Statement of Srikant Kumar Jena on Consumer Price Index
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Government of India
Ministry of Statistics & Programme Implementation
14-October-2013 17:31 IST
Statement of Srikant Kumar Jena on Consumer Price Index
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 September 2013, compiled
by the Central Statistics Office. Final CPI numbers for the month of
August 2013 have also been released.
All India General (all groups) CPI numbers of September 2013 for rural,
urban and combined are 137.8, 134.0 and 136.2 respectively.
Provisional annual inflation rate based on all India general CPI
(Combined) for September 2013 on point to point basis (September 2013
over September 2012) is 9.84%. The corresponding inflation rates
(provisional) for rural and urban areas are 9.71% and 9.93%
respectively. Inflation rates (final) for rural, urban and combined for
August 2013 are 8.93%, 10.32% and 9.52% respectively.
Provisional annual inflation rates of September 2013 for rural, urban
and combined in respect of ‘food and beverages’ are 11.48%, 11.36% and
11.44% respectively.
Source: PIB News
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