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CPI for December 2016 at 3.41 per cent, lower than 3.63 per cent in November 2016

New Delhi:  The Central Statistics Office (CSO), Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation has revised the Base Year of the Consumer Price Index (CPI) from 2010=100 to 2012=100 with effect from the release of indices for the month of January 2015.

2. In this press note, the CPI (Rural, Urban, Combined) on Base 2012=100 is being released for the month of December 2016. In addition to this, Consumer Food Price Index (CFPI) for all India Rural, Urban and Combined are also being released for December 2016. All India Inflation rates (on point to point basis i.e. current month over same month of last year, i.e., December 2016 over December 2015), based on General Indices and CFPIs are given as follows:

All India Inflation rates (%) based on CPI (General) and CFPI  

Indices	December 2016 (Prov.)			November 2016 (Final)			December 2015 (Final)
	Rural	Urban	Combd.	Rural	Urban	Combd.	Rural	Urban	Combd.
CPI (General)	3.83	2.9	3.41	4.13	3.13	3.63	6.32	4.73	5.61
CFPI	2.06	0.15	1.37	2.79	0.75	2.03	6.41	6.31	6.4

Notes: Prov. – Provisional, Combd. - Combined

3. Monthly changes in the General Indices and CFPIs are given below:

Monthly changes (%) in All India CPI (General) and CFPI: Dec. 2016 over Nov. 2016

Indices	Rural			Urban			Combined
	Index Value		% Change	Index Value		% Change	Index Value		% Change
	Dec.16	Nov.16		Dec.16	Nov.16		Dec.16	Nov.16
CPI (General)	132.8	133.6	-0.6	127.6	128.5	-0.7	130.4	131.2	-0.61
CFPI	133.9	136.1	-1.62	131.6	134.7	-2.3	133.1	135.6	-1.84

Note: Figures of December 2016 are provisional.

4. Provisional indices for the month of December 2016 and also the final indices for November 2016 are being released with this note for all-India and for State/UTs. All-India provisional General (all-groups), Group and Sub-group level CPI and CFPI numbers for December 2016 for Rural, Urban and Combined are given in Annexure I. The inflation rates of important categories of items are given in Annexure II. State/UT wise provisional General CPI numbers for Rural, Urban and Combined are given in Annexure III. Inflation rates of major States, having population more than 50 lakhs as per population Census 2011, are given in Annexure IV. State/UT–wise Group CPIs are available on the Ministry’s website (www.mospi.gov.in).

5. Price data are collected from selected towns by the Field Operations Division of NSSO and from selected villages by the Department of Posts. Price data are received through web portals, maintained by the National Informatics Centre.

Next date of release: 13th February 2017 (Monday) for January 2017.

Annexure I

All India Consumer Price Indices (Base: 2012=100)

Group Code	Sub-group Code	Description	Rural			Urban			Combined
			Weights	Nov. 16 Index	Dec. 16 Index	Weights	Nov. 16 Index	Dec. 16 Index	Weights	Nov. 16 Index	Dec. 16 Index
				(Final)	(Prov.)		(Final)	(Prov.)		(Final)	(Prov.)
-1	-2	-3	-4	-5	-6	-7	-8	-9	-10	-11	-12
	1.1.01	Cereals and products	12.35	132	132.6	6.59	130.2	131.6	9.67	131.4	132.3
	1.1.02	Meat and fish	4.38	137.4	137.5	2.73	138.5	138.2	3.61	137.8	137.7
	1.1.03	Egg	0.49	130.6	131.5	0.36	134.1	134.9	0.43	132	132.8
	1.1.04	Milk and products	7.72	136.2	136.3	5.33	132.9	133.1	6.61	135	135.1
	1.1.05	Oils and fats	4.21	121.1	121.6	2.81	112.6	113.5	3.56	118	118.6
	1.1.06	Fruits	2.88	136.9	135.4	2.9	130.8	129.3	2.89	134.1	132.6
	1.1.07	Vegetables	7.46	141.8	127.4	4.41	142	121.1	6.04	141.9	125.3
	1.1.08	Pulses and products	2.95	170	168	1.73	174.9	170.3	2.38	171.7	168.8
	1.1.09	Sugar and Confectionery	1.7	113.4	113.9	0.97	115.6	115.5	1.36	114.1	114.4
	1.1.10	Spices	3.11	136.8	137.4	1.79	145.4	145.5	2.5	139.7	140.1
	1.2.11	Non-alcoholic beverages	1.37	128.7	129.1	1.13	122.7	123.1	1.26	126.2	126.6
	1.1.12	Prepared meals, snacks, sweets etc.	5.56	143.1	143.6	5.54	140.3	140.9	5.55	141.8	142.3
1		Food and beverages	54.18	136.6	134.7	36.29	135.2	132.8	45.86	136.1	134
2		Pan, tobacco and intoxicants	3.26	141.2	142.4	1.36	144.3	145	2.38	142	143.1
	3.1.01	Clothing	6.32	139.9	140.4	4.72	129.6	130	5.58	135.8	136.3
	3.1.02	Footwear	1.04	134.5	135.2	0.85	122.1	122.2	0.95	129.3	129.8
3		Clothing and footwear	7.36	139.2	139.6	5.57	128.5	128.8	6.53	135	135.3
4		Housing	-	-	-	21.67	129.1	128.5	10.07	129.1	128.5
5		Fuel and light	7.94	130.3	132	5.58	116.2	117.8	6.84	125	126.6
	6.1.01	Household goods and services	3.75	132.1	132.8	3.87	124.7	125	3.8	128.6	129.1
	6.1.02	Health	6.83	129.1	129.6	4.81	122.1	122.3	5.89	126.4	126.8
	6.1.03	Transport and communication	7.6	118.2	118.6	9.73	113.4	113.7	8.59	115.7	116
	6.1.04	Recreation and amusement	1.37	126.9	127.3	2.04	121.7	121.8	1.68	124	124.2
	6.1.05	Education	3.46	133.7	134.3	5.62	132.1	132.3	4.46	132.8	133.1
	6.1.06	Personal care and effects	4.25	123.5	121.8	3.47	121.3	119.9	3.89	122.6	121
6		Miscellaneous	27.26	126.1	126.2	29.53	121.3	121.4	28.32	123.8	123.9
General Index (All Groups)			100	133.6	132.8	100	128.5	127.6	100	131.2	130.4
Consumer Food Price Index			47.25	136.1	133.9	29.62	134.7	131.6	39.06	135.6	133.1

