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Wholesale Price Indices for Primary Articles and Fuel. Power, Light & Lubricants in India (Base: 1993-94 = 100) Review for the week ended 17th July, 2010 (26 Asadha, 1932 Saka)



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Government of India

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Ministry of Commerce & Industry

Wholesale Price Indices for Primary Articles and Fuel. Power, Light & Lubricants in India (Base: 1993-94 = 100)
Review for the week ended 17th July, 2010 (26 Asadha, 1932 Saka)

New Delhi: July 29, 2010.

 

 

The WPI for the week ended 17th July, 2010 in respect of 'Primary Articles' and 'Fuel. Power, Light & Lubricants' is given below:

 

PRIMARY ARTICLES (Weight 22.02%)

The index for this major group rose by 0.4 percent to 308.8 (Provisional) from 307.5 (Provisional) for the previous week.

The annual rate of inflation, calculated on point to point basis, stood at 14.50 percent (Provisional) for the week ended 17/07/2010 (over 18/07/2009) as compared to 16.48 percent (Provisional) for the previous week (ended 10/07/2010) and 8.18 percent during the corresponding week (ended 18/07/2009) of the previous year.

 

The groups and items for which the index showed variations during the week are as follows:-

The index for  'Food Articles' group rose by 0.6 percent to 299.3 (Provisional) from 297.6 (Provisional) for the previous week due to higher prices of fish-marine (3%), gram and milk (2% each) and mutton, urad, wheat, tea and maize (1% each).  However, the prices of fish-inland and rice (1% each) declined.

The index for 'Non-Food Articles' group rose by 0.2 percent to 288.6 (Provisional) from 288.1 (Provisional) for the previous week due to higher prices of rape & mustard seed and sunflower (2% each) and raw silk, raw jute, groundnut seed and copra (1% each).  However, the prices of raw cotton (1%) declined.

 

FUEL, POWER, LIGHT & LUBRICANTS (Weight 14.23%)

The index for this major group declined by 0.1 percent to 386.3 (Provisional) from 386.7 (Provisional) for the previous week due to lower prices of naphtha, light diesel oil and furnace oil (1% each).  The annual rate of inflation, calculated on point to point basis stood at 14.29 percent (Provisional) for the week ended 17/07/2010 over 18/07/2009 as compared to 14.27 percent (Provisional)for the previous week (ended 10/07/2010) and (-) 10.63 percent during the corresponding week (ended 18/07/2009) of the previous year.

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: 05/08/2010 for the week ending 24/07/2010

Wholesale Price Index and Rates of Inflation

 

 

 

 

 

Week Ending 17th July, 2010

Commodities/Major Groups/Groups/Sub-Groups

Weight

WPI July 17, 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

22.03

308.8

2.16

0.42

8.31

4.71

8.18

14.50

14.07

Food Articles

15.40

299.3

3.14

0.57

11.80

3.96

15.05

9.67

16.15

Cereals

4.41

267.0

0.20

-0.04

3.44

-1.51

12.06

5.62

11.54

Rice

2.45

250.0

0.13

-0.64

2.86

-0.75

16.83

5.31

11.58

Wheat

1.38

264.6

0.40

0.84

1.88

-4.51

2.51

6.27

10.57

Pulses

0.60

379.7

2.62

0.50

15.23

5.36

21.25

21.23

32.29

Vegetables

1.46

294.9

5.33

-0.34

77.62

49.17

32.01

-14.77

9.58

Potatoes

0.26

218.3

3.96

2.06

88.54

23.54

74.55

-46.05

26.76

Onions

0.09

211.9

1.99

-0.66

-13.52

-4.68

30.37

-10.25

8.27

Fruits

1.46

278.1

-1.35

0.54

-14.57

-17.21

0.77

12.14

10.28

Milk

4.37

293.3

0.00

1.45

4.50

3.20

9.51

19.03

14.85

Non-Food Articles

6.14

288.6

-0.04

0.17

4.84

2.41

-3.71

21.01

10.33

Fibres

1.52

241.8

0.76

-1.02

7.09

1.13

-8.62

13.52

6.47

Oil Seeds

2.67

269.9

-0.60

0.97

4.73

3.73

-4.43

7.87

4.92

Minerals

0.48

866.2

0.00

0.00

-16.43

26.64

-13.99

53.47

5.94

Fuel, Power, Light & Lubricants

14.23

386.3

-0.12

-0.10

5.30

6.77

-10.63

14.29

4.44

Liquefied Petroleum Gas

1.84

406.9

0.00

0.00

0.14

14.94

-7.42

15.30

-1.92

Petrol

0.89

284.4

0.00

0.00

10.04

8.59

-11.86

15.28

2.02

High Speed Diesel Oil

2.02

552.0

0.00

0.00

6.46

6.15

-5.88

14.67

4.21

 

INDEX NUMBERS OF WHOLESALE PRICES IN INDIA BY

GROUPS & SUB-GROUPS (BASE: 1993-94=100)

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 MAJOR GROUP/GROUP  |             W E E K   E N D I N G            |% CHANGE 

     & SUB-GROUP    |----------------------------------------------|  DURING 

                    |17.07.2010|10.07.10|19.06.10|22.05.10|18.07.09| THE WEEK

                    |         PROVISIONAL        |      FINAL      |

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          1.              2.        3.       4.       5.       6.        7.

