Consumer Price Index Numbers on Base 2012=100 for Rural, Urban and combined for the month of September 2018 

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 September 2018. In addition to this, Consumer Food Price Index (CFPI) for all India Rural, Urban and Combined are also being released for September 2018. All India Inflation rates (on point to point basis i.e. current month over same month of last year, i.e., September 2018 over September 2017), based on General Indices and CFPIs are given as follows:

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

Notes: Prov.  – Provisional, Combd. – Combined

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

Monthly changes (%) in All India CPI (General) and CFPI: Sep. 2018 over Aug. 2018

Note: Figures of September 2018 are provisional.

4.         Provisional indices for the month of September 2018 and also the final indices for August 2018 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 September 2018 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 (www.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.

                    

Annexure I

All India Consumer Price Indices

(Base: 2012=100)

Group Code	Sub-group Code	Description	Rural			Urban			Combined
			Weights	Aug. 18 Index (Final)	Sep. 18 Index (Prov.)	Weights	Aug. 18 Index (Final)	Sep. 18 Index (Prov.)	Weights	Aug. 18 Index (Final)	Sep. 18 Index (Prov.)
(1)	(2)	(3)	(4)	(5)	(6)	(7)	(8)	(9)	(10)	(11)	(12)
	1.1.01	Cereals and products	12.35	139.2	139.8	6.59	136.5	137.0	9.67	138.3	138.9
	1.1.02	Meat and fish	4.38	148.8	147.1	2.73	146.4	143.1	3.61	148.0	145.7
	1.1.03	Egg	0.49	139.1	136.5	0.36	136.6	132.8	0.43	138.1	135.1
	1.1.04	Milk and products	7.72	143.5	144.2	5.33	141.2	141.5	6.61	142.6	143.2
	1.1.05	Oils and fats	4.21	125.0	124.8	2.81	117.4	117.7	3.56	122.2	122.2
	1.1.06	Fruits	2.88	154.4	148.6	2.90	146.3	140.0	2.89	150.6	144.6
	1.1.07	Vegetables	7.46	156.3	149.5	4.41	157.3	151.3	6.04	156.6	150.1
	1.1.08	Pulses and products	2.95	126.8	125.5	1.73	113.6	113.5	2.38	122.4	121.5
	1.1.09	Sugar and Confectionery	1.70	115.4	114.4	0.97	113.3	112.3	1.36	114.7	113.7
	1.1.10	Spices	3.11	138.6	138.7	1.79	141.1	141.2	2.50	139.4	139.5
	1.2.11	Non-alcoholic beverages	1.37	133.8	134.3	1.13	127.4	127.7	1.26	131.1	131.5
	1.1.12	Prepared meals, snacks, sweets etc.	5.56	155.2	156.0	5.54	150.4	151.3	5.55	153.0	153.8
1		Food and beverages	54.18	142.7	141.5	36.29	140.1	138.9	45.86	141.7	140.5
2		Pan, tobacco and intoxicants	3.26	156.4	157.7	1.36	162.1	163.3	2.38	157.9	159.2
	3.1.01	Clothing	6.32	152.1	152.2	4.72	140.0	140.8	5.58	147.3	147.7
	3.1.02	Footwear	1.04	145.8	146.0	0.85	129.0	129.3	0.95	138.8	139.1
3		Clothing and footwear	7.36	151.3	151.3	5.57	138.3	139.1	6.53	146.1	146.5
4		Housing	–	–	–	21.67	144.6	145.3	10.07	144.6	145.3
5		Fuel and light	7.94	147.7	148.8	5.58	129.8	131.2	6.84	140.9	142.1
	6.1.01	Household goods and services	3.75	143.8	144.1	3.87	134.4	134.9	3.80	139.4	139.8
	6.1.02	Health	6.83	139.4	139.9	4.81	134.9	135.6	5.89	137.7	138.3
	6.1.03	Transport and communication	7.60	128.3	129.7	9.73	120.7	122.5	8.59	124.3	125.9
	6.1.04	Recreation and amusement	1.37	138.6	139.7	2.04	129.8	130.2	1.68	133.6	134.3
	6.1.05	Education	3.46	146.9	147.6	5.62	145.3	145.2	4.46	146.0	146.2
	6.1.06	Personal care and effects	4.25	131.3	132.0	3.47	128.3	129.3	3.89	130.1	130.9
6		Miscellaneous	27.26	136.6	137.4	29.53	131.0	131.9	28.32	133.9	134.7
General Index (All Groups)			100.00	142.5	142.2	100.00	138.0	138.1	100.00	140.4	140.3
Consumer Food Price Index			47.25	141.5	140.0	29.62	138.7	137.0	39.06	140.5	138.9

