2.4% growth in non food articles
The WPI for the week ended 12 December, 2009 in respect of ‘Primary
Articles' and Commodities in the broad group surged 14.66% compared to
14.98% for the previous week. The index for this major group declined
0.3 % to 284.7 from 285.5 for the previous week.
The index for food articles group declined 1.2 % to 288.8 from 292.2
for the previous week due to lower prices of wheat (5%), bajra(4%),
fruits & vegetables and barley (2 % each) and rice, condiments
& spices, tea, masur and maize(1% each). However, the prices of
moong (2%) and jowar (1 %) moved up.
The index for non-food articles group rose 2.4% to 250.7 from 244.8 for
the previous week due to higher prices of tobacco (33 %), raw cotton
(6%), raw rubber (4 %), fodder and copra (3 % each) and raw jute,
groundnut seed and logs & timber (1 % each). However, the prices of
raw silk (2 %) declined.
The index for fuel, power, light and lubricants remained unchanged at
their provisional level of 344.9 and 3.95% respectively. The rate of
inflation was declined 0.27 %during the corresponding week of the
previous year.
