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 February 2017. In addition to this, Consumer Food Price Index (CFPI) for all India Rural, Urban and Combined are also being released for February 2017. All India Inflation rates (on point to point basis i.e. current month over same month of last year, i.e., February 2017 over February 2016), based on General Indices and CFPIs are given as follows:

 

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

Indices	February 2017 (Prov.)			January 2017 (Final)			February 2016 (Final)
	Rural	Urban	Combd.	Rural	Urban	Combd.	Rural	Urban	Combd.
CPI (General)	3.67	3.55	3.65	3.36	2.90	3.17	6.05	4.30	5.26
CFPI	2.08	1.87	2.01	1.14	-0.31	0.61	5.96	4.23	5.30

 

Notes: Prov.  – Provisional, Combd. – Combined

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

Monthly changes (%) in All India CPI (General) and CFPI: Feb. 2017 over Jan. 2017

Indices	Rural			Urban			Combined
	Index Value		% Change	Index Value		% Change	Index Value		% Change
	Feb.17	Jan.17		Feb.17	Jan.17		Feb.17	Jan.17
CPI (General)	132.6	132.4	0.15	128.2	127.8	0.31	130.6	130.3	0.23
CFPI	132.5	132.6	-0.08	130.6	130.6	0.00	131.8	131.9	-0.08

 

Note: Figures of February 2017 are provisional.

4. 4.         Provisional indices for the month of February 2017 and also the final indices for January 2017 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 February 2017 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 (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:  12^th April 2017 (Wednesday) for March 2017.                    

Annexure I

All India Consumer Price Indices

(Base: 2012=100)

Group Code	Sub-group Code	Description	Rural			Urban			Combined
			Weights	Jan. 17 Index (Final)	Feb. 17 Index (Prov.)	Weights	Jan. 17 Index (Final)	Feb. 17 Index (Prov.)	Weights	Jan. 17 Index (Final)	Feb. 17 Index (Prov.)
(1)	(2)	(3)	(4)	(5)	(6)	(7)	(8)	(9)	(10)	(11)	(12)
	1.1.01	Cereals and products	12.35	133.1	133.3	6.59	132.2	132.8	9.67	132.8	133.1
	1.1.02	Meat and fish	4.38	137.8	138.4	2.73	138.9	139.8	3.61	138.2	138.9
	1.1.03	Egg	0.49	131.9	129.4	0.36	132.6	129.3	0.43	132.2	129.4
	1.1.04	Milk and products	7.72	136.7	137.2	5.33	133.1	133.5	6.61	135.4	135.8
	1.1.05	Oils and fats	4.21	122.0	122.1	2.81	114.0	114.3	3.56	119.1	119.2
	1.1.06	Fruits	2.88	136.0	138.8	2.90	129.6	131.4	2.89	133.0	135.3
	1.1.07	Vegetables	7.46	119.8	119.1	4.41	118.7	120.2	6.04	119.4	119.5
	1.1.08	Pulses and products	2.95	161.7	157.0	1.73	155.1	143.1	2.38	159.5	152.3
	1.1.09	Sugar and Confectionery	1.70	114.8	116.3	0.97	117.3	119.5	1.36	115.6	117.4
	1.1.10	Spices	3.11	136.9	136.0	1.79	144.9	144.0	2.50	139.6	138.7
	1.2.11	Non-alcoholic beverages	1.37	129.0	129.4	1.13	123.2	123.4	1.26	126.6	126.9
	1.1.12	Prepared meals, snacks, sweets etc.	5.56	143.9	144.4	5.54	141.6	141.9	5.55	142.8	143.2
1		Food and beverages	54.18	133.7	133.7	36.29	132.0	132.1	45.86	133.1	133.1
2		Pan, tobacco and intoxicants	3.26	143.1	143.6	1.36	145.6	146.3	2.38	143.8	144.3
	3.1.01	Clothing	6.32	140.7	140.9	4.72	130.2	130.5	5.58	136.6	136.8
	3.1.02	Footwear	1.04	135.8	135.8	0.85	122.3	122.5	0.95	130.2	130.3
3		Clothing and footwear	7.36	140.0	140.2	5.57	129.0	129.3	6.53	135.6	135.9
4		Housing	–	–	–	21.67	129.6	130.5	10.07	129.6	130.5
5		Fuel and light	7.94	132.1	133.2	5.58	118.0	119.2	6.84	126.8	127.9
	6.1.01	Household goods and services	3.75	133.2	133.6	3.87	125.1	125.3	3.80	129.4	129.7
	6.1.02	Health	6.83	129.9	130.1	4.81	122.6	122.9	5.89	127.1	127.4
	6.1.03	Transport and communication	7.60	119.1	119.5	9.73	115.2	115.6	8.59	117.0	117.4
	6.1.04	Recreation and amusement	1.37	127.0	127.7	2.04	122.0	122.2	1.68	124.2	124.6
	6.1.05	Education	3.46	134.6	134.9	5.62	132.4	132.4	4.46	133.3	133.4
	6.1.06	Personal care and effects	4.25	122.3	123.2	3.47	120.9	121.7	3.89	121.7	122.6
6		Miscellaneous	27.26	126.6	127.0	29.53	122.1	122.4	28.32	124.4	124.8
General Index (All Groups)			100.00	132.4	132.6	100.00	127.8	128.2	100.00	130.3	130.6
Consumer Food Price Index			47.25	132.6	132.5	29.62	130.6	130.6	39.06	131.9	131.8

