Group/Sub-groups/Commodities

Weight

1953-54

1954-55

1955-56

1956-57

1957-58

1958-59

1959-60

1960-61

1961-62

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

ALL COMMODITIES

100.0

104.6

97.5

92.4

105.3

108.4

112.8

117.1

124.8

125.1

I.

FOOD ARTICLES

50.4

106.7

94.6

86.6

102.3

106.5

115.2

119.0

120.0

120.1

a.

Cereals

19.3

97.8

79.5

75.5

96.3

100.9

106.8

104.1

104.4

102.3

b.

Pulses

4.2

91.3

59.0

62.2

80.8

82.5

103.9

93.5

92.9

91.9

c.

Fruits and Vegetables

2.3

106.8

97.0

100.7

112.3

113.6

117.0

127.8

118.5

.

d.

Milk and Ghee

8.4

98.8

91.6

89.6

100.1

104.8

107.3

113.3

116.0

116.4

e.

Edible Oils

4.7

121.9

94.5

84.8

124.9

125.7

124.3

130.4

150.3

.

f.

Fish, Eggs and Meat

1.7

97.6

95.6

95.8

96.6

97.9

108.4

112.0

123.5

.

g.

Sugar and Gur

4.8

125.4

115.4

89.1

98.0

108.1

127.2

147.0

132.8

.

h.

Other Food Articles

5.0

138.2

167.0

134.4

128.1

131.3

151.3

167.9

167.8

.

II.

LIQUOR AND TOBACCO

2.1

98.7

90.6

81.0

84.3

94.0

95.4

99.5

109.9

100.3

III.

FUEL, POWER, LIGHT AND LUBRICANTS

3.0

99.2

97.1

95.2

104.2

113.4

115.4

116.5

120.0

122.1

a.

Coal

0.9

100.0

100.0

100.7

115.9

127.6

133.3

134.6

140.5

.

b.

Mineral Oils

1.4

99.3

98.9

94.8

97.8

106.8

107.8

108.4

109.2

.

c.

Electricity

0.5

99.9

99.3

98.3

102.8

108.9

111.5

114.0

119.3

.

IV.

INDUSTRIAL RAW MATERIALS

15.5

109.7

101.9

99.0

116.0

116.5

115.5

123.7

145.4

142.6

a.

Fibres

6.1

102.2

107.4

105.6

116.4

117.5

108.0

114.6

151.6

138.3

b.

Oil Seeds

6.0

123.8

91.8

85.4

120.0

120.3

127.0

134.5

149.9

156.4

c.

Minerals

0.2

97.8

78.9

87.6

102.3

108.6

106.0

97.8

97.4

94.9

d.

Other Industrial Raw Materials

3.2

98.9

112.5

113.2

109.1

107.7

109.1

122.7

128.1

128.1

V.

MANUFACTURES

29.0

99.0

100.6

99.7

106.3

108.1

108.4

111.7

123.9

126.6

A.

Intermediate Products

4.1

98.5

97.4

100.1

110.9

107.3

110.3

113.8

130.6

138.8

B.

Finished Products

24.9

99.0

101.1

99.6

105.6

108.2

108.1

111.3

122.8

124.6

a. Textiles

14.7

99.7

104.2

101.5

107.5

107.3

103.3

107.8

125.8

125.5

b. Metal Products

1.2

107.4

109.1

117.7

129.8

141.2

143.1

144.4

147.9

.

c. Chemicals

1.5

94.9

94.3

92.1

93.4

98.4

106.8

106.9

104.4

110.7

d. Machinery and

Transport Equipments

3.1

98.0

96.8

97.4

98.9

101.7

103.9

106.5

111.9

114.5

e. Oil Cakes

1.0

108.3

95.1

81.3

108.4

114.8

136.0

143.8

141.3

.

See Notes on Tables.
Source : Index Numbers of Wholesale Prices in India (Base: 1993-94=100),
Office of the Economic Adviser, Ministry of Commerce and Industry, Government of
India, New Delhi, March 2001.