The WPIÂ
for the week ended 18th December, 2010 in respect of ‘Primary
Articles’ and ‘Fuel & Power’ is given below:
PRIMARY ARTICLES (Weight
20.12%)Â
The index for this major group rose by 1.0 percent
to 189.7 (Provisional) from 187.9 (Provisional) for the previous week.
The annual rate of inflation, calculated on
point to point basis, stood at 17.24 percent (Provisional) for the week ended 18/12/2010
(over 19/12/2009) as compared to 15.35 percent (Provisional) for the previous
week (ended 11/12/2010).Â
The groups and items for which the index showed
variations during the week are as follows:-
The index for 'FOOD ARTICLES' group rose by 1.1
percent to 187.8 (Provisional) from 185.8Â
(Provisional) for the previous week due to higher prices of poultry
chicken (18%), condiments & spices, fruits & vegetables and moong (3% each) and bajra and jowar (1% each). However,
the prices of     fish-inland (4%), masur and arhar (2% each) and fish-marine
and urad (1% each) declined.
Â
The index for 'NON-FOOD ARTICLES' group rose by
0.8 percent to 173.0 (Provisional) from 171.6Â
(Provisional) for the previous week due to higher prices of, raw silk
(8%), flowers (6%), raw rubber (4 %) and castor seed and cotton seed (1% each). However, the prices of gingelly
seed (sesamum) (2%) and linseed, gaur seed and copra
(1% each) declined.
FUEL & POWER (Weight 14.91%)
 The index for this major group rose by 0.8
percent to 150.7 (Provisional) from 149.5Â
(Provisional) for the previous week due to higher prices of petrol (6%),
aviation turbine fuel (4%), light diesel oil (3%) and naphtha, furnace oil and bitumen
(2% each).
The annual rate of inflation, calculated on
point to point basis, stood at 11.63 percent (Provisional) for the week ended 18/12/2010
(over 19/12/2009) as compared to 10.74 percent (Provisional) for the previous
week (ended 11/12/2010).
Build up inflation over
the week, financial year end and over the year is given in Annexure-1 for some
important items.
Next
date of press release: 06/01/2011 for the week ending 25/12/2010
Annexure-I
Wholesale Price Index and Rates of Inflation [Base Year:
2004-05]
|
Week
Ending 18th December, 2010 (Base: 2004-05)
|
|
Commodities/Major Groups/Groups/Sub-Groups
|
Weight
|
WPI Dec. 18, 2010
|
Latest week over week
|
Build up from end March
|
Year on year
|
52 week Average
|
|
2009-10
|
2010-11
|
2009-10
|
2010-11
|
2009-10
|
2010-11
|
|
Primary Articles
|
20.12
|
189.7
|
-0.68
|
0.96
|
18.88
|
13.87
|
18.45
|
17.24
|
18.68
|
|
Food Articles
|
14.34
|
187.8
|
-0.97
|
1.08
|
20.93
|
14.23
|
21.29
|
14.44
|
17.55
|
|
Cereals
|
3.37
|
169.3
|
0.29
|
-0.06
|
13.21
|
2.11
|
16.78
|
-0.70
|
7.77
|
|
Rice
|
1.79
|
166.5
|
0.61
|
-0.06
|
9.83
|
2.08
|
12.91
|
0.73
|
7.36
|
|
Wheat
|
1.12
|
171.4
|
0.17
|
-0.23
|
20.05
|
0.18
|
23.15
|
-5.51
|
8.32
|
|
Pulses
|
0.72
|
188.5
|
-0.19
|
-0.21
|
33.06
|
-5.84
|
31.73
|
-10.79
|
13.82
|
|
Vegetables
|
1.74
|
226.2
|
-6.52
|
4.58
|
49.83
|
74.40
|
19.95
|
29.26
|
5.78
|
|
Potatoes
|
0.20
|
173.8
|
-13.10
|
-8.09
|
103.39
|
70.56
|
126.61
|
-23.84
|
-31.17
|
|
Onions
|
0.18
|
379.6
|
-1.09
|
3.49
|
45.50
|
142.09
|
20.43
|
39.66
|
4.36
|
|
Fruits
|
2.11
|
166.0
|
-0.66
|
0.85
|
10.20
|
14.25
|
12.39
|
21.97
|
19.01
|
|
Milk
|
3.24
|
177.8
|
0.07
|
0.00
|
12.77
|
4.28
|
22.07
|
17.75
|
24.64
|
|
Egg, Meat & Fish
|
2.41
|
197.6
|
-0.06
|
0.76
|
29.29
|
12.91
|
29.39
|
20.34
|
31.21
|
|
Non-Food Articles
|
4.26
|
173.0
|
0.21
|
0.82
|
11.60
|
14.87
|
11.42
|
23.13
|
17.92
|
|
Fibres
|
0.88
|
203.4
|
0.34
|
0.69
|
17.78
|
33.90
|
8.48
|
35.87
|
22.41
|
|
Oil Seeds
|
1.78
|
141.3
|
-0.07
|
-0.21
|
7.33
|
3.97
|
7.41
|
2.61
|
4.90
|
|
Minerals
|
1.52
|
253.6
|
0.00
|
0.00
|
19.18
|
9.50
|
12.04
|
26.74
|
28.46
|
|
Fuel & Power
|
14.91
|
150.7
|
0.00
|
0.80
|
9.67
|
7.57
|
5.06
|
11.63
|
11.64
|
|
Liquefied Petroleum Gas
|
0.91
|
128.9
|
0.00
|
0.00
|
0.45
|
14.99
|
-7.20
|
14.99
|
7.78
|
|
Petrol
|
1.09
|
151.7
|
0.00
|
5.71
|
9.97
|
17.78
|
-2.26
|
25.06
|
14.72
|
|
High Speed Diesel Oil
|
4.67
|
153.6
|
0.00
|
0.00
|
6.52
|
6.22
|
-0.15
|
14.71
|
13.04
|
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