 Notes:

1. Prov. : Provisional.

2. - : CPI (Rural) for housing is not compiled.

3. The weights are indicative to show relative importance of groups and sub-groups. However, all India indices have been compiled as weighted average of State indices.

Annexure II

All India annual inflation rates (%) for December 2016 (Provisional) (Base: 2012=100)

Group Code	Sub-group Code	Description	Rural			Urban			Combined
			Dec. 15 Index	Dec. 16	Inflation Rate	Dec. 15 Index	Dec. 16	Inflation Rate	Dec. 15 Index	Dec. 16	Inflation Rate
			(Final)		(%)	(Final)		(%)	(Final)		(%)
				Index			Index			Index
				(Prov.)			(Prov.)			(Prov.)
-1	-2	-3	-4	-5	-6	-7	-8	-9	-10	-11	-12
	1.1.01	Cereals and products	126.3	132.6	4.99	124.3	131.6	5.87	125.7	132.3	5.25
	1.1.02	Meat and fish	131.3	137.5	4.72	131.7	138.2	4.94	131.4	137.7	4.79
	1.1.03	Egg	123.3	131.5	6.65	127.1	134.9	6.14	124.8	132.8	6.41
	1.1.04	Milk and products	129.8	136.3	5.01	128.6	133.1	3.5	129.4	135.1	4.4
	1.1.05	Oils and fats	118.3	121.6	2.79	110	113.5	3.18	115.3	118.6	2.86
	1.1.06	Fruits	131.6	135.4	2.89	120.8	129.3	7.04	126.6	132.6	4.74
	1.1.07	Vegetables	145.5	127.4	-12.44	149	121.1	-18.72	146.7	125.3	-14.59
	1.1.08	Pulses and products	162.1	168	3.64	190.1	170.3	-10.42	171.5	168.8	-1.57
	1.1.09	Sugar and Confectionery	95.4	113.9	19.39	92.7	115.5	24.6	94.5	114.4	21.06
	1.1.10	Spices	128.9	137.4	6.59	138.6	145.5	4.98	132.1	140.1	6.06
	1.2.11	Non-alcoholic beverages	123.3	129.1	4.7	120.2	123.1	2.41	122	126.6	3.77
	1.1.12	Prepared meals, snacks, sweets etc.	135.1	143.6	6.29	134.2	140.9	4.99	134.7	142.3	5.64
1		Food and beverages	131.4	134.7	2.51	131.5	132.8	0.99	131.4	134	1.98
2		Pan, tobacco and intoxicants	133.1	142.4	6.99	138.2	145	4.92	134.5	143.1	6.39
	3.1.01	Clothing	132.5	140.4	5.96	125.4	130	3.67	129.7	136.3	5.09
	3.1.02	Footwear	128.5	135.2	5.21	119.5	122.2	2.26	124.8	129.8	4.01
3		Clothing and footwear	131.9	139.6	5.84	124.5	128.8	3.45	129	135.3	4.88
4		Housing	-	-	-	122.4	128.5	4.98	122.4	128.5	4.98
5		Fuel and light	125.7	132	5.01	116	117.8	1.55	122	126.6	3.77
	6.1.01	Household goods and services	126	132.8	5.4	121	125	3.31	123.6	129.1	4.45
	6.1.02	Health	123.1	129.6	5.28	118.6	122.3	3.12	121.4	126.8	4.45
	6.1.03	Transport and communication	114	118.6	4.04	109.3	113.7	4.03	111.5	116	4.04
	6.1.04	Recreation and amusement	121.6	127.3	4.69	118.1	121.8	3.13	119.6	124.2	3.85
	6.1.05	Education	125.6	134.3	6.93	126.6	132.3	4.5	126.2	133.1	5.47
	6.1.06	Personal care and effects	114.1	121.8	6.75	113.2	119.9	5.92	113.7	121	6.42
6		Miscellaneous	119.8	126.2	5.34	116.7	121.4	4.03	118.3	123.9	4.73
General Index (All Groups)			127.9	132.8	3.83	124	127.6	2.9	126.1	130.4	3.41
Consumer Food Price Index			131.2	133.9	2.06	131.4	131.6	0.15	131.3	133.1	1.37

