Consumer Price Index Numbers on base 2012=100 for Rural, Urban and Combined for the Month of August 2021

The National Statistical Office (NSO), Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation (MoSPI) is releasing All India Consumer Price Index (CPI) on Base 2012=100 and corresponding Consumer Food Price Index (CFPI) for Rural (R), Urban (U) and Combined (C) for the month of August 2021 (Provisional) in this press note. CPIs for Sub-Groups and Groups for both All India and all States/UTs are also being released.

2.             The Price data are collected from representative and selected 1114 urban Markets and 1181 villages covering all States/UTs through personal visits by field staff of Field Operations Division of NSO, MoSPI on a weekly roster. During the month of August 2021, NSO collected prices from 99.7% villages and 98.6% urbanMarkets while the Market-wise prices reported therein were 87.1% for rural and 87.4% for urban.

3.             All India Inflation rates (on point to point basis i.e. current month over same month of last year, i.e.August 2021over August 2020),based on General Indices and CFPIs are given as follows:

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

Notes: Prov.  – Provisional, Combd. – Combined

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

Monthly changes(%) in All India CPI (General) and CFPI:August, 2021 over July, 2021

Note: Figures of August 2021 are provisional.

 

5.          Price data for CPI are received through web portals, maintained by the National Informatics Centre.

Next date of release: 12^thOctober 2021 (Tuesday) for September 2021.

 

List of Annex

Annex	Title
I	All-India General (all-groups), Group and Sub-group level CPI and CFPI numbers for July(Final) and August 2021 (Provisional) for Rural, Urban and Combined
II	All-India inflation rates for General (all-groups), Group and Sub-group level CPI and CFPI numbers for August 2021 (Provisional) for Rural, Urban and Combined
III	General CPI for States for Rural, Urban and Combined for July(Final) and August 2021 (Provisional)
IV	Inflation rates of major States, having population more than 50 lakhs as per Population Census 2011, for Rural, Urban and Combined for August 2021 (Provisional)

 

 

AnnexI

All India Consumer Price Indices

(Base: 2012=100)

Group Code	Sub-group Code	Description	Rural			Urban			Combined
			Weights	Jul. 21 Index (Final)	Aug. 21 Index (Prov.)	Weights	Jul. 21 Index (Final)	Aug. 21 Index (Prov.)	Weights	Jul. 21 Index (Final)	Aug. 21 Index (Prov.)
(1)	(2)	(3)	(4)	(5)	(6)	(7)	(8)	(9)	(10)	(11)	(12)
	1.1.01	Cereals and products	12.35	145.1	145.0	6.59	149.1	149.2	9.67	146.4	146.3
	1.1.02	Meat and fish	4.38	204.5	202.4	2.73	210.9	207.9	3.61	206.8	204.3
	1.1.03	Egg	0.49	180.4	176.7	0.36	185.0	178.6	0.43	182.2	177.4
	1.1.04	Milk and products	7.72	157.1	157.5	5.33	158.2	158.9	6.61	157.5	158.0
	1.1.05	Oils and fats	4.21	188.7	190.8	2.81	170.6	171.8	3.56	182.1	183.8
	1.1.06	Fruits	2.88	157.7	155.8	2.90	170.9	167.0	2.89	163.9	161.0
	1.1.07	Vegetables	7.46	152.8	154.0	4.41	186.4	186.2	6.04	164.2	164.9
	1.1.08	Pulses and products	2.95	163.6	162.8	1.73	164.7	163.5	2.38	164.0	163.0
	1.1.09	Sugar and Confectionery	1.70	113.9	115.2	0.97	115.7	116.8	1.36	114.5	115.7
	1.1.10	Spices	3.11	169.7	169.8	1.79	165.5	165.7	2.50	168.3	168.4
	1.2.11	Non-alcoholic beverages	1.37	166.2	167.6	1.13	153.4	154.0	1.26	160.9	161.9
	1.1.12	Prepared meals, snacks, sweets etc.	5.56	171.0	171.9	5.54	173.5	174.1	5.55	172.2	172.9
1		Food and beverages	54.18	161.7	161.9	36.29	167.9	167.6	45.86	164.0	164.0
2		Pan, tobacco and intoxicants	3.26	189.7	190.2	1.36	195.5	196.0	2.38	191.2	191.7
	3.1.01	Clothing	6.32	166.0	166.9	4.72	157.9	158.8	5.58	162.8	163.7
	3.1.02	Footwear	1.04	161.1	162.6	0.85	141.9	142.7	0.95	153.1	154.3
3		Clothing and footwear	7.36	165.3	166.3	5.57	155.5	156.4	6.53	161.4	162.4
4		Housing	–	–	–	21.67	161.5	162.4	10.07	161.5	162.4
5		Fuel and light	7.94	162.5	163.1	5.58	157.7	158.5	6.84	160.7	161.4
	6.1.01	Household goods and services	3.75	160.3	160.9	3.87	150.7	152.2	3.80	155.8	156.8
	6.1.02	Health	6.83	170.4	171.1	4.81	161.5	162.2	5.89	167.0	167.7
	6.1.03	Transport and communication	7.60	157.1	157.7	9.73	149.5	150.4	8.59	153.1	153.9
	6.1.04	Recreation and amusement	1.37	160.7	161.1	2.04	151.2	152.2	1.68	155.3	156.1
	6.1.05	Education	3.46	167.2	167.5	5.62	160.3	160.6	4.46	163.2	163.5
	6.1.06	Personal care and effects	4.25	160.4	160.3	3.47	159.6	159.5	3.89	160.1	160.0
6		Miscellaneous	27.26	162.8	163.3	29.53	155.0	155.7	28.32	159.0	159.6
General Index (All Groups)			100.00	163.2	163.6	100.00	161.8	162.2	100.00	162.5	162.9
Consumer Food Price Index (CFPI)			47.25	160.4	160.5	29.62	167.4	166.9	39.06	162.9	162.7

