Dear Comrades,
Review for the month of June, 2012
The official Wholesale
Price Index for ‘All Commodities’ (Base: 2004-05 = 100) for the month June, 2012
rose by 0.2 percent to 164.2 (Provisional) from 163.9 (Provisional) for the
previous month.
INFLATION
The annual rate of
inflation, based on monthly WPI, stood at 7.25% (Provisional) for the month of June,
2012 (over June, 2011) as compared to 7.55% (Provisional) for the previous
month and 9.51% during the corresponding month of the previous year. Build up
inflation in the financial year so far was 1.99% compared to a build up of 2.41
% in the corresponding period of the previous year.