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12-March-2019 17:30 IST

Consumer Price Index Numbers on Base 2012=100 for Rural, Urban and Combined for the Month of February 2019

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.

In this press note, the CPI (Rural, Urban, Combined) on Base 2012=100 is being released for the month of February 2019. In addition to this, Consumer Food Price Index (CFPI) for all India Rural, Urban and Combined are also being released for February 2019. All India Inflation rates (on point to point basis i.e. current month over same month of last year, i.e., February 2019 over February 2018), based on General Indices and CFPIs are given as follows:

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

Indices	February 2019 (Prov.)			January 2019 (Final)			February 2018 (Final)
Indices	Rural	Urban	Combd.	Rural	Urban	Combd.	Rural	Urban	Combd.
CPI (General)	1.81	3.43	2.57	1.22	2.91	1.97	4.45	4.52	4.44
CFPI	-1.75	1.27	-0.66	-2.94	-0.88	-2.24	3.70	2.45	3.26

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: Feb. 2019 over Jan. 2019

Indices	Rural			Urban			Combined
	Index Value		% Change	Index Value		% Change	Index Value		% Change
	Feb.19	Jan.19	% Change	Feb.19	Jan.19	% Change	Feb.19	Jan.19	% Change
CPI (General)	141.0	141.0	0.00	138.6	138.0	0.43	139.9	139.6	0.21
CFPI	135.0	135.2	-0.15	135.5	134.7	0.59	135.2	135.0	0.15

Note: Figures of February 2019 are provisional.

4. Provisional indices for the month of February 2019 and also the final indices for January 2019 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 2019 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).

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

Next date of release: 12th April 2019 (Friday) for March 2019.

Annexure I

All India Consumer Price Indices

(Base: 2012=100)

Group Code	Sub-group Code	Description	Rural			Urban			Combined
Group Code	Sub-group Code	Description	Weights	Jan. 19 Index (Final)	Feb. 19 Index (Prov.)	Weights	Jan. 19 Index (Final)	Feb. 19 Index (Prov.)	Weights	Jan. 19 Index (Final)	Feb. 19 Index (Prov.)
(1)	(2)	(3)	(4)	(5)	(6)	(7)	(8)	(9)	(10)	(11)	(12)
	1.1.01	Cereals and products	12.35	136.6	136.9	6.59	138.3	139.4	9.67	137.1	137.7
	1.1.02	Meat and fish	4.38	152.5	153.0	2.73	149.4	150.1	3.61	151.4	152.0
	1.1.03	Egg	0.49	138.2	139.1	0.36	143.5	145.3	0.43	140.2	141.5
	1.1.04	Milk and products	7.72	142.4	142.5	5.33	141.7	141.7	6.61	142.1	142.2
	1.1.05	Oils and fats	4.21	123.9	124.2	2.81	118.1	118.4	3.56	121.8	122.1
	1.1.06	Fruits	2.88	135.5	135.8	2.90	135.2	136.9	2.89	135.4	136.3
	1.1.07	Vegetables	7.46	131.7	128.8	4.41	130.5	131.6	6.04	131.3	129.7
	1.1.08	Pulses and products	2.95	121.3	121.6	1.73	118.2	119.9	2.38	120.3	121.0
	1.1.09	Sugar and Confectionery	1.70	108.4	108.3	0.97	110.4	110.4	1.36	109.1	109.0
	1.1.10	Spices	3.11	138.9	139.2	1.79	140.4	140.9	2.50	139.4	139.8
	1.2.11	Non-alcoholic beverages	1.37	137.0	137.4	1.13	128.1	128.3	1.26	133.3	133.6
	1.1.12	Prepared meals, snacks, sweets etc.	5.56	155.8	156.2	5.54	153.2	153.5	5.55	154.6	154.9
1		Food and beverages	54.18	137.4	137.2	36.29	137.3	138.0	45.86	137.4	137.5
2		Pan, tobacco and intoxicants	3.26	162.7	162.8	1.36	164.7	164.9	2.38	163.2	163.4
	3.1.01	Clothing	6.32	150.6	150.6	4.72	143.0	143.3	5.58	147.6	147.7
	3.1.02	Footwear	1.04	145.1	146.1	0.85	130.4	130.9	0.95	139.0	139.8
3		Clothing and footwear	7.36	149.9	149.9	5.57	141.1	141.4	6.53	146.4	146.5
4		Housing	–	–	–	21.67	147.7	148.5	10.07	147.7	148.5
5		Fuel and light	7.94	146.2	145.3	5.58	128.6	127.1	6.84	139.5	138.4
	6.1.01	Household goods and services	3.75	150.1	150.1	3.87	136.3	136.6	3.80	143.6	143.7
	6.1.02	Health	6.83	149.6	149.9	4.81	137.8	138.5	5.89	145.1	145.6
	6.1.03	Transport and communication	7.60	128.6	129.2	9.73	118.6	119.2	8.59	123.3	123.9
	6.1.04	Recreation and amusement	1.37	142.9	143.5	2.04	131.9	132.2	1.68	136.7	137.1
	6.1.05	Education	3.46	155.2	155.5	5.62	146.6	146.6	4.46	150.2	150.3
	6.1.06	Personal care and effects	4.25	133.5	134.9	3.47	131.7	133.0	3.89	132.8	134.1
6		Miscellaneous	27.26	141.7	142.2	29.53	131.8	132.4	28.32	136.9	137.4
General Index (All Groups)			100.00	141.0	141.0	100.00	138.0	138.6	100.00	139.6	139.9
Consumer Food Price Index			47.25	135.2	135.0	29.62	134.7	135.5	39.06	135.0	135.2

