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21. Wholesale Price Index
Date : Apr 10, 2015
(Base: 2004-05 = 100)
Commodities Weight 2013-14 2014 2015
Feb. Dec. Jan. (P) Feb. (P)
1 2 3 4 5 6
1 ALL COMMODITIES 100.000 177.6 179.5 178.7 178.3 175.8
1.1 PRIMARY ARTICLES 20.118 241.6 238.5 244.4 246.6 241.9
1.1.1 Food articles 14.337 238.9 232.5 252.1 252.4 250.5
1.1.1.1 Food Grains 4.090 226.0 229.7 235.0 237.4 238.1
1.1.1.1.1 Cereals 3.373 225.5 230.9 233.3 233.7 234.1
1.1.1.1.2 Pulses 0.717 228.0 224.2 243.0 254.9 256.9
1.1.1.2 Fruits & Vegetables 3.843 244.3 202.2 248.3 247.3 235.2
1.1.1.2.1 Vegetables 1.736 294.5 197.6 264.1 259.6 228.3
1.1.1.2.2 Fruits 2.107 202.9 206.1 235.3 237.2 240.8
1.1.1.3 Milk 3.238 220.6 229.1 246.5 246.3 245.9
1.1.1.4 Eggs, Meat & Fish 2.414 275.7 283.9 282.4 280.6 287.5
1.1.1.5 Condiments & Spices 0.569 245.6 265.5 306.0 310.1 314.4
1.1.1.6 Other Food Articles 0.183 229.1 212.2 245.9 250.6 243.6
1.1.2 Non-Food Articles 4.258 213.2 218.1 207.9 207.6 206.0
1.1.2.1 Fibres 0.877 239.7 248.1 203.2 197.4 191.4
1.1.2.2 Oil Seeds 1.781 202.6 203.0 201.7 204.0 203.1
1.1.2.3 Other Non-Food Articles 1.386 213.5 218.7 216.2 217.2 213.8
1.1.2.4 Flowers 0.213 190.8 214.8 225.6 217.5 239.4
1.1.3 Minerals 1.524 346.5 351.6 274.0 301.1 261.7
1.1.3.1 Metallic Minerals 0.489 387.3 386.1 410.9 408.1 415.1
1.1.3.2 Other Minerals 0.135 213.2 207.8 215.7 214.8 216.8
1.1.3.3 Crude Petroleum 0.900 344.3 354.5 208.4 255.9 185.1
1.2 FUEL & POWER 14.910 205.4 212.6 194.6 189.7 181.3
1.2.1 Coal 2.094 190.8 189.8 189.8 189.8 189.8
1.2.2 Mineral Oils 9.364 226.0 235.6 205.6 197.8 184.6
1.2.3 Electricity 3.452 158.7 163.8 167.6 167.6 167.6
1.3 MANUFACTURED PRODUCTS 64.972 151.5 153.6 154.7 154.5 154.1
1.3.1 Food Products 9.974 168.8 168.5 172.0 171.6 170.7
1.3.1.1 Dairy Products 0.568 180.4 186.1 208.4 207.1 207.3
1.3.1.2 Canning, Preserving & Processing of Food 0.358 164.9 177.6 167.2 163.0 164.5
1.3.1.3 Grain Mill Products 1.340 167.9 170.3 174.6 175.5 175.8
1.3.1.4 Bakery Products 0.444 139.2 142.4 146.8 146.9 142.5
1.3.1.5 Sugar, Khandsari & Gur 2.089 183.0 176.9 179.9 177.6 174.0
1.3.1.6 Edible Oils 3.043 147.0 146.8 143.2 145.8 145.7
1.3.1.7 Oil Cakes 0.494 223.5 215.3 218.0 217.7 222.2
1.3.1.8 Tea & Coffee Proccessing 0.711 182.1 176.1 192.3 183.8 181.3
1.3.1.9 Manufacture of Salt 0.048 186.0 185.8 196.8 196.8 196.8
1.3.1.10 Other Food Products 0.879 178.5 186.2 196.6 196.1 195.4
1.3.2 Beverages, Tobacco & Tobacco Products 1.762 186.0 194.8 202.0 202.0 201.9
1.3.2.1 Wine Industries 0.385 128.9 135.4 137.3 137.7 136.7
1.3.2.2 Malt Liquor 0.153 170.8 171.5 179.7 179.3 179.4
1.3.2.3 Soft Drinks & Carbonated Water 0.241 161.4 159.1 164.0 164.3 163.6
