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The all-India Consumer Price Index for Urban Non-Manual Employees CPI(UNME) on base 1984-85=100, for the month of March, 2005 was released here today by the Central Statistical Organization (CSO), Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation, together with the indices for 59 selected urban centres in India. The all-India CPI(UNME) for March, 2005 is 441 which is one point more than the index for the previous month i.e. February, 2005. At the group level, the index for March, 2005 when compared to last month i.e. February 2005, has increased by 0.24 percent in respect of “Food, Beverages & Tobacco” and "Clothing , Bedding & Footwear etc" group. With the corresponding all-India index for March, 2004 being 424, the index for the month of March, 2005 has shown a rise of 4.0% over the year.
Statement-1 gives the CPI(UNME) for all-India and 59 selected urban centres in the country for March, 2005; together with the indices for the preceding five months. The CPI(UNME) for March, 2005 in respect of four metropolitan cities of India, together with the corresponding indices for the previous month and also for March, 2004 are given below:-
City
March, 2004
February, 2005
March, 2005
Kolkata
384
400
402
Chennai
506
528
527
Delhi
429
459
460
Mumbai
420
438
438
Statement-2 gives a comparison of CPI(UNME) for March, 2005 in respect of 59 selected urban centres with the indices for the corresponding month of last year, namely March, 2004. Percentage change in the index is shown in the last column. From the statement, it may be noted that the variation in the index for various centres ranges from 0.0 to 9.4 percent; with the largest increase being in the case of Asansol and the least in the case of Imphal. The increases are 0.0 to 2.0 percent for 7 centres, 2.1 to 4.0 percent for 27 centres, 4.1 to 6.0 percent for 18 centres and 6.1 percent and above, for 7 centres. As many as 33 centres have lower annual percentage increase as compared to that of the all-India figure of 4.0 percent and 1 centre has recorded equal percentage increase, while 25 centres have recorded higher percentage increase as compared to the all-India average. Statements I & II details follow :-
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