Notes:

1. Prov. : Provisional.
2. CFPI                 : Out of 12 sub-groups contained in ‘Food and Beverages’ group, CFPI is based on ten sub-groups, excluding ‘Non-alcoholic beverages’ and ‘Prepared meals, snacks, sweets etc.’.
3. –        : CPI (Rural) for housing is not compiled.

 

Annex II

All India year-on-yearinflation rates (%) for August 2021 (Provisional)

(Base: 2012=100)

Group Code	Sub-group Code	Description	Rural			Urban			Combined
			Aug. 20 Index (Final)	Aug. 21 Index (Prov.)	Inflation Rate (%)	Aug. 20 Index (Final)	Aug. 21 Index (Prov.)	Inflation Rate (%)	Aug. 20 Index (Final)	Aug. 21 Index (Prov.)	Inflation Rate (%)
(1)	(2)	(3)	(4)	(5)	(6)	(7)	(8)	(9)	(10)	(11)	(12)
	1.1.01	Cereals and products	146.9	145.0	-1.29	151.5	149.2	-1.52	148.4	146.3	-1.42
	1.1.02	Meat and fish	183.9	202.4	10.06	193.1	207.9	7.66	187.1	204.3	9.19
	1.1.03	Egg	149.5	176.7	18.19	157.3	178.6	13.54	152.5	177.4	16.33
	1.1.04	Milk and products	153.4	157.5	2.67	153.9	158.9	3.25	153.6	158.0	2.86
	1.1.05	Oils and fats	140.4	190.8	35.90	134.4	171.8	27.83	138.2	183.8	33.00
	1.1.06	Fruits	147.0	155.8	5.99	155.4	167.0	7.46	150.9	161.0	6.69
	1.1.07	Vegetables	178.8	154.0	-13.87	202.0	186.2	-7.82	186.7	164.9	-11.68
	1.1.08	Pulses and products	149.3	162.8	9.04	150.8	163.5	8.42	149.8	163.0	8.81
	1.1.09	Sugar and Confectionery	115.1	115.2	0.09	118.9	116.8	-1.77	116.4	115.7	-0.60
	1.1.10	Spices	160.0	169.8	6.13	160.9	165.7	2.98	160.3	168.4	5.05
	1.2.11	Non-alcoholic beverages	145.4	167.6	15.27	137.7	154.0	11.84	142.2	161.9	13.85
	1.1.12	Prepared meals, snacks, sweets etc.	161.6	171.9	6.37	164.4	174.1	5.90	162.9	172.9	6.14
1		Food and beverages	156.1	161.9	3.72	161.3	167.6	3.91	158.0	164.0	3.80
2		Pan, tobacco and intoxicants	182.9	190.2	3.99	188.7	196.0	3.87	184.4	191.7	3.96
	3.1.01	Clothing	155.4	166.9	7.40	150.2	158.8	5.73	153.4	163.7	6.71
	3.1.02	Footwear	149.9	162.6	8.47	136.3	142.7	4.70	144.3	154.3	6.93
3		Clothing and footwear	154.6	166.3	7.57	148.1	156.4	5.60	152.0	162.4	6.84
4		Housing	–	–	–	156.3	162.4	3.90	156.3	162.4	3.90
5		Fuel and light	146.4	163.1	11.41	137.2	158.5	15.52	142.9	161.4	12.95
	6.1.01	Household goods and services	151.6	160.9	6.13	145.4	152.2	4.68	148.7	156.8	5.45
	6.1.02	Health	159.1	171.1	7.54	150.0	162.2	8.13	155.6	167.7	7.78
	6.1.03	Transport and communication	144.6	157.7	9.06	135.1	150.4	11.32	139.6	153.9	10.24
	6.1.04	Recreation and amusement	152.8	161.1	5.43	141.8	152.2	7.33	146.6	156.1	6.48
	6.1.05	Education	161.1	167.5	3.97	154.9	160.6	3.68	157.5	163.5	3.81
	6.1.06	Personal care and effects	157.4	160.3	1.84	159.8	159.5	-0.19	158.4	160.0	1.01
6		Miscellaneous	153.7	163.3	6.25	146.0	155.7	6.64	150.0	159.6	6.40
General Index (All Groups)			155.4	163.6	5.28	154.0	162.2	5.32	154.7	162.9	5.30
Consumer Food Price Index			155.7	160.5	3.08	161.6	166.9	3.28	157.8	162.7	3.11

