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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 April, 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 April, 2005 is 443 which is two point more than the index for the previous month i.e. March, 2005. At the group level, the index for April, 2005 when compared to last month i.e. March, 2005, has increased by 0.96 percent in respect of “Food, Beverages & Tobacco” group. With the corresponding all-India index for April, 2004 being 425, the index for the month of April, 2005 has shown a rise of 4.2% over the year.
Statement-1 gives the CPI(UNME) for all-India and 59 selected urban centres in the country for April, 2005; together with the indices for the preceding five months. The CPI(UNME) for April, 2005 in respect of four metropolitan cities of India, together with the corresponding indices for the previous month and also for April, 2004 are given below:-
City
April, 2004
March, 2005
April, 2005
Kolkata
386
402
405
Chennai
506
527
529
Delhi
429
460
462
Mumbai
424
438
439
Statement-2 gives a comparison of CPI(UNME) for April, 2005 in respect of 59 selected urban centres with the indices for the corresponding month of last year, namely April, 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 1.2 to 9.1 percent; with the largest increase being in the case of Kohima and the least in the case of Solapur. The increases are 0.0 to 2.0 percent for 2 centres, 2.1 to 4.0 percent for 28 centres, 4.1 to 6.0 percent for 18 centres and 6.1 percent and above, for 11 centres. As many as 31 centres have lower annual percentage increase as compared to that of the all-India figure of 4.2 percent while 28 centres have recorded higher percentage increase as compared to the all-India average.Statements I & II details follow :-
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