1.3.2.4 Manufacture of Bidi, Cigarettes, Tobacco & Zarda 0.983 216.8 230.5 240.1 240.0 240.3
1.3.3 Textiles 7.326 139.0 141.9 141.2 140.5 140.2
1.3.3.1 Cotton Textiles 2.605 158.0 161.9 159.1 157.7 157.7
1.3.3.1.1 Cotton Yarn 1.377 174.7 180.1 172.1 170.4 171.4
1.3.3.1.2 Cotton Fabric 1.228 139.3 141.3 144.6 143.5 142.2
1.3.3.2 Man-Made Textiles 2.206 131.7 134.7 134.8 133.1 132.1
1.3.3.2.1 Man-Made Fibre 1.672 131.3 134.3 133.6 131.5 130.5
1.3.3.2.2 Man-Made Fabric 0.533 132.9 136.1 138.5 138.2 136.9
1.3.3.3 Woollen Textiles 0.294 154.8 157.4 158.1 160.6 159.8
1.3.3.4 Jute, Hemp & Mesta Textiles 0.261 183.9 187.5 192.7 196.3 198.9
1.3.3.5 Other Misc. Textiles 1.960 113.5 115.0 115.1 115.3 115.2
1.3.4 Wood & Wood Products 0.587 179.1 184.0 189.1 189.3 189.1
1.3.4.1 Timber/Wooden Planks 0.181 144.9 148.1 157.3 157.5 157.5
1.3.4.2 Processed Wood 0.128 185.6 189.0 191.4 191.7 191.8
1.3.4.3 Plywood & Fibre Board 0.241 205.2 211.3 217.5 217.7 217.7
1.3.4.4 Others 0.038 154.7 165.0 153.5 152.6 149.6

No. 21: Wholesale Price Index (Concld.)
(Base: 2004-05 = 100)
Commodities Weight 2013-14 2014 2015
Feb. Dec. Jan. (P) Feb. (P)
1 2 3 4 5 6
1.3.5 Paper & Paper Products 2.034 143.0 146.2 151.1 151.4 151.5
1.3.5.1 Paper & Pulp 1.019 141.6 144.7 150.7 150.3 149.8
1.3.5.2 Manufacture of boards 0.550 131.2 131.7 133.2 133.7 134.3
1.3.5.3 Printing & Publishing 0.465 159.8 166.7 173.1 174.7 175.4
1.3.6 Leather & Leather Products 0.835 143.1 145.4 144.3 143.8 143.2
1.3.6.1 Leathers 0.223 114.3 115.9 114.1 113.5 114.1
1.3.6.2 Leather Footwear 0.409 159.8 160.7 161.0 160.3 159.2
1.3.6.3 Other Leather Products 0.203 141.3 146.9 143.7 143.7 143.1
1.3.7 Rubber & Plastic Products 2.987 146.0 149.0 149.4 149.4 148.4
1.3.7.1 Tyres & Tubes 0.541 174.1 176.4 177.9 177.9 177.2
1.3.7.1.1 Tyres 0.488 174.4 176.3 178.0 177.9 177.7
1.3.7.1.2 Tubes 0.053 171.4 176.8 177.3 177.4 172.3
1.3.7.2 Plastic Products 1.861 136.3 139.7 139.6 139.2 138.2
1.3.7.3 Rubber Products 0.584 151.1 153.6 154.4 155.4 154.4
1.3.8 Chemicals & Chemical Products 12.018 148.9 151.8 152.4 151.9 150.4
1.3.8.1 Basic Inorganic Chemicals 1.187 150.6 152.9 155.7 155.2 155.8
1.3.8.2 Basic Organic Chemicals 1.952 147.5 154.8 147.9 144.9 141.7
1.3.8.3 Fertilisers & Pesticides 3.145 148.2 149.1 152.5 153.8 152.7
1.3.8.3.1 Fertilisers 2.661 152.3 152.9 155.3 156.5 155.4
1.3.8.3.2 Pesticides 0.483 125.9 128.2 137.0 138.9 137.9
1.3.8.4 Paints, Varnishes & Lacquers 0.529 147.6 149.6 150.4 150.1 150.1
1.3.8.5 Dyestuffs & Indigo 0.563 132.6 140.1 144.3 144.7 142.6
1.3.8.6 Drugs & Medicines 0.456 126.8 127.1 129.7 129.8 129.6
1.3.8.7 Perfumes, Cosmetics, Toiletries etc. 1.130 157.3 159.4 160.7 161.1 160.4
1.3.8.8 Turpentine, Plastic Chemicals 0.586 147.6 149.9 157.8 157.9 156.9
