CPI for the month of September increases by 1.25% sequentially

19 Oct 2011 Evaluate

Surge in the prices of food, clothing and fuel items pushed up the Consumer Price Index (CPI) by 1.25 per cent on a sequential basis in September on month-on-month basis. The CPI based on retail prices was recorded at 113.1 points in September, compared with 111.7 points in August.

As per data released by the government, on an all-India level, the Index for ‘food, beverages and tobacco' was up sequentially by 1.34 per cent to 113.2 points in September from 111.7 points in the previous month. However, the main increase was seen in the prices of vegetables, with the index rising by 3.44 per cent month-on-month to 117.3 points, while the indices for milk and milk products went up by over 2.07 per cent to 118.6 points. Pulses prices also went up by 1.73 per cent to 100.1 points, as per the index, while eggs, meat and fish were up 1.76 per cent to 115.6 points in September in comparison to August.  Prices in the 'fuel and light' segment rose by 1.46 per cent in September vis-a-vis the previous month, with the index inching up to 118.1 points from 116.4 points in August. The rise was mainly due to the Rs 3 per liter hike of petrol prices announced by oil marketing companies in mid-September.

The index for 'Housing' was up 1.12 per cent month-on- month at 108.8 points in September, up from 107.6 points in August. This is the fourth month that housing prices have been factored into the CPI data. However, the data was compiled only for urban areas.

The price of miscellaneous items rose by 1.09 per cent in September vis-a-vis August, as per the CPI data, with the index for this segment rising to 111.5 points on a countrywide basis in the month under review from 110.3 points in the previous month.

Meanwhile, the Central Statistics Office (CSO), Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation has introduced a new series of Consumer Price Indices (CPI) on base 2010=100 for all-India and States/UTs separately for rural, urban and combined with effect from January, 2011.  As per it the General Indices for rural, urban and combined for September, 2011 stood at 114.6, 111.1 and 113.1 respectively.

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