Notes:

1. Prov.       : Provisional.
2. –               : CPI (Rural) for housing is not compiled.

 

AnnexIII

State/UT wise General Consumer Price Indices

(Base: 2012=100)

Sl. No.	Name of the State/UT	Rural			Urban			Combined
		Weights	Jul. 21 Index (Final)	Aug. 21 Index (Prov.)	Weights	Jul. 21 Index (Final)	Aug. 21 Index (Prov.)	Weights	Jul. 21 Index (Final)	Aug. 21 Index (Prov.)
(1)	(2)	(3)	(4)	(5)	(6)	(7)	(8)	(9)	(10)	(11)
1	Andhra Pradesh	5.40	164.8	165.8	3.64	166.1	166.8	4.58	165.3	166.2
2	Arunachal Pradesh	0.14	170.0	171.6	0.06	—	—	0.10	170.0	171.6
3	Assam	2.63	165.7	166.9	0.79	165.8	166.0	1.77	165.7	166.7
4	Bihar	8.21	158.7	159.2	1.62	163.8	165.4	5.14	159.4	160.1
5	Chhattisgarh	1.68	160.6	161.4	1.22	160.0	160.3	1.46	160.4	161.0
6	Delhi	0.28	156.6	156.8	5.64	157.5	158.6	2.77	157.5	158.5
7	Goa	0.14	170.2	170.5	0.25	161.8	161.6	0.19	165.1	165.0
8	Gujarat	4.54	158.7	158.8	6.82	152.8	153.2	5.60	155.4	155.6
9	Haryana	3.30	157.8	159.4	3.35	156.2	156.7	3.32	157.1	158.1
10	Himachal Pradesh	1.03	156.3	156.8	0.26	161.2	161.6	0.67	157.2	157.7
11	Jharkhand	1.96	159.1	159.7	1.39	164.7	165.2	1.69	161.2	161.8
12	Karnataka	5.09	166.5	166.3	6.81	170.7	170.8	5.89	168.8	168.7
13	Kerala	5.50	170.6	170.0	3.46	168.3	168.9	4.55	169.8	169.6
14	Madhya Pradesh	4.93	162.1	162.4	3.97	165.1	165.2	4.48	163.3	163.6
15	Maharashtra	8.25	164.5	164.5	18.86	155.9	156.3	13.18	158.8	159.0
16	Manipur	0.23	189.5	190.0	0.12	172.0	173.2	0.18	184.0	184.7
17	Meghalaya	0.28	156.3	156.1	0.15	162.3	162.9	0.22	158.2	158.2
18	Mizoram	0.07	163.6	164.2	0.13	158.1	160.9	0.10	160.2	162.2
19	Nagaland	0.14	173.5	175.3	0.12	159.9	160.5	0.13	167.7	169.0
20	Odisha	2.93	164.5	164.0	1.31	159.4	159.2	2.18	163.1	162.7
21	Punjab	3.31	160.9	162.1	3.09	153.9	154.3	3.21	157.8	158.6
22	Rajasthan	6.63	158.9	159.6	4.23	158.3	159.2	5.51	158.7	159.5
23	Sikkim	0.06	175.2	175.6	0.03	162.8	163.9	0.05	171.2	171.8
24	Tamil Nadu	5.55	169.0	168.7	9.20	169.8	169.4	7.25	169.5	169.1
25	Telangana	3.16	170.6	172.0	4.41	165.6	166.4	3.74	167.9	168.9
26	Tripura	0.35	177.5	176.7	0.14	166.8	166.8	0.25	174.7	174.1
27	Uttar Pradesh	14.83	160.4	160.9	9.54	162.1	162.4	12.37	161.0	161.4
28	Uttarakhand	1.06	159.2	159.5	0.73	162.4	162.6	0.91	160.4	160.7
29	West Bengal	6.99	166.0	166.2	7.20	167.2	167.2	7.09	166.6	166.7
30	Andaman & Nicobar Islands	0.05	175.8	178.0	0.07	163.6	164.7	0.06	169.6	171.2
31	Chandigarh	0.02	161.9	162.8	0.34	153.8	154.6	0.17	154.3	155.1
32	Dadra & Nagar Haveli	0.02	150.8	150.7	0.04	156.6	156.9	0.03	154.7	154.8
33	Daman & Diu	0.02	167.9	165.0	0.02	162.7	161.0	0.02	165.7	163.3
34	Jammu & Kashmir*	1.14	171.7	172.1	0.72	169.9	171.0	0.94	171.1	171.7
35	Lakshadweep	0.01	178.7	180.6	0.01	161.9	160.4	0.01	170.1	170.3
36	Puducherry	0.08	167.3	167.9	0.27	168.8	169.7	0.17	168.4	169.2
All India		100.00	163.2	163.6	100.00	161.8	162.2	100.00	162.5	162.9

