05] Week Ending 13th August, 2011 (Base: 2004-05) Commodities/Major Groups/Groups/Sub-Groups Weight WPI Aug 13, 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 20.12 198.5 -0.17 0.51 6.00 5.36 15.88 12.40 15.07 Food ..... X X X X Extracts X X X X X X X X Extracts X X X X ..... Articles 14.34 192.7 -0.28 0.42 6.75 7.59 14.56 9.80 11.61 Cereals 3.37 177.5 1.08 0.11 1.75 3.50 8.84 5.22 4.31 Rice 1.79 172.7 -0.18 0.23 -0.12 3.54 6.96 6.02 3.86 Wheat 1.12 169.8 3.62 0.12 2.10 -0.47 11.77 -2.80 0.46 Pulses 0.72 191.8 0.25 0.31 1.45 1.27 8.09 -5.56 -6.31 Vegetables 1.74 184.7 -2.31 1.43 33.69 28.80 -5.19 6.52 12.41 Po ..... X X X X Extracts X X X X X X X X Extracts X X X X ..... tato 0.20 149.8 -2.13 6.24 26.30 39.61 -46.44 16.39 -25.80 Onion 0.18 230.2 -0.06 4.87 1.66 36.46 -2.03 44.42 37.85 Fruits 2.11 189.5 0.47 0.91 2.68 1.72 12.52 27.01 21.54 Milk 3.24 193.4 0.17 -0.05 3.58 11.15 26.78 9.51 12.90 Egg, Meat & Fish 2.41 209.5 -2.38 0.67 5.60 6.13 24.19 13.37 15.48 Non-Food Articles 4.26 181.3 0.13 1.63 2.19 -5.43 ..... X X X X Extracts X X X X X X X X Extracts X X X X ..... 16.24 17.80 23.64 Fibres 0.88 212.9 -0.06 2.06 2.17 -25.82 14.29 37.18 54.27 Oil Seeds 1.78 161.0 0.80 0.31 2.21 6.69 3.19 15.91 8.31 Minerals 1.52 301.6 0.00 -0.46 7.90 13.13 24.51 20.69 23.95 Fuel & Power 14.91 167.2 0.00 0.00 5.50 5.89 12.48 13.13 11.91 Liquefied Petroleum Gas 0.91 147.7 0.00 0.00 14.99 14.58 15.30 14.58 14.15 Petrol 1.09 ..... X X X X Extracts X X X X X X X X Extracts X X X X ..... 172.4 0.00 0.00 8.62 8.70 15.33 23.23 22.83 High Speed Diesel Oil 4.67 167.8 0.00 0.00 6.15 9.24 14.64 9.32 10.76 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 13-Aug-11 06-Aug-11 30-July-11 23-July-11 16-July-11 9-July-11 Primary Articles ..... X X X X Extracts X X X X X X X X Extracts X X X X ..... 20.12 12.40 11.64 12.22 10.99 10.49 11.13 Food Articles 14.34 9.80 9.03 9.90 8.04 7.33 7.58 Cereals 3.37 5.22 6.23 6.22 5.13 4.82 4.77 Rice 1.79 6.02 5.58 4.23 2.35 1.80 1.32 Wheat 1.12 -2.80 0.59 2.57 2.03 1.84 2.40 Pulses 0.72 -5.56 -5.63 -5.95 -7.01 -8.01 -7.67 Vegetables 1.74 6.52 2.59 14.61 10.20 7.59 4.31 Potato 0.20 16.39 7.22 10. ..... X X X X Extracts X X X X X X X X Extracts X X X X ..... 85 7.85 10.55 4.20 Onion 0.18 44.42 37.62 36.62 26.36 22.66 19.68 Fruits 2.11 27.01 26.46 16.49 15.97 13.90 15.84 Milk 3.24 9.51 9.76 10.38 10.26 9.96 10.76 Egg, Meat & Fish 2.41 13.37 9.93 13.44 6.66 6.36 7.97 Non-Food Articles 4.26 17.80 16.07 15.05 15.60 16.05 15.50 Fibres 0.88 37.18 34.32 26.28 26.12 28.37 33.35 Oil Seeds 1.78 15.91 16.47 ..... X X X X Extracts X X X X X X X X Extracts X X X X .....
16.45
16.75
13.72
11.56
Minerals
1.52
20.69
21.25
23.12
23.12
23.12
27.87
Fuel & Power
14.91
13.13
13.13
12.19
12.12
12.12
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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