Tuesday, February 12, 2013

Statement of Srikant Kumar Jena on CPI

Dear Comrades,

Shri Srikant Kumar Jena, Minister of State (Independent charge), Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation announced the release of the monthly provisional Consumer Price Index (CPI) on Base 2010=100 along with annual inflation rates for January 2013, compiled by the Central Statistics Office. Final CPI numbers for the month of December 2012 have also been released.

All India General (all groups) CPI numbers of January 2013 for rural, urban and combined are 127.4, 124.9 and 126.3 respectively.

Annual inflation rate based on all India general CPI (Combined) for January 2013 on point to point basis (January 2013 over January 2012) is 10.79%. The corresponding inflation rates (provisional) for rural and urban areas are 10.88 % and 10.73 % respectively. Inflation rates (final) for rural, urban and combined for December 2012 are 10.74 %, 10.42 % and 10.56% respectively.

Provisional annual inflation rates of January 2013 for rural, urban and combined in respect of ‘food and beverages’ are 13.13%, 13.81% and 13.36% respectively.

(Release ID :92166) AD/DB  PIB
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