Consumer Price Index Numbers on Base 2012=100 for Rural, Urban and Combined for the month of May 2017 v

The Central Statistics Office (CSO), Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation has revised the Base Year of the Consumer Price Index (CPI) from 2010=100 to 2012=100 with effect from the release of indices for the month of January 2015.

2. In this press note, the CPI (Rural, Urban, Combined) on Base 2012=100 is being released for the month of May 2017. In addition to this, Consumer Food Price Index (CFPI) for all India Rural, Urban and Combined are also being released for May 2017. All India Inflation rates (on point to point basis i.e. current month over same month of last year, i.e., May 2017 over May 2016), based on General Indices and CFPIs are given as follows:

All India Inflation rates (%) based on CPI (General) and CFPI

Indices	May 2017 (Prov.)			April 2017 (Final)			May 2016 (Final)
	Rural	Urban	Combd.	Rural	Urban	Combd.	Rural	Urban	Combd.
CPI (General)	2.30	2.13	2.18	3.02	3.03	2.99	6.45	4.89	5.76
CFPI	-0.60	-1.85	-1.05	0.69	0.46	0.61	7.67	7.24	7.47

Notes: Prov.  – Provisional, Combd. - Combined

3. 3. Monthly changes in the General Indices and CFPIs are given below:

Monthly changes (%) in All India CPI (General) and CFPI: May 2017 over Apr. 2017

Indices	Rural			Urban			Combined
	Index Value		% Change	Index Value		% Change	Index Value		% Change
	May.17	Apr.17		May.17	Apr.17		May.17	Apr.17
CPI (General)	133.3	132.9	0.30	129.3	129.1	0.15	131.4	131.1	0.23
CFPI	132.5	132.2	0.23	132.3	132.0	0.23	132.4	132.1	0.23

Note: Figures of May 2017 are provisional.

4. 4. Provisional indices for the month of May 2017 and also the final indices for April 2017 are being released with this note for all-India and for State/UTs. All-India provisional General (all-groups), Group and Sub-group level CPI and CFPI numbers for May 2017 for Rural, Urban and Combined are given in Annexure I. The inflation rates of important categories of items are given in Annexure II. State/UT wise provisional General CPI numbers for Rural, Urban and Combined are given in Annexure III. Inflation rates of major States, having population more than 50 lakhs as per population Census 2011, are given in Annexure IV. State/UT–wise Group CPIs are available on the Ministry’s website (mospi.gov.in).
5. 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, maintained by the National Informatics Centre.

Next date of release:  12^th July 2017 (Wednesday) for May 2017.                    

Annexure I

All India Consumer Price Indices

(Base: 2012=100)

Group Code	Sub-group Code	Description	Rural			Urban			Combined
			Weights	Apr. 17 Index (Final)	May 17 Index (Prov.)	Weights	Apr. 17 Index (Final)	May 17 Index (Prov.)	Weights	Apr. 17 Index (Final)	May 17 Index (Prov.)
(1)	(2)	(3)	(4)	(5)	(6)	(7)	(8)	(9)	(10)	(11)	(12)
	1.1.01	Cereals and products	12.35	133.2	133.1	6.59	132.7	132.6	9.67	133.0	132.9
	1.1.02	Meat and fish	4.38	138.7	140.4	2.73	140.6	144.1	3.61	139.4	141.7
	1.1.03	Egg	0.49	127.1	126.8	0.36	124.5	125.6	0.43	126.1	126.3
	1.1.04	Milk and products	7.72	137.7	138.2	5.33	136.3	136.9	6.61	137.2	137.7
	1.1.05	Oils and fats	4.21	121.3	120.8	2.81	113.5	113.4	3.56	118.4	118.1
	1.1.06	Fruits	2.88	141.8	140.2	2.90	137.7	135.3	2.89	139.9	137.9
	1.1.07	Vegetables	7.46	121.5	123.7	4.41	127.1	129.2	6.04	123.4	125.6
	1.1.08	Pulses and products	2.95	144.5	141.7	1.73	133.8	131.5	2.38	140.9	138.3
	1.1.09	Sugar and Confectionery	1.70	117.4	118.6	0.97	120.8	121.0	1.36	118.5	119.4
	1.1.10	Spices	3.11	134.1	134.0	1.79	141.3	139.9	2.50	136.5	136.0
	1.2.11	Non-alcoholic beverages	1.37	130.0	130.2	1.13	123.8	123.8	1.26	127.4	127.5
	1.1.12	Prepared meals, snacks, sweets etc.	5.56	145.5	145.8	5.54	142.6	142.9	5.55	144.2	144.5
1		Food and beverages	54.18	133.5	133.8	36.29	133.4	133.6	45.86	133.5	133.7
2		Pan, tobacco and intoxicants	3.26	144.4	145.5	1.36	148.0	148.3	2.38	145.4	146.2
	3.1.01	Clothing	6.32	142.4	142.6	4.72	131.2	131.5	5.58	138.0	138.2
	3.1.02	Footwear	1.04	136.8	137.3	0.85	123.0	123.2	0.95	131.1	131.4
3		Clothing and footwear	7.36	141.6	141.8	5.57	130.0	130.2	6.53	137.0	137.2
4		Housing	-	-	-	21.67	131.7	132.1	10.07	131.7	132.1
5		Fuel and light	7.94	135.0	135.0	5.58	121.4	120.1	6.84	129.8	129.4
	6.1.01	Household goods and services	3.75	134.3	135.0	3.87	126.0	126.5	3.80	130.4	131.0
	6.1.02	Health	6.83	131.0	131.4	4.81	123.4	123.6	5.89	128.1	128.4
	6.1.03	Transport and communication	7.60	119.2	119.4	9.73	114.3	114.3	8.59	116.6	116.7
	6.1.04	Recreation and amusement	1.37	128.3	129.4	2.04	122.6	122.8	1.68	125.1	125.7
	6.1.05	Education	3.46	135.7	136.2	5.62	133.6	133.8	4.46	134.5	134.8
	6.1.06	Personal care and effects	4.25	123.7	123.9	3.47	122.2	122.0	3.89	123.1	123.1
6		Miscellaneous	27.26	127.5	127.9	29.53	122.5	122.6	28.32	125.1	125.3
General Index (All Groups)			100.00	132.9	133.3	100.00	129.1	129.3	100.00	131.1	131.4
Consumer Food Price Index			47.25	132.2	132.5	29.62	132.0	132.3	39.06	132.1	132.4