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  I  PRIMARY             308.8    307.5    301.8     305.2    269.7    0.4

     ARTICLES           

(A)  Food Articles       299.3    297.6    296.3     296.3    272.9    0.6

 a.  Food                280.6    280.4    279.3     281.0    260.1    0.1

     Grains(Cereals

 a1. Cereals             267.0    267.1    265.3     267.5    252.8    - 

 a2. Pulses              379.7    377.8    381.3     379.7    313.2    0.5

 b.  Fruits &            286.5    286.3    294.0     290.6    297.0    0.1

     Vegetables         

 b1. Vegetables          294.9    295.9    311.7     270.7    346.0   -0.3

 b2. Fruits              278.1    276.6    276.2     310.5    248.0    0.5

 c.  Milk                293.3    289.1    285.6     284.2    246.4    1.5

 d.  Eggs,Meat &         351.9    349.6    343.3     348.0    321.1    0.7

     Fish               

 e.  Condiments &        390.1    388.4    376.6     371.7    290.3    0.4

     Spices             

 f.  Other Food          221.5    220.6    222.1     221.2    235.7    0.4

     Articles           

(B)  Non-Food            288.6    288.1    286.3     283.4    238.5    0.2

     Articles           

 a.  Fibres              241.8    244.3    245.3     245.5    213.0   -1.0

 b.  Oil Seeds           269.9    267.3    265.2     260.5    250.2    1.0

 c.  Other Non-Food      350.9    350.8    347.2     344.5    242.3    - 

     Articles           

(C)  Minerals            866.2    866.2    674.9     866.2    564.4    - 

 a.  Metallic           1330.2   1330.2   1019.7    1330.2    842.3    - 

     Minerals           

 b.  Other Minerals      133.4    133.4    130.4     133.4    125.6    - 

 II  FUEL,POWER,         386.3    386.7    370.2     372.5    338.0   -0.1

     LIGHT & LUBRICANTS 

 A.  Coal Mining         285.7    285.7    285.7     285.7    251.8    - 

 B.  Minerals Oil        479.8    480.7    447.1     451.6    413.6   -0.2

 C.  Electricity         299.3    299.3    299.3     299.3    269.2    - 

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rj/mrs/dk/kol/13:54 hrs.

Press Information Bureau

Government of India

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Ministry of Chemicals and Fertilizers

No Shortage of NPK Fertilizers Including Factamfos In Kerala: Shri Jena

New Delhi: July 29, 2010.

 

Fertilizers and Chemicals Travancore Ltd. (FACT) has supplied 23,318 MT of Factamfos against the movement plan of 24,000 MT in the state of Kerala in June, 2010.  As on date, there are no reports of shortage of Factamfos in Kerala.  However, the month-wise requirement and availability of NPK (including Factamfos) fertilizers in the state is as follows:-

                                                                                                            (Qty.in 000MT)

Month

Requirement

Availability

April'10

16.25

15.49

May'10

16.75

19.08

June'10

31.25

31.70

July'10(as on 26.7.2010)

28.25

28.43

            As can be seen there is no shortage of NPK fertilizers which includes Factamfos in the state during current season.

            The Government proposes to optimize the production capacity of fertilizer plants including Fertilizers and Chemicals Travancore Ltd. (FACT).  The production plan of FACT for the year 2010-11 envisages the production of 8.00 lakh MT of Factamfos and 2.25 lakh MT of Ammonium sulphate as against the production of 7.53 lakh MT of Factamfos and 1.79 lakh MT of Ammonium sulphate during the year 2009-10.  During the current year after completing the annual turnaround work in April-May 2010, FACT has produced 1.97 lakh MT of Factamfos and 0.4 lakh MT of Ammonium Sulphate up to 24.7.2010.

            This information was given by the Minister of State for Chemicals and Fertilizers Shri Srikant Kumar Jena in a written reply in the Lok Sabha today.

 

dnm/pkm/sb/dk/kol/13:57 hrs.

 

Press Information Bureau

Government of India

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Ministry of Rural Development

RD Ministry Releases Rs.83.60 Crores Under SGSY to Uttar Pradesh

New Delhi: July 29, 2010.

 

 

The Ministry of Rural Development has released grant-in-aid worth  Rs.83,60,37000/-           (Rs. Eighty three  crore sixty lakh  thirty seven thousand only)  as part payment of 1st instalment of central share of funds for the implementation of centrally sponsored Swarnjayanti Gram Swarojgar Yojana  to be spread over 69 districts of  Uttar Pradesh  during the current financial year 2010-11.  The amount of grant will be released to respective District Rural Development Agencies.

 

The details of the grant-in-aid to the State is as follows :

 

S.No.

                Name of the District

Amount of instalment being Released  (Rs. in lakhs)

 

 

1.

Agra

61.41

 

 

2.

Aligarh

50.19

 

 

3.

Allahabad

241.49

 

 

4.

Ambedkar Nagar

169.25

 

 

5.

Auraiya

86.21

 

 




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