 

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 February 2017 (Provisional)

(Base: 2012=100)

Group Code	Sub-group Code	Description	Rural			Urban			Combined
			Feb. 16 Index (Final)	Feb. 17 Index (Prov.)	Inflation Rate (%)	Feb. 16 Index (Final)	Feb. 17 Index (Prov.)	Inflation Rate (%)	Feb. 16 Index (Final)	Feb. 17 Index (Prov.)	Inflation Rate (%)
(1)	(2)	(3)	(4)	(5)	(6)	(7)	(8)	(9)	(10)	(11)	(12)
	1.1.01	Cereals and products	127.1	133.3	4.88	124.8	132.8	6.41	126.4	133.1	5.30
	1.1.02	Meat and fish	133.7	138.4	3.52	135.1	139.8	3.48	134.2	138.9	3.50
	1.1.03	Egg	127.7	129.4	1.33	130.3	129.3	-0.77	128.7	129.4	0.54
	1.1.04	Milk and products	130.7	137.2	4.97	129.6	133.5	3.01	130.3	135.8	4.22
	1.1.05	Oils and fats	118.5	122.1	3.04	108.4	114.3	5.44	114.8	119.2	3.83
	1.1.06	Fruits	130.4	138.8	6.44	118.6	131.4	10.79	124.9	135.3	8.33
	1.1.07	Vegetables	130.9	119.1	-9.01	129.2	120.2	-6.97	130.3	119.5	-8.29
	1.1.08	Pulses and products	162.8	157.0	-3.56	176.4	143.1	-18.88	167.4	152.3	-9.02
	1.1.09	Sugar and Confectionery	98.7	116.3	17.83	99.1	119.5	20.59	98.8	117.4	18.83
	1.1.10	Spices	130.6	136.0	4.13	139.7	144.0	3.08	133.6	138.7	3.82
	1.2.11	Non-alcoholic beverages	124.8	129.4	3.69	120.6	123.4	2.32	123.0	126.9	3.17
	1.1.12	Prepared meals, snacks, sweets etc.	136.4	144.4	5.87	135.2	141.9	4.96	135.8	143.2	5.45
1		Food and beverages	130.3	133.7	2.61	129.1	132.1	2.32	129.9	133.1	2.46
2		Pan, tobacco and intoxicants	134.4	143.6	6.85	140.0	146.3	4.50	135.9	144.3	6.18
	3.1.01	Clothing	133.9	140.9	5.23	126.2	130.5	3.41	130.9	136.8	4.51
	3.1.02	Footwear	129.8	135.8	4.62	120.1	122.5	2.00	125.8	130.3	3.58
3		Clothing and footwear	133.4	140.2	5.10	125.3	129.3	3.19	130.2	135.9	4.38
4		Housing	–	–	–	124.4	130.5	4.90	124.4	130.5	4.90
5		Fuel and light	127.5	133.2	4.47	116.0	119.2	2.76	123.1	127.9	3.90
	6.1.01	Household goods and services	127.1	133.6	5.11	121.8	125.3	2.87	124.6	129.7	4.09
	6.1.02	Health	124.3	130.1	4.67	119.5	122.9	2.85	122.5	127.4	4.00
	6.1.03	Transport and communication	113.9	119.5	4.92	109.1	115.6	5.96	111.4	117.4	5.39
	6.1.04	Recreation and amusement	122.3	127.7	4.42	118.8	122.2	2.86	120.3	124.6	3.57
	6.1.05	Education	127.1	134.9	6.14	126.3	132.4	4.83	126.6	133.4	5.37
	6.1.06	Personal care and effects	116.8	123.2	5.48	116.2	121.7	4.73	116.6	122.6	5.15
6		Miscellaneous	120.9	127.0	5.05	117.2	122.4	4.44	119.1	124.8	4.79
General Index (All Groups)			127.9	132.6	3.67	123.8	128.2	3.55	126.0	130.6	3.65
Consumer Food Price Index			129.8	132.5	2.08	128.2	130.6	1.87	129.2	131.8	2.01