Notes:

1. : Provisional.
2. - : CPI (Rural) for housing is not compiled.
3. The weights are indicative to show relative importance of groups and sub-groups. However, all India indices have been compiled as weighted average of State indices.

Annexure II

All India annual inflation rates (%) for May 2017 (Provisional)

(Base: 2012=100)

Group Code	Sub-group Code	Description	Rural			Urban			Combined
			May 16 Index (Final)	May 17 Index (Prov.)	Inflation Rate (%)	May 16 Index (Final)	May 17 Index (Prov.)	Inflation Rate (%)	May 16 Index (Final)	May 17 Index (Prov.)	Inflation Rate (%)
(1)	(2)	(3)	(4)	(5)	(6)	(7)	(8)	(9)	(10)	(11)	(12)
	1.1.01	Cereals and products	127.6	133.1	4.31	125.0	132.6	6.08	126.8	132.9	4.81
	1.1.02	Meat and fish	137.5	140.4	2.11	142.1	144.1	1.41	139.1	141.7	1.87
	1.1.03	Egg	124.4	126.8	1.93	127.0	125.6	-1.10	125.4	126.3	0.72
	1.1.04	Milk and products	132.4	138.2	4.38	130.4	136.9	4.98	131.7	137.7	4.56
	1.1.05	Oils and fats	118.2	120.8	2.20	109.6	113.4	3.47	115.0	118.1	2.70
	1.1.06	Fruits	138.1	140.2	1.52	133.5	135.3	1.35	136.0	137.9	1.40
	1.1.07	Vegetables	141.8	123.7	-12.76	151.4	129.2	-14.66	145.1	125.6	-13.44
	1.1.08	Pulses and products	166.0	141.7	-14.64	182.8	131.5	-28.06	171.7	138.3	-19.45
	1.1.09	Sugar and Confectionery	107.5	118.6	10.33	111.1	121.0	8.91	108.7	119.4	9.84
	1.1.10	Spices	132.2	134.0	1.36	141.5	139.9	-1.13	135.3	136.0	0.52
	1.2.11	Non-alcoholic beverages	126.1	130.2	3.25	121.5	123.8	1.89	124.2	127.5	2.66
	1.1.12	Prepared meals, snacks, sweets etc.	138.3	145.8	5.42	136.3	142.9	4.84	137.4	144.5	5.17
1		Food and beverages	133.6	133.8	0.15	134.6	133.6	-0.74	134.0	133.7	-0.22
2		Pan, tobacco and intoxicants	136.0	145.5	6.99	142.2	148.3	4.29	137.7	146.2	6.17
	3.1.01	Clothing	135.4	142.6	5.32	127.2	131.5	3.38	132.2	138.2	4.54
	3.1.02	Footwear	131.1	137.3	4.73	120.7	123.2	2.07	126.8	131.4	3.63
3		Clothing and footwear	134.8	141.8	5.19	126.2	130.2	3.17	131.4	137.2	4.41
4		Housing	-	-	-	126.0	132.1	4.84	126.0	132.1	4.84
5		Fuel and light	127.4	135.0	5.97	115.0	120.1	4.43	122.7	129.4	5.46
	6.1.01	Household goods and services	128.5	135.0	5.06	123.2	126.5	2.68	126.0	131.0	3.97
	6.1.02	Health	125.8	131.4	4.45	120.3	123.6	2.74	123.7	128.4	3.80
	6.1.03	Transport and communication	115.1	119.4	3.74	110.7	114.3	3.25	112.8	116.7	3.46
	6.1.04	Recreation and amusement	123.6	129.4	4.69	119.8	122.8	2.50	121.5	125.7	3.46
	6.1.05	Education	129.1	136.2	5.50	128.0	133.8	4.53	128.5	134.8	4.90
	6.1.06	Personal care and effects	119.7	123.9	3.51	118.5	122.0	2.95	119.2	123.1	3.27
6		Miscellaneous	122.5	127.9	4.41	118.7	122.6	3.29	120.7	125.3	3.81
General Index (All Groups)			130.3	133.3	2.30	126.6	129.3	2.13	128.6	131.4	2.18
Consumer Food Price Index			133.3	132.5	-0.60	134.8	132.3	-1.85	133.8	132.4	-1.05