Notes:

1. Prov.             :  Provisional
2. —   :  indicates the receipt of price schedules is less than 80% of allocated schedules and therefore indices are not compiled.
3. *    : Figures of this row pertain to the prices and weights of the combined Union Territories of Jammu &Kashmir
4. and Ladakh (erstwhile State of Jammu & Kashmir).

 

AnnexIV

 

Major State/UT wise year-on-year inflation rates (%) for August 2021 (Provisional)

(Base: 2012=100)

Sl. No.	Name of the State/UT	Rural			Urban			Combined
		Aug. 20 Index (Final)	Aug. 21 Index (Prov.)	Inflation Rate (%)	Aug. 20 Index (Final)	Aug. 21 Index (Prov.)	Inflation Rate (%)	Aug. 20 Index (Final)	Aug. 21 Index (Prov.)	Inflation Rate (%)
(1)	(2)	(3)	(4)	(5)	(6)	(7)	(8)	(9)	(10)	(11)
1	Andhra Pradesh	155.0	165.8	6.97	155.3	166.8	7.41	155.1	166.2	7.16
2	Assam	162.7	166.9	2.58	161.4	166.0	2.85	162.4	166.7	2.65
3	Bihar	153.3	159.2	3.85	152.9	165.4	8.18	153.2	160.1	4.50
4	Chhattisgarh	155.2	161.4	3.99	152.5	160.3	5.11	154.2	161.0	4.41
5	Delhi	150.8	156.8	3.98	150.6	158.6	5.31	150.6	158.5	5.25
6	Gujarat	149.6	158.8	6.15	146.4	153.2	4.64	147.8	155.6	5.28
7	Haryana	150.9	159.4	5.63	148.0	156.7	5.88	149.5	158.1	5.75
8	Himachal Pradesh	146.1	156.8	7.32	153.0	161.6	5.62	147.4	157.7	6.99
9	Jharkhand	154.9	159.7	3.10	155.2	165.2	6.44	155.0	161.8	4.39
10	Karnataka	156.9	166.3	5.99	158.6	170.8	7.69	157.8	168.7	6.91
11	Kerala	164.4	170.0	3.41	161.4	168.9	4.65	163.3	169.6	3.86
12	Madhya Pradesh	152.6	162.4	6.42	155.4	165.2	6.31	153.8	163.6	6.37
13	Maharashtra	154.5	164.5	6.47	150.2	156.3	4.06	151.6	159.0	4.88
14	Odisha	159.5	164.0	2.82	152.4	159.2	4.46	157.5	162.7	3.30
15	Punjab	152.8	162.1	6.09	146.1	154.3	5.61	149.8	158.6	5.87
16	Rajasthan	153.6	159.6	3.91	154.0	159.2	3.38	153.7	159.5	3.77
17	Tamil Nadu	158.9	168.7	6.17	159.4	169.4	6.27	159.2	169.1	6.22
18	Telangana	156.5	172.0	9.90	156.5	166.4	6.33	156.5	168.9	7.92
19	Uttar Pradesh	153.2	160.9	5.03	155.1	162.4	4.71	153.9	161.4	4.87
20	Uttarakhand	153.5	159.5	3.91	150.8	162.6	7.82	152.5	160.7	5.38
21	West Bengal	158.3	166.2	4.99	159.8	167.2	4.63	159.0	166.7	4.84
22	Jammu & Kashmir*	159.1	172.1	8.17	160.1	171.0	6.81	159.5	171.7	7.65
All India		155.4	163.6	5.28	154.0	162.2	5.32	154.7	162.9	5.30

Notes:

1. Prov.    :  Provisional.
2. *               : Figures of this row pertain to the prices and weights of the combined Union Territories of Jammu &                  Kashmir and Ladakh (erstwhile State of Jammu & Kashmir).

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