Notes:

1. Prov. : Provisional.

2. - : CPI (Rural) for housing is not compiled.

Annexure III

State/UT wise General Consumer Price Indices (Base: 2012=100)

State/UT Code	Name of the State/UT	Rural			Urban			Combined
		Weights	Nov. 16 Index	Dec. 16 Index	Weights	Nov. 16 Index	Dec. 16 Index	Weights	Nov. 16 Index	Dec. 16 Index
			(Final)	(Prov.)		(Final)	(Prov.)		(Final)	(Prov.)
-1	-2	-3	-4	-5	-6	-7	-8	-9	-10	-11
1	Jammu & Kashmir	1.14	134.5	137.6	0.72	125.2	125.4	0.94	131.2	133.3
2	Himachal Pradesh	1.03	134	134.3	0.26	124.9	124.1	0.67	132.4	132.5
3	Punjab	3.31	129.8	129	3.09	126.7	125.5	3.21	128.4	127.4
4	Chandigarh	0.02	143.7	140.6	0.34	125.6	124.6	0.17	126.6	125.5
5	Uttarakhand	1.06	128.7	127.8	0.73	121.9	120	0.91	126.2	124.9
6	Haryana	3.3	131.4	131.1	3.35	124.5	123.8	3.32	128.2	127.7
7	Delhi	0.28	129.3	130	5.64	131.1	129.4	2.77	131	129.4
8	Rajasthan	6.63	135.7	135	4.23	130.3	129.6	5.51	133.8	133.1
9	Uttar Pradesh	14.83	131.7	130.1	9.54	128.9	127.6	12.37	130.7	129.2
10	Bihar	8.21	135.4	134.6	1.62	127.3	126.9	5.14	134.2	133.5
11	Sikkim	0.06	140.4	140.5	0.03	134.4	134.2	0.05	138.4	138.4
12	Arunachal Pradesh	0.14	140.8	140.1	0.06	--	--	0.1	--	--
13	Nagaland	0.14	142.9	141.9	0.12	129	129.3	0.13	137	136.5
14	Manipur	0.23	133.6	139.8	0.12	127.3	127.2	0.18	131.6	135.8
15	Mizoram	0.07	132.9	133.5	0.13	124.7	124.2	0.1	127.9	127.8
16	Tripura	0.35	139.9	139.8	0.14	134.7	133.6	0.25	138.6	138.2
17	Meghalaya	0.28	134.6	134.7	0.15	124.8	125	0.22	131.6	131.7
18	Assam	2.63	129.6	128.5	0.79	128	126.5	1.77	129.3	128.1
19	West Bengal	6.99	133.7	132.3	7.2	129.2	127.4	7.09	131.6	130
20	Jharkhand	1.96	138.1	136.9	1.39	127.8	126.1	1.69	134.2	132.8
21	Odisha	2.93	138.5	136.2	1.31	126.9	126.2	2.18	135.3	133.4
22	Chhattisgarh	1.68	138.3	136.4	1.22	127.2	125.7	1.46	134	132.3
23	Madhya Pradesh	4.93	129.9	129.4	3.97	128.6	127.2	4.48	129.4	128.5
24	Gujarat	4.54	135.8	134.8	6.82	125.1	123.4	5.6	129.7	128.3
25	Daman & Diu	0.02	147.4	149.9	0.02	128.7	127.4	0.02	139.6	140.5
26	Dadra & Nagar Haveli	0.02	136.1	133.5	0.04	124.7	124.5	0.03	128.5	127.5
27	Maharashtra	8.25	134.6	134	18.86	124.8	124.4	13.18	128.1	127.6
28	Andhra Pradesh	5.4	136.6	136.3	3.64	131.4	130.4	4.58	134.7	134.1
29	Karnataka	5.09	134.2	134.2	6.81	134.8	134.6	5.89	134.5	134.4
30	Goa	0.14	142.9	142.4	0.25	126	126.2	0.19	132.5	132.5
31	Lakshadweep	0.01	133.1	130.6	0.01	113.7	111.4	0.01	123.2	120.8
32	Kerala	5.5	130.8	130.7	3.46	131.1	130.9	4.55	130.9	130.8
33	Tamil Nadu	5.55	131	131	9.2	130.9	131	7.25	130.9	131
34	Puducherry	0.08	137.5	135.2	0.27	129.1	129.4	0.17	131.2	130.9
35	Andaman & Nicobar Islands	0.05	136.7	138.8	0.07	125.9	126.4	0.06	131.2	132.5
36	Telangana	3.16	134.7	134.3	4.41	130.4	129.6	3.74	132.3	131.7
99	All India	100	133.6	132.8	100	128.5	127.6	100	131.2	130.4