Notes:

1. : Provisional.
2. - : CPI (Rural) for housing is not compiled.

Annexure III

State/UT wise General Consumer Price Indices

(Base: 2012=100)

State/UT Code	Name of the State/UT	Rural			Urban			Combined
		Weights	Apr. 17 Index (Final)	May 17 Index (Prov.)	Weights	Apr. 17 Index (Final)	May 17 Index (Prov.)	Weights	Apr. 17 Index (Final)	May 17 Index (Prov.)
(1)	(2)	(3)	(4)	(5)	(6)	(7)	(8)	(9)	(10)	(11)
01	Jammu & Kashmir	1.14	138.6	139.1	0.72	127.8	128.4	0.94	134.8	135.3
02	Himachal Pradesh	1.03	134.9	134.9	0.26	126.0	126.4	0.67	133.3	133.4
03	Punjab	3.31	129.6	129.5	3.09	126.6	127.1	3.21	128.3	128.4
04	Chandigarh	0.02	138.1	137.5	0.34	125.7	124.6	0.17	126.4	125.3
05	Uttarakhand	1.06	127.6	127.8	0.73	121.2	121.6	0.91	125.2	125.5
06	Haryana	3.30	130.8	130.8	3.35	124.8	124.9	3.32	128.0	128.0
07	Delhi	0.28	129.7	130.1	5.64	133.6	133.9	2.77	133.4	133.7
08	Rajasthan	6.63	134.7	135.1	4.23	130.0	129.9	5.51	133.0	133.2
09	Uttar Pradesh	14.83	128.9	129.0	9.54	128.8	128.1	12.37	128.9	128.7
10	Bihar	8.21	133.4	133.2	1.62	125.1	124.1	5.14	132.2	131.9
11	Sikkim	0.06	140.4	141.2	0.03	133.8	134.8	0.05	138.2	139.1
12	Arunachal Pradesh	0.14	140.2	141.9	0.06	--	--	0.10	--	--
13	Nagaland	0.14	141.9	142.5	0.12	129.6	130.0	0.13	136.7	137.2
14	Manipur	0.23	142.7	142.5	0.12	128.9	129.7	0.18	138.3	138.4
15	Mizoram	0.07	133.7	132.9	0.13	124.3	125.0	0.10	128.0	128.1
16	Tripura	0.35	139.4	140.0	0.14	134.2	134.3	0.25	138.1	138.5
17	Meghalaya	0.28	134.8	134.5	0.15	125.2	125.5	0.22	131.8	131.7
18	Assam	2.63	127.1	128.0	0.79	128.4	128.9	1.77	127.4	128.2
19	West Bengal	6.99	130.6	130.5	7.20	128.2	128.8	7.09	129.5	129.7
20	Jharkhand	1.96	135.4	135.1	1.39	125.7	125.7	1.69	131.7	131.5
21	Odisha	2.93	135.9	136.9	1.31	126.7	127.2	2.18	133.3	134.2
22	Chhattisgarh	1.68	135.8	136.3	1.22	125.7	125.7	1.46	131.9	132.2
23	Madhya Pradesh	4.93	127.7	128.1	3.97	127.6	128.2	4.48	127.7	128.1
24	Gujarat	4.54	135.9	136.3	6.82	125.6	125.8	5.60	130.1	130.4
25	Daman & Diu	0.02	156.4	157.3	0.02	130.3	129.3	0.02	145.5	145.6
26	Dadra & Nagar Haveli	0.02	140.4	140.5	0.04	125.6	124.9	0.03	130.5	130.1
27	Maharashtra	8.25	134.8	136.2	18.86	125.7	125.8	13.18	128.7	129.3
28	Andhra Pradesh	5.40	136.7	137.5	3.64	131.1	131.8	4.58	134.6	135.4
29	Karnataka	5.09	136.2	136.7	6.81	136.9	137.0	5.89	136.6	136.9
30	Goa	0.14	143.5	142.4	0.25	127.3	127.7	0.19	133.6	133.4
31	Lakshadweep	0.01	129.0	129.7	0.01	112.9	115.5	0.01	120.8	122.4
32	Kerala	5.50	135.1	135.5	3.46	134.0	134.8	4.55	134.7	135.3
33	Tamil Nadu	5.55	133.6	133.5	9.20	133.1	133.7	7.25	133.3	133.6
34	Puducherry	0.08	136.2	137.2	0.27	129.9	130.0	0.17	131.5	131.8
35	Andaman & Nicobar Islands	0.05	136.9	138.8	0.07	124.6	124.1	0.06	130.6	131.3
36	Telangana	3.16	135.5	135.7	4.41	132.1	131.9	3.74	133.6	133.6
99	All India	100.00	132.9	133.3	100.00	129.1	129.3	100.00	131.1	131.4