Notes:

1. Prov.        : 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 September 2018 (Provisional)

(Base: 2012=100)

Group Code	Sub-group Code	Description	Rural			Urban			Combined
			Sep. 17 Index (Final)	Sep. 18 Index (Prov.)	Inflation Rate (%)	Sep. 17 Index (Final)	Sep. 18 Index (Prov.)	Inflation Rate (%)	Sep. 17 Index (Final)	Sep. 18 Index (Prov.)	Inflation Rate (%)
(1)	(2)	(3)	(4)	(5)	(6)	(7)	(8)	(9)	(10)	(11)	(12)
	1.1.01	Cereals and products	135.2	139.8	3.40	133.6	137.0	2.54	134.7	138.9	3.12
	1.1.02	Meat and fish	142.0	147.1	3.59	143.0	143.1	0.07	142.4	145.7	2.32
	1.1.03	Egg	130.5	136.5	4.60	129.7	132.8	2.39	130.2	135.1	3.76
	1.1.04	Milk and products	140.2	144.2	2.85	138.7	141.5	2.02	139.6	143.2	2.58
	1.1.05	Oils and fats	120.7	124.8	3.40	114.5	117.7	2.79	118.4	122.2	3.21
	1.1.06	Fruits	147.8	148.6	0.54	137.5	140.0	1.82	143.0	144.6	1.12
	1.1.07	Vegetables	154.5	149.5	-3.24	160.7	151.3	-5.85	156.6	150.1	-4.15
	1.1.08	Pulses and products	137.1	125.5	-8.46	124.5	113.5	-8.84	132.9	121.5	-8.58
	1.1.09	Sugar and Confectionery	121.0	114.4	-5.45	122.4	112.3	-8.25	121.5	113.7	-6.42
	1.1.10	Spices	134.7	138.7	2.97	137.3	141.2	2.84	135.6	139.5	2.88
	1.2.11	Non-alcoholic beverages	131.7	134.3	1.97	124.8	127.7	2.32	128.8	131.5	2.10
	1.1.12	Prepared meals, snacks, sweets etc.	149.3	156.0	4.49	145.0	151.3	4.34	147.3	153.8	4.41
1		Food and beverages	139.6	141.5	1.36	138.0	138.9	0.65	139.0	140.5	1.08
2		Pan, tobacco and intoxicants	149.8	157.7	5.27	153.6	163.3	6.32	150.8	159.2	5.57
	3.1.01	Clothing	146.1	152.2	4.18	133.3	140.8	5.63	141.1	147.7	4.68
	3.1.02	Footwear	139.7	146.0	4.51	124.6	129.3	3.77	133.4	139.1	4.27
3		Clothing and footwear	145.2	151.3	4.20	132.0	139.1	5.38	140.0	146.5	4.64
4		Housing	–	–	–	135.7	145.3	7.07	135.7	145.3	7.07
5		Fuel and light	137.4	148.8	8.30	120.6	131.2	8.79	131.0	142.1	8.47
	6.1.01	Household goods and services	137.9	144.1	4.50	128.1	134.9	5.31	133.3	139.8	4.88
	6.1.02	Health	133.4	139.9	4.87	126.1	135.6	7.53	130.6	138.3	5.90
	6.1.03	Transport and communication	121.2	129.7	7.01	115.7	122.5	5.88	118.3	125.9	6.42
	6.1.04	Recreation and amusement	132.3	139.7	5.59	124.5	130.2	4.58	127.9	134.3	5.00
	6.1.05	Education	139.6	147.6	5.73	135.9	145.2	6.84	137.4	146.2	6.40
	6.1.06	Personal care and effects	126.7	132.0	4.18	124.4	129.3	3.94	125.7	130.9	4.14
6		Miscellaneous	130.3	137.4	5.45	124.5	131.9	5.94	127.5	134.7	5.65
General Index (All Groups)			137.6	142.2	3.34	132.4	138.1	4.31	135.2	140.3	3.77
Consumer Food Price Index			138.7	140.0	0.94	137.3	137.0	-0.22	138.2	138.9	0.51