 

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	Jan. 17 Index (Final)	Feb. 17 Index (Prov.)	Weights	Jan. 17 Index (Final)	Feb. 17 Index (Prov.)	Weights	Jan. 17 Index (Final)	Feb. 17 Index (Prov.)
(1)	(2)	(3)	(4)	(5)	(6)	(7)	(8)	(9)	(10)	(11)
01	Jammu & Kashmir	1.14	137.2	137.9	0.72	125.3	125.7	0.94	133.0	133.6
02	Himachal Pradesh	1.03	134.2	134.4	0.26	124.2	124.5	0.67	132.4	132.6
03	Punjab	3.31	128.4	129.0	3.09	125.7	126.0	3.21	127.2	127.7
04	Chandigarh	0.02	138.1	138.2	0.34	124.1	124.3	0.17	124.9	125.1
05	Uttarakhand	1.06	127.4	127.3	0.73	119.7	119.9	0.91	124.5	124.5
06	Haryana	3.30	130.6	131.3	3.35	123.8	124.2	3.32	127.4	128.0
07	Delhi	0.28	130.0	130.2	5.64	131.4	132.1	2.77	131.3	132.0
08	Rajasthan	6.63	134.4	135.1	4.23	129.8	129.8	5.51	132.8	133.2
09	Uttar Pradesh	14.83	129.3	128.8	9.54	127.8	127.9	12.37	128.8	128.5
10	Bihar	8.21	133.7	133.4	1.62	126.6	126.4	5.14	132.7	132.4
11	Sikkim	0.06	139.5	139.1	0.03	132.5	132.4	0.05	137.2	136.9
12	Arunachal Pradesh	0.14	138.4	139.4	0.06	—	—	0.10	—	—
13	Nagaland	0.14	142.5	142.0	0.12	129.1	129.3	0.13	136.8	136.6
14	Manipur	0.23	143.3	143.4	0.12	127.7	128.5	0.18	138.4	138.7
15	Mizoram	0.07	134.2	134.2	0.13	124.0	124.0	0.10	128.0	128.0
16	Tripura	0.35	138.6	139.2	0.14	132.7	132.7	0.25	137.1	137.5
17	Meghalaya	0.28	134.9	134.7	0.15	125.4	125.6	0.22	132.0	131.9
18	Assam	2.63	127.1	126.5	0.79	126.5	124.9	1.77	127.0	126.2
19	West Bengal	6.99	131.1	130.9	7.20	127.2	127.7	7.09	129.3	129.4
20	Jharkhand	1.96	135.6	134.8	1.39	125.4	124.4	1.69	131.7	130.8
21	Odisha	2.93	134.9	134.6	1.31	125.9	126.1	2.18	132.4	132.2
22	Chhattisgarh	1.68	135.5	135.0	1.22	125.5	125.4	1.46	131.6	131.3
23	Madhya Pradesh	4.93	128.5	128.3	3.97	126.9	126.7	4.48	127.8	127.6
24	Gujarat	4.54	134.1	135.1	6.82	123.5	123.6	5.60	128.1	128.6
25	Daman & Diu	0.02	151.8	153.9	0.02	127.3	128.4	0.02	141.5	143.2
26	Dadra & Nagar Haveli	0.02	132.2	133.5	0.04	125.0	125.2	0.03	127.4	128.0
27	Maharashtra	8.25	133.6	134.1	18.86	124.3	124.7	13.18	127.4	127.8
28	Andhra Pradesh	5.40	135.9	136.6	3.64	130.5	131.3	4.58	133.9	134.6
29	Karnataka	5.09	134.7	135.2	6.81	134.9	135.6	5.89	134.8	135.4
30	Goa	0.14	142.9	141.6	0.25	126.5	126.4	0.19	132.8	132.3
31	Lakshadweep	0.01	131.0	129.9	0.01	111.1	113.1	0.01	120.8	121.3
32	Kerala	5.50	132.0	133.8	3.46	132.3	133.3	4.55	132.1	133.6
33	Tamil Nadu	5.55	131.8	132.6	9.20	131.6	132.4	7.25	131.7	132.5
34	Puducherry	0.08	136.8	136.9	0.27	129.5	130.3	0.17	131.4	132.0
35	Andaman & Nicobar Islands	0.05	139.6	140.3	0.07	127.2	126.4	0.06	133.3	133.2
36	Telangana	3.16	135.7	135.6	4.41	129.9	130.7	3.74	132.5	132.9
99	All India	100.00	132.4	132.6	100.00	127.8	128.2	100.00	130.3	130.6

