Anand Sharma Announces New Series of WPI

The index for ‘Food Articles’ group declined The index for ‘Food Articles’ group declined by 0.8 percent to 176.2 (Provisional) from 177.6 (Provisional) for the previous month due to lower prices of fruits & vegetables (7%), moong and masur (5% each) and arhar (4%). However, the prices of condiments & spices (7%), fish-inland and maize (5% each), gram and bajra (3% each), barley and wheat (2% each) and tea, coffee, milk and rice (1% each) moved up.

The index for ‘Non-Food Articles’ group rose by 1.1 percent to 154.1 (Provisional) from 152.4 (Provisional) for the previous month due to higher prices of flowers (13%), rose and groundnut seed (11% each), castor seed (8%), marigold, cotton seed and copra (coconut) (5% each), coir fibre (4%), raw silk (3%), sunflower (2%) and fodder (1%). However, the prices of soyabean (11%), raw rubber (4%) and gingelly seed (sesamum), raw jute and mesta (1% each) declined.

The index for 'Minerals' group rose by 1.0 percent to 248.5 however (Provisional) from 246.1 (Provisional) for the previous month due to higher prices of crude petroleum and barytes (2% each). However, the prices of steatite (6%) declined.