 Notes:

1. Prov. : Provisional.

2. -- : indicates the receipt of price schedules is less than 80% of allocated schedules and therefore indices are not compiled.

Annexure IV

Major State/UT wise annual inflation rates (%) for December 2016 (Provisional) (Base: 2012=100)

e/UT Code	Name of the State/UT	Rural			Urban			Combined
		Dec. 15 Index	Dec. 16	Inflation Rate	Dec. 15 Index	Dec. 16	Inflation Rate	Dec. 15 Index	Dec. 16	Inflation Rate
		(Final)		(%)	(Final)		(%)	(Final)		(%)
			Index			Index			Index
			(Prov.)			(Prov.)			(Prov.)
-1	-2	-3	-4	-5	-6	-7	-8	-9	-10	-11
1	Jammu & Kashmir	125.8	137.6	9.38	121.9	125.4	2.87	124.4	133.3	7.15
2	Himachal Pradesh	126.4	134.3	6.25	118.9	124.1	4.37	125	132.5	6
3	Punjab	122.8	129	5.05	121.4	125.5	3.38	122.2	127.4	4.26
5	Uttarakhand	122.8	127.8	4.07	117.7	120	1.95	120.9	124.9	3.31
6	Haryana	124.1	131.1	5.64	120.5	123.8	2.74	122.4	127.7	4.33
7	Delhi	121.2	130	7.26	122.5	129.4	5.63	122.4	129.4	5.72
8	Rajasthan	128.3	135	5.22	124.7	129.6	3.93	127	133.1	4.8
9	Uttar Pradesh	126.2	130.1	3.09	124.6	127.6	2.41	125.6	129.2	2.87
10	Bihar	130	134.6	3.54	124.1	126.9	2.26	129.1	133.5	3.41
18	Assam	126.2	128.5	1.82	123.7	126.5	2.26	125.7	128.1	1.91
19	West Bengal	125.5	132.3	5.42	123	127.4	3.58	124.3	130	4.59
20	Jharkhand	129.2	136.9	5.96	121.7	126.1	3.62	126.3	132.8	5.15
21	Odisha	132.9	136.2	2.48	123	126.2	2.6	130.1	133.4	2.54
22	Chhattisgarh	134.9	136.4	1.11	122.8	125.7	2.36	130.2	132.3	1.61
23	Madhya Pradesh	126.1	129.4	2.62	124.1	127.2	2.5	125.3	128.5	2.55
24	Gujarat	128.5	134.8	4.9	121	123.4	1.98	124.3	128.3	3.22
27	Maharashtra	128.6	134	4.2	120.9	124.4	2.89	123.5	127.6	3.32
28	Andhra Pradesh	132.5	136.3	2.87	128.2	130.4	1.72	130.9	134.1	2.44
29	Karnataka	131.6	134.2	1.98	130.4	134.6	3.22	131	134.4	2.6
32	Kerala	125.6	130.7	4.06	127.2	130.9	2.91	126.2	130.8	3.65
33	Tamil Nadu	129.3	131	1.31	128.9	131	1.63	129.1	131	1.47
36	Telangana	125.8	134.3	6.76	124.9	129.6	3.76	125.3	131.7	5.11
99	All India	127.9	132.8	3.83	124	127.6	2.9	126.1	130.4	3.41

 Notes:

1. Prov. : Provisional.

Disclaimer: This information has been collected through secondary research and IBEF is not responsible for any errors in the same.