 

Notes:

1. Prov.       : 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	Aug. 18 Index (Final)	Sep. 18 Index (Prov.)	Weights	Aug. 18 Index (Final)	Sep. 18 Index (Prov.)	Weights	Aug. 18 Index (Final)	Sep. 18 Index (Prov.)
(1)	(2)	(3)	(4)	(5)	(6)	(7)	(8)	(9)	(10)	(11)
01	Jammu & Kashmir	1.14	149.6	151.1	0.72	139.6	140.7	0.94	146.1	147.4
02	Himachal Pradesh	1.03	140.5	138.7	0.26	137.1	137.1	0.67	139.9	138.4
03	Punjab	3.31	140.3	141.2	3.09	133.0	134.3	3.21	137.0	138.1
04	Chandigarh	0.02	144.6	144.3	0.34	134.8	136.3	0.17	135.4	136.8
05	Uttarakhand	1.06	134.7	135.1	0.73	133.9	134.4	0.91	134.4	134.8
06	Haryana	3.30	139.7	140.0	3.35	136.1	136.3	3.32	138.0	138.3
07	Delhi	0.28	133.9	134.5	5.64	140.6	140.5	2.77	140.2	140.2
08	Rajasthan	6.63	141.0	140.0	4.23	141.1	140.2	5.51	141.0	140.1
09	Uttar Pradesh	14.83	137.7	137.8	9.54	140.0	140.1	12.37	138.5	138.6
10	Bihar	8.21	142.4	143.5	1.62	138.6	137.6	5.14	141.8	142.6
11	Sikkim	0.06	146.1	148.0	0.03	146.7	147.8	0.05	146.3	147.9
12	Arunachal Pradesh	0.14	156.8	160.9	0.06	—	—	0.10	—	—
13	Nagaland	0.14	153.6	153.2	0.12	137.7	139.0	0.13	146.8	147.2
14	Manipur	0.23	164.6	166.3	0.12	136.8	138.7	0.18	155.8	157.6
15	Mizoram	0.07	137.6	138.6	0.13	130.2	130.9	0.10	133.1	133.9
16	Tripura	0.35	148.2	150.0	0.14	143.5	143.7	0.25	147.0	148.4
17	Meghalaya	0.28	142.1	142.1	0.15	132.6	132.8	0.22	139.2	139.2
18	Assam	2.63	141.4	141.7	0.79	134.6	138.4	1.77	140.0	141.0
19	West Bengal	6.99	145.9	145.5	7.20	138.6	139.5	7.09	142.5	142.7
20	Jharkhand	1.96	147.4	145.9	1.39	136.8	137.7	1.69	143.4	142.8
21	Odisha	2.93	145.9	146.5	1.31	136.1	136.9	2.18	143.2	143.8
22	Chhattisgarh	1.68	146.0	147.3	1.22	139.4	139.6	1.46	143.4	144.3
23	Madhya Pradesh	4.93	136.4	136.4	3.97	139.1	138.8	4.48	137.5	137.4
24	Gujarat	4.54	143.3	143.0	6.82	132.9	133.1	5.60	137.4	137.4
25	Daman & Diu	0.02	164.0	162.0	0.02	133.4	134.5	0.02	151.2	150.5
26	Dadra & Nagar Haveli	0.02	141.4	140.7	0.04	132.7	130.7	0.03	135.6	134.0
27	Maharashtra	8.25	144.2	143.6	18.86	133.7	133.8	13.18	137.2	137.1
28	Andhra Pradesh	5.40	145.5	142.1	3.64	138.8	138.9	4.58	143.0	140.9
29	Karnataka	5.09	141.6	141.8	6.81	143.2	143.5	5.89	142.5	142.7
30	Goa	0.14	151.7	152.9	0.25	134.5	134.3	0.19	141.2	141.5
31	Lakshadweep	0.01	139.0	144.5	0.01	135.6	136.2	0.01	137.3	140.3
32	Kerala	5.50	146.7	144.9	3.46	145.3	144.1	4.55	146.2	144.6
33	Tamil Nadu	5.55	143.9	142.5	9.20	141.3	141.2	7.25	142.4	141.7
34	Puducherry	0.08	145.8	144.7	0.27	138.3	139.0	0.17	140.2	140.5
35	Andaman & Nicobar Islands	0.05	146.6	144.1	0.07	134.4	134.7	0.06	140.4	139.3
36	Telangana	3.16	146.6	148.7	4.41	138.1	137.5	3.74	141.9	142.6
99	All India	100.00	142.5	142.2	100.00	138.0	138.1	100.00	140.4	140.3

