The CPI for April remain same as of March

19 May 2011 Evaluate
The Consumer Price Index based on the retail prices remained stable at 106 points during the month of April. The general indices for rural and urban consumers stood at 108 and 105 points respectively. While in last month, the general indices for rural, urban and combined consumers had stood at 107, 104 and 106 points, respectively.

Fruits and protein-based items become more expensive during April, at all India level, the index for fruits increased by 10% to 131 points in April in comparison to March. Likewise the indices for egg, fish and meat increased by 2% in April vis-à-vis March to 110 points. While milk rose marginally to 110 points. There was also a 3.6 % increase in retail prices of pan and tobacco to 114 points, while condiments and spices were up by 1.75% at 116 points.

Whereas, 'Fuel and light' went up marginally by 1 point, from 107 in March to 108 in April, 'clothing, bedding and footwear' stood at 112 points on an all-India basis in the month under review, marginally up from 110 in the previous month.

However, vegetable prices fell by 4% in the month under review of 95 points. Overall, the food beverage and tobacco segments of CPI moved up to 107 points in April from 106 in the previous month’

Although the CPI, as per the new series , increased to 106 in April this year from a base of 200 in 2010, the government will wait “till the series gets stabilized “ and adequate timely receipts of price data is achieved before it begins to release the retail inflation figures from next year.

The CPI for miscellaneous items was attached at 106 points on a countrywide basis in April, up from 105 in March. The new CPI is anticipated to replicate the real movement of prices at the micro-level and help policymakers like the RBI in better framing of decisions. As per the experts, with passing time the new index would take over Wholesale Price Index as the main benchmark to measure inflation

These Consumer Indices have been released for five major groups -- food, beverages and tobacco; fuel and light; housing; clothing, bedding and footwear; and miscellaneous items. For April month, with 111 points Mizoram witnessed the highest CPI and Manipur was the lowest with 102 points.

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