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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 July, 2005 was released here today by the Central Statistical Organization (CSO), Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation, together with the indices for 59 select urban centres in India. The All-India CPI (UNME) for July, 2005 is 455, which is seven points more than the index for the previous month i.e. June, 2005. At the group level, the index for July, 2005 when compared to last month i.e. June, 2005, has increased by 2.5 percent in respect of “Housing” and 2.3 percent in respect of " Food, Beverages & Tobacco” group. With the corresponding All-India index for July, 2004 being 434, the index for the month of July, 2005 has shown a rise of 4.8% over the year.
Statement-1 gives the CPI (UNME) for All-India and 59 selected urban centres in the country for July, 2005; together with the indices for the preceding five months. The CPI (UNME) for July, 2005 in respect of four metropolitan cities of India, together with the corresponding indices for the previous month and also for July, 2004 are given below:-
City
July, 2004
June, 2005
July, 2005
Kolkata
396
411
420
Chennai
520
532
540
Delhi
442
463
472
Mumbai
433
442
448
Statement-2 gives a comparison of CPI(UNME) for July, 2005 in respect of 59 selected urban centres with the indices for the corresponding month of last year, namely July, 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 1.7 to 10.9 percent; with the largest increase being in the case of Kohima and the least in the case of Gangtok. The increases are 0.0 to 2.0 percent for 1 centre, 2.1 to 4.0 percent for 14 centres, 4.1 to 6.0 percent for 32 centres and 6.1 percent and above, for 12 centres. As many as 28 centres have lower annual percentage increase as compared to that of the All-India figure of 4.84 percent and 31 centres have recorded higher percentage increase as compared to the All-India average. For details see statements I & II.
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