 

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 February 2017 (Provisional)

(Base: 2012=100)

State/UT Code	Name of the State/UT	Rural			Urban			Combined
		Feb. 16 Index (Final)	Feb. 17 Index (Prov.)	Inflation Rate (%)	Feb. 16 Index (Final)	Feb. 17 Index (Prov.)	Inflation Rate (%)	Feb. 16 Index (Final)	Feb. 17 Index (Prov.)	Inflation Rate (%)
(1)	(2)	(3)	(4)	(5)	(6)	(7)	(8)	(9)	(10)	(11)
01	Jammu & Kashmir	126.6	137.9	8.93	121.1	125.7	3.80	124.7	133.6	7.14
02	Himachal Pradesh	126.5	134.4	6.25	117.8	124.5	5.69	124.9	132.6	6.16
03	Punjab	122.2	129.0	5.56	121.1	126.0	4.05	121.7	127.7	4.93
05	Uttarakhand	121.6	127.3	4.69	116.9	119.9	2.57	119.8	124.5	3.92
06	Haryana	123.9	131.3	5.97	120.2	124.2	3.33	122.2	128.0	4.75
07	Delhi	121.3	130.2	7.34	124.6	132.1	6.02	124.4	132.0	6.11
08	Rajasthan	128.9	135.1	4.81	124.1	129.8	4.59	127.2	133.2	4.72
09	Uttar Pradesh	126.0	128.8	2.22	123.5	127.9	3.56	125.1	128.5	2.72
10	Bihar	130.1	133.4	2.54	122.9	126.4	2.85	129.0	132.4	2.64
18	Assam	125.0	126.5	1.20	122.9	124.9	1.63	124.6	126.2	1.28
19	West Bengal	126.2	130.9	3.72	123.9	127.7	3.07	125.1	129.4	3.44
20	Jharkhand	129.5	134.8	4.09	121.5	124.4	2.39	126.4	130.8	3.48
21	Odisha	133.1	134.6	1.13	122.5	126.1	2.94	130.1	132.2	1.61
22	Chhattisgarh	135.8	135.0	-0.59	122.1	125.4	2.70	130.5	131.3	0.61
23	Madhya Pradesh	126.0	128.3	1.83	123.0	126.7	3.01	124.8	127.6	2.24
24	Gujarat	128.6	135.1	5.05	120.8	123.6	2.32	124.2	128.6	3.54
27	Maharashtra	127.2	134.1	5.42	120.7	124.7	3.31	122.9	127.8	3.99
28	Andhra Pradesh	132.4	136.6	3.17	127.3	131.3	3.14	130.5	134.6	3.14
29	Karnataka	132.1	135.2	2.35	130.3	135.6	4.07	131.1	135.4	3.28
32	Kerala	126.8	133.8	5.52	128.1	133.3	4.06	127.3	133.6	4.95
33	Tamil Nadu	128.5	132.6	3.19	127.4	132.4	3.92	127.9	132.5	3.60
36	Telangana	126.5	135.6	7.19	125.5	130.7	4.14	126.0	132.9	5.48
99	All India	127.9	132.6	3.67	123.8	128.2	3.55	126.0	130.6	3.65

 

Notes:  Prov.          :  Provisional.