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Consumer Price Index Numbers On Base 2012=100 For Rural, Urban And Combined For The Month Of August 2023

Posted On: 12 SEP 2023 5:30PM by PIB Delhi

   The National Statistical Office (NSO), Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation (MoSPI) has released All India Consumer Price Index (CPI) on Base 2012=100 and corresponding Consumer Food Price Index (CFPI) for Rural (R), Urban (U) and Combined (C) for the month of August 2023 (Provisional). CPIs for Sub-Groups and Groups for both All India and all States/UTs have also been released.

  The price data are collected from selected 1114 urban Markets and 1181 villages covering all States/UTs through personal visits by field staff of Field Operations Division of NSO, MoSPI on a weekly roster. During the month of August 2023, NSO collected prices from 99.6% villages and 98.3% urban markets while the market-wise prices reported therein were 88.8% for rural and 91.3% for urban.

All India Inflation rates (on point to point basis i.e. current month over same month of last year, i.e. August 2023 over August 2022), based on General Indices and CFPIs are given as follows:

All India year-on-year inflation rates (%) based on CPI (General) and CFPI: August 2023 over August 2022

 

Aug. 2023 (Prov.)

Jul. 2023 (Final)

Aug. 2022

Rural

Urban

Combd.

Rural

Urban

Combd.

Rural

Urban

Combd.

Inflation

CPI (General)

7.02

6.59

6.83

7.63

7.20

7.44

7.15

6.72

7.00

CFPI

9.67

10.42

9.94

11.04

12.37

11.51

7.60

7.55

7.62

Index

CPI (General)

187.6

184.5

186.2

187.6

184.7

186.3

175.3

173.1

174.3

CFPI

189.4

198.2

192.5

190.1

200.7

193.8

172.7

179.5

175.1

 Notes: Prov.  – Provisional, Combd. – Combined

 

  Monthly changes in the General Indices and CFPIs are given below:

Monthly changes (%) in All India CPI (General) and CFPI: August 2023 over July 2023

Indices

Aug. 2023 (Prov.)

Jul. 2023 (Final)

Monthly change (%)

Rural

Urban

Combd.

Rural

Urban

Combd.

Rural

Urban

Combd.

CPI (General)

187.6

184.5

186.2

187.6

184.7

186.3

0.00

-0.11

-0.05

CFPI

189.4

198.2

192.5

190.1

200.7

193.8

-0.37

-1.25

-0.67

           Note: Figures of August 2023 are provisional.

 

   Next date of release for September 2023 CPI is 12th October 2023 (Thursday). For more details please visit the website www.mospi.gov.in

List of Annex

Annex

Title

I

All-India General, Group and Sub-group level CPI and CFPI numbers for July 2023 (Final) and August 2023 (Provisional) for Rural, Urban and Combined

II

All-India inflation rates (%) for General, Group and Sub-group level CPI and CFPI numbers for August 2023 (Provisional) for Rural, Urban and Combined

III

General CPI for States for Rural, Urban and Combined for July 2023 (Final) and August 2023 (Provisional)

IV

Year-on-year inflation rates (%) of major States for Rural, Urban and Combined for August 2023 (Provisional)

 

 

Annex I

All-India General, Group and Sub-group level CPI and CFPI numbers for July 2023 (Final) and August 2023 (Provisional) for Rural, Urban and Combined

(Base: 2012=100)

Group Code

Sub-group Code

Description

Rural

Urban

Combined

Weights

Jul. 23 Index
(Final)

Aug. 23 Index
(Prov.)

Weights

Jul. 23 Index
(Final)

Aug. 23 Index
(Prov.)

Weights

Jul. 23 Index
(Final)

Aug. 23 Index
(Prov.)

(1)

(2)

(3)

(4)

(5)

(6)

(7)

(8)

(9)

(10)

(11)

(12)

 

1.1.01

Cereals and products

12.35

176.5

179.0

6.59

177.8

179.8

9.67

176.9

179.3

 

1.1.02

Meat and fish

4.38

215.5

211.1

2.73

222.0

219.5

3.61

217.8

214.1

 

1.1.03

Egg

0.49

180.0

174.3

0.36

184.8

180.0

0.43

181.9

176.5

 

1.1.04

Milk and products

7.72

180.6

181.1

5.33

180.3

181.2

6.61

180.5

181.1

 

1.1.05

Oils and fats

4.21

165.3

165.3

2.81

158.7

159.0

3.56

162.9

163.0

 

1.1.06

Fruits

2.88

173.4

174.3

2.90

186.7

186.2

2.89

179.6

179.9

 

1.1.07

Vegetables

7.46

227.0

216.5

4.41

295.3

272.5

6.04

250.2

235.5

 

1.1.08

Pulses and products

2.95

185.3

187.8

1.73

187.9

191.5

2.38

186.2

189.0

 

1.1.09

Sugar and Confectionery

1.70

123.8

124.8

0.97

125.8

127.0

1.36

124.5

125.5

 

1.1.10

Spices

3.11

234.5

242.1

1.79

224.6

231.4

2.50

231.2

238.5

 

1.2.11

Non-alcoholic beverages

1.37

179.7

180.3

1.13

167.3

167.7

1.26

174.5

175.0

 

1.1.12

Prepared meals, snacks, sweets etc.

5.56

192.0

192.9

5.54

199.2

200.1

5.55

195.3

196.2

1

 

Food and beverages

54.18

190.0

189.5

36.29

199.4

197.6

45.86

193.5

192.5

2

 

Pan, tobacco and intoxicants

3.26

201.0

201.7

1.36

205.2

206.7

2.38

202.1

203.0

 

3.1.01

Clothing

6.32

192.4

192.9

4.72

182.2

182.8

5.58

188.4

188.9

 

3.1.02

Footwear

1.04

189.0

189.1

0.85

169.0

169.8

0.95

180.7

181.1

3

 

Clothing and footwear

7.36

191.9

192.3

5.57

180.2

180.8

6.53

187.3

187.7

4

 

Housing

-

-

-

21.67

175.3

176.4

10.07

175.3

176.4

5

 

Fuel and light

7.94

185.5

185.9

5.58

187.4

187.4

6.84

186.2

186.5

 

6.1.01

Household goods and services

3.75

180.9

181.3

3.87

170.8

171.2

3.80

176.1

176.5

 

6.1.02

Health

6.83

189.1

189.9

4.81

183.5

184.3

5.89

187.0

187.8

 

6.1.03

Transport and communication

7.60

170.6

171.1

9.73

161.1

161.3

8.59

165.6

165.9

 

6.1.04

Recreation and amusement

1.37

175.1

175.6

2.04

170.5

170.8

1.68

172.5

172.9

 

6.1.05

Education

3.46

183.8

184.5

5.62

178.9

179.8

4.46

180.9

181.7

 

6.1.06

Personal care and effects

4.25

184.4

184.7

3.47

185.4

185.7

3.89

184.8

185.1

6

 

Miscellaneous

27.26

180.7

181.2

29.53

172.9

173.4

28.32

176.9

177.4

General Index (All Groups)

100.00

187.6

187.6

100.00

184.7

184.5

100.00

186.3

186.2

Consumer Food Price Index (CFPI)

47.25

190.1

189.4

29.62

200.7

198.2

39.06

193.8

192.