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| The 0.37 per cent rise over the previous week's level of 4.35 per cent was mainly due to high prices of vegetables, fruits, edible oils and some manufactured products.
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| The point-to-point wholesale price index-based inflation for the week under consideration was almost 1 per cent higher than the previous year's figure of 3.34 per cent.
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| The WPI for the week ended September 20 rose marginally by 0.1 per cent to 175.1 points even as prices of highly volatile fuels and manufactured products groups remained static for the second and the third consecutive week, respectively. The index was 167.2 points during the corresponding week in the previous year.
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| According to an official release, the government has corrected the provisional WPI-based inflation figure of 4.09 per cent for the week ended July 26 to 4.27 per cent.
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| The WPI for the week has been revised up to 173.2 points as against the provisional level of 172.9 points.
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| As for constituents of the WPI, the primary articles' group index rose by 0.2 per cent to 181.1 per cent due to high prices of food items even though non-food items became cheaper. The index was 175.3 points in the previous year.
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| The food articles group index rose substantially by 0.5 per cent to 183.2 points due to steep prices of vegetables that rose by five per cent, gram by two per cent and fruits, eggs, fish-inland and masur by one per cent each, even as prices fell for bajra by six per cent, poultry chicken by two per cent and pork, urad and moong by one per cent each.
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| Following international trends, the index for fuel, power, light and lubricants group stood unchanged for the second consecutive week at 252.9 points. The index was 239.2 points during the corresponding week in the previous year.
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| The manufactured products group index, which has a weight of 60 per cent in the WPI, also stood firm at 155.7 points even as prices for food products, textiles, leather and non-metallic mineral products declined. The index was 148.4 points a year ago.
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| The food products group index and textiles group index declined marginally by 0.1 per cent to 166.1 points and 128.9 points, respectively.
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| Leather and leather products group index declined sharply by one per cent to 146.8 points due to one per cent fall in the price of footwear.
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| Index for non-metallic mineral products' group dipped by 0.2 per cent to 144.9 points for the week ended September 20.
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| Chemicals and chemical products group index was up by 0.1 per cent to 175.7 points. Index for basic metals, alloys and metal products group rose by 0.2 per cent to 169.9 points owing to costlier steel wire ropes, barrels and zinc. |
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