Costlier food, fuel and clothing items push up CPI by 1.18% in August

20 Sep 2011 Evaluate

With the increase in prices of food products, fuel and clothing items, the Consumer Price Index (CPI) for the month of August surged by 1.18% on a sequential basis. As per the data released by the Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation, the CPI based on retailed prices stood at 111.7 points in August, compared to 110.4 points in July.

As per the official data,  at the all India level, the CPI for 'food, beverages and tobacco' increased by 1.27% to 111.7 points in August from 110.3 points in July. However, the prices of vegetable showed highest increase, the index jumped by 4.61% to 113.4 points in August from 100 points in July. Whereas index for milk and milk products and fruits surged by more than 1% each. Likewise, in August, the index for oils and fats increased by 1.27% to 119.5 points.

The prices in fuel and light segment also increased by 0.69% in August compared to July, the index for this segment increased to 116.4 points in August from 115.5 points in July. Whereas, the CPI for clothing, bedding and footwear increased by 1.12% to 117.7 points in August from 116.4 points in July.

According to the CPI data, the prices of miscellaneous items increased by 1.19% in August compared to July. Similarly, the index for housing also went up by 0.65% to 107.6 points in August from 106.9 points in July. This is the third time when the housing prices have been included into CPI data. However, the data was only for urban areas. Earlier, the government had said that the, 'house rent is negligible for the rural areas' and such only urban areas have been taken into account for the index on housing. 

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