Notes: 

1. Prov. :  Provisional.
2. --             :  indicates the receipt of price schedules is less than 80% of allocated schedules and therefore indices are not compiled.

Annexure IV

Major State/UT wise annual inflation rates (%) for May 2017 (Provisional)

(Base: 2012=100)

State/UT Code	Name of the State/UT	Rural			Urban			Combined
		May 16 Index (Final)	May 17 Index (Prov.)	Inflation Rate (%)	May 16 Index (Final)	May 17 Index (Prov.)	Inflation Rate (%)	May 16 Index (Final)	May 17 Index (Prov.)	Inflation Rate (%)
(1)	(2)	(3)	(4)	(5)	(6)	(7)	(8)	(9)	(10)	(11)
01	Jammu & Kashmir	129.6	139.1	7.33	123.1	128.4	4.31	127.3	135.3	6.28
02	Himachal Pradesh	128.9	134.9	4.65	120.7	126.4	4.72	127.4	133.4	4.71
03	Punjab	124.5	129.5	4.02	123.5	127.1	2.91	124.1	128.4	3.46
05	Uttarakhand	124.0	127.8	3.06	119.7	121.6	1.59	122.4	125.5	2.53
06	Haryana	126.4	130.8	3.48	122.4	124.9	2.04	124.5	128.0	2.81
07	Delhi	124.5	130.1	4.50	127.4	133.9	5.10	127.2	133.7	5.11*
08	Rajasthan	131.1	135.1	3.05	126.4	129.9	2.77	129.4	133.2	2.94
09	Uttar Pradesh	127.8	129.0	0.94	126.4	128.1	1.34	127.3	128.7	1.10
10	Bihar	131.6	133.2	1.22	125.2	124.1	-0.88	130.7	131.9	0.92
18	Assam	126.6	128.0	1.11	124.7	128.9	3.37	126.2	128.2	1.58
19	West Bengal	128.6	130.5	1.48	127.1	128.8	1.34	127.9	129.7	1.41
20	Jharkhand	132.5	135.1	1.96	123.9	125.7	1.45	129.2	131.5	1.78
21	Odisha	136.4	136.9	0.37	125.7	127.2	1.19	133.4	134.2	0.60
22	Chhattisgarh	138.3	136.3	-1.45	125.3	125.7	0.32	133.3	132.2	-0.83
23	Madhya Pradesh	127.8	128.1	0.23	126.0	128.2	1.75	127.1	128.1	0.79
24	Gujarat	131.5	136.3	3.65	124.1	125.8	1.37	127.3	130.4	2.44
27	Maharashtra	130.2	136.2	4.61	122.9	125.8	2.36	125.3	129.3	3.19
28	Andhra Pradesh	135.8	137.5	1.25	131.5	131.8	0.23	134.2	135.4	0.89
29	Karnataka	135.0	136.7	1.26	133.7	137.0	2.47	134.3	136.9	1.94
32	Kerala	129.3	135.5	4.80	131.2	134.8	2.74	130.0	135.3	4.08
33	Tamil Nadu	130.1	133.5	2.61	130.2	133.7	2.69	130.2	133.6	2.61
36	Telangana	130.5	135.7	3.98	129.8	131.9	1.62	130.1	133.6	2.69
99	All India	130.3	133.3	2.30	126.6	129.3	2.13	128.6	131.4	2.18

Notes: 

1. :  Provisional.
2. * : More than that of Rural and Urban due to rounding.

Courtesy: pib.nic.in