Dear Comrades,
Consumer Price Index Numbers on Base 2010=100 for Rural, Urban and Combined for the Month of April, 2012
The Central Statistics Office (CSO),
Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation releases Consumer Price
Indices (CPI) on base 2010=100 for all-India and States/UTs separately for
rural, urban and combined every month with effect from January, 2011.
Provisional indices for the month of April 2012 and also final indices
for March 2012 are being released with this note for all-India and for
States/UTs.
All
India provisional General (all groups), Group and Sub- Group level CPI numbers
of April 2012 for rural, urban and combined are given in Annex I. The General
Indices for rural, urban and combined are 118.1, 116.1 and 117.2 respectively.
Provisional annual inflation rate based on all India general CPI
(Combined) for April 2012 on point to point basis (April 2012 over April
2011) is 10.36 % as compared to 9.38
% (final) for the previous month of March 2012. The corresponding provisional inflation
rates for rural and urban areas for April 2012 are 9.86 % and 11.10 %
respectively. Inflation rates (final) for rural and urban areas for March 2012
are 8.70 % and 10.30 % respectively. Inflation for specified categories is
indicated at Annex II.
State/UT-wise
General provisional CPI numbers for
rural, urban and combined are at Annex III. State/ UT wise Group level
provisional indices are available in the Ministry’s website (www.mospi.gov.in).
Price data are
collected from selected towns by the Field Operations Division of NSSO and from
selected villages by the Department of Posts. Price data are received through web portals being maintained by the
National Informatics Centre.
AD/DB (Release ID :84100)