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 September 2018 (Provisional)

(Base: 2012=100)

State/UT Code	Name of the State/UT	Rural			Urban			Combined
		Sep. 17 Index (Final)	Sep. 18 Index (Prov.)	Inflation Rate (%)	Sep. 17 Index (Final)	Sep. 18 Index (Prov.)	Inflation Rate (%)	Sep. 17 Index (Final)	Sep. 18 Index (Prov.)	Inflation Rate (%)
(1)	(2)	(3)	(4)	(5)	(6)	(7)	(8)	(9)	(10)	(11)
01	Jammu & Kashmir	143.4	151.1	5.37	130.9	140.7	7.49	139.0	147.4	6.04
02	Himachal Pradesh	137.8	138.7	0.65	130.2	137.1	5.30	136.4	138.4	1.47
03	Punjab	134.6	141.2	4.90	129.4	134.3	3.79	132.3	138.1	4.38
05	Uttarakhand	131.4	135.1	2.82	127.0	134.4	5.83	129.8	134.8	3.85
06	Haryana	135.5	140.0	3.32	130.0	136.3	4.85	132.9	138.3	4.06
07	Delhi	133.8	134.5	0.52	136.5	140.5	2.93	136.4	140.2	2.79
08	Rajasthan	140.4	140.0	-0.28	134.3	140.2	4.39	138.2	140.1	1.37
09	Uttar Pradesh	133.5	137.8	3.22	132.1	140.1	6.06	133.0	138.6	4.21
10	Bihar	137.8	143.5	4.14	130.4	137.6	5.52	136.7	142.6	4.32
18	Assam	133.6	141.7	6.06	131.9	138.4	4.93	133.2	141.0	5.86
19	West Bengal	135.8	145.5	7.14	132.5	139.5	5.28	134.2	142.7	6.33
20	Jharkhand	141.3	145.9	3.26	130.9	137.7	5.19	137.3	142.8	4.01
21	Odisha	139.5	146.5	5.02	130.2	136.9	5.15	136.9	143.8	5.04
22	Chhattisgarh	142.4	147.3	3.44	130.5	139.6	6.97	137.8	144.3	4.72
23	Madhya Pradesh	132.3	136.4	3.10	131.9	138.8	5.23	132.1	137.4	4.01
24	Gujarat	140.5	143.0	1.78	128.8	133.1	3.34	133.9	137.4	2.61
27	Maharashtra	141.2	143.6	1.70	128.5	133.8	4.12	132.8	137.1	3.24
28	Andhra Pradesh	140.8	142.1	0.92	134.3	138.9	3.43	138.4	140.9	1.81
29	Karnataka	139.2	141.8	1.87	138.6	143.5	3.54	138.9	142.7	2.74
32	Kerala	139.7	144.9	3.72	137.8	144.1	4.57	139.0	144.6	4.03
33	Tamil Nadu	137.8	142.5	3.41	136.4	141.2	3.52	137.0	141.7	3.43
36	Telangana	138.4	148.7	7.44	133.5	137.5	3.00	135.7	142.6	5.08
99	All India	137.6	142.2	3.34	132.4	138.1	4.31	135.2	140.3	3.77

Notes:

1. Prov.               :  Provisional.