1.3.8.9 Polymers including Synthetic Rubber 0.970 142.8 148.3 152.5 151.1 150.9
1.3.8.10 Petrochemical Intermediates 0.869 170.4 171.0 159.8 156.5 149.7
1.3.8.11 Matches, Explosives & other Chemicals 0.629 149.8 151.5 154.4 154.2 154.3
1.3.9 Non-Metallic Mineral Products 2.556 166.2 167.4 173.6 172.9 176.7
1.3.9.1 Structural Clay Products 0.658 176.1 182.1 195.3 190.7 196.4
1.3.9.2 Glass, Earthenware, Chinaware & their Products 0.256 131.7 133.0 137.3 137.7 137.7
1.3.9.3 Cement & Lime 1.386 167.0 165.4 169.2 170.0 174.4
1.3.9.4 Cement, Slate & Graphite Products 0.256 171.3 175.5 177.7 177.7 177.4
1.3.10 Basic Metals, Alloys & Metal Products 10.748 164.5 167.3 164.7 164.7 163.6
1.3.10.1 Ferrous Metals 8.064 154.9 157.5 154.5 154.4 152.7
1.3.10.1.1 Iron & Semis 1.563 154.1 159.3 153.3 153.6 151.7
1.3.10.1.2 Steel: Long 1.630 165.6 167.1 163.3 162.7 160.8
1.3.10.1.3 Steel: Flat 2.611 153.9 155.5 150.1 149.6 147.6
1.3.10.1.4 Steel: Pipes & Tubes 0.314 129.8 131.8 134.4 134.0 133.7
1.3.10.1.5 Stainless Steel & alloys 0.938 159.8 163.8 167.4 167.5 166.9
1.3.10.1.6 Castings & Forgings 0.871 142.6 144.5 145.5 146.8 145.5
1.3.10.1.7 Ferro alloys 0.137 155.6 158.4 159.8 159.5 158.1
1.3.10.2 Non-Ferrous Metals 1.004 164.0 165.9 169.9 169.3 168.7
1.3.10.2.1 Aluminium 0.489 137.9 139.8 148.0 147.3 146.0
1.3.10.2.2 Other Non-Ferrous Metals 0.515 188.9 190.8 190.8 190.2 190.2
1.3.10.3 Metal Products 1.680 211.2 215.4 210.4 211.4 212.6
1.3.11 Machinery & Machine Tools 8.931 131.6 132.8 134.6 135.2 135.3
1.3.11.1 Agricultural Machinery & Implements 0.139 141.6 144.1 149.8 149.8 149.8
1.3.11.2 Industrial Machinery 1.838 150.1 151.3 151.0 153.1 153.3
1.3.11.3 Construction Machinery 0.045 137.0 137.5 141.4 141.4 141.4
1.3.11.4 Machine Tools 0.367 160.4 160.6 165.1 165.5 165.5
1.3.11.5 Air Conditioner & Refrigerators 0.429 115.6 117.5 121.0 120.7 120.5
1.3.11.6 Non-Electrical Machinery 1.026 123.8 124.4 127.3 127.6 127.8
1.3.11.7 Electrical Machinery, Equipment & Batteries 2.343 136.6 137.8 138.6 139.0 139.1
1.3.11.8 Electrical Accessories, Wires, Cables etc. 1.063 150.3 151.5 157.2 157.3 157.2
1.3.11.9 Electrical Apparatus & Appliances 0.337 117.6 116.9 120.9 121.2 121.4
1.3.11.10 Electronics Items 0.961 87.9 90.1 89.2 89.3 89.7
1.3.11.11 IT Hardware 0.267 88.4 88.5 91.7 91.7 91.7
1.3.11.12 Communication Equipments 0.118 95.9 95.4 98.6 98.7 99.6
1.3.12 Transport, Equipment & Parts 5.213 134.5 135.8 136.0 136.7 137.0
1.3.12.1 Automotives 4.231 134.0 135.3 134.9 135.7 136.0
1.3.12.2 Auto Parts 0.804 133.6 135.2 138.9 139.1 139.6
1.3.12.3 Other Transport Equipments 0.178 150.1 151.6 149.8 149.9 150.1
Source: Office of the Economic Adviser, Ministry of Commerce and Industry, Government of India.

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