Notes:

Provisional.
CPI (Rural) for housing is not compiled.
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 2019 (Provisional)

(Base: 2012=100)

Group Code	Sub-group Code	Description	Rural			Urban			Combined
Group Code	Sub-group Code	Description	Feb. 18 Index (Final)	Feb. 19 Index (Prov.)	Inflation Rate (%)	Feb. 18 Index (Final)	Feb. 19 Index (Prov.)	Inflation Rate (%)	Feb. 18 Index (Final)	Feb. 19 Index (Prov.)	Inflation Rate (%)
(1)	(2)	(3)	(4)	(5)	(6)	(7)	(8)	(9)	(10)	(11)	(12)
	1.1.01	Cereals and products	136.4	136.9	0.37	134.8	139.4	3.41	135.9	137.7	1.32
	1.1.02	Meat and fish	143.7	153.0	6.47	143.0	150.1	4.97	143.5	152.0	5.92
	1.1.03	Egg	140.6	139.1	-1.07	139.9	145.3	3.86	140.3	141.5	0.86
	1.1.04	Milk and products	141.5	142.5	0.71	139.9	141.7	1.29	140.9	142.2	0.92
	1.1.05	Oils and fats	122.9	124.2	1.06	116.2	118.4	1.89	120.4	122.1	1.41
	1.1.06	Fruits	149.4	135.8	-9.10	135.5	136.9	1.03	142.9	136.3	-4.62
	1.1.07	Vegetables	142.4	128.8	-9.55	136.9	131.6	-3.87	140.5	129.7	-7.69
	1.1.08	Pulses and products	130.2	121.6	-6.61	117.0	119.9	2.48	125.8	121.0	-3.82
	1.1.09	Sugar and Confectionery	117.9	108.3	-8.14	115.4	110.4	-4.33	117.1	109.0	-6.92
	1.1.10	Spices	135.6	139.2	2.65	140.7	140.9	0.14	137.3	139.8	1.82
	1.2.11	Non-alcoholic beverages	130.5	137.4	5.29	125.9	128.3	1.91	128.6	133.6	3.89
	1.1.12	Prepared meals, snacks, sweets etc.	151.7	156.2	2.97	147.1	153.5	4.35	149.6	154.9	3.54
1		Food and beverages	138.7	137.2	-1.08	135.6	138.0	1.77	137.6	137.5	-0.07
2		Pan, tobacco and intoxicants	153.3	162.8	6.20	159.3	164.9	3.52	154.9	163.4	5.49
	3.1.01	Clothing	148.7	150.6	1.28	136.3	143.3	5.14	143.8	147.7	2.71
	3.1.02	Footwear	142.4	146.1	2.60	126.1	130.9	3.81	135.6	139.8	3.10
3		Clothing and footwear	147.8	149.9	1.42	134.7	141.4	4.97	142.6	146.5	2.73
4		Housing	–	–	–	141.3	148.5	5.10	141.3	148.5	5.10
5		Fuel and light	142.4	145.3	2.04	127.3	127.1	-0.16	136.7	138.4	1.24
	6.1.01	Household goods and services	139.9	150.1	7.29	129.9	136.6	5.16	135.2	143.7	6.29
	6.1.02	Health	136.2	149.9	10.06	129.8	138.5	6.70	133.8	145.6	8.82
	6.1.03	Transport and communication	123.3	129.2	4.79	117.4	119.2	1.53	120.2	123.9	3.08
	6.1.04	Recreation and amusement	134.3	143.5	6.85	126.5	132.2	4.51	129.9	137.1	5.54
	6.1.05	Education	141.5	155.5	9.89	137.2	146.6	6.85	139.0	150.3	8.13
	6.1.06	Personal care and effects	128.8	134.9	4.74	126.2	133.0	5.39	127.7	134.1	5.01
6		Miscellaneous	132.5	142.2	7.32	126.5	132.4	4.66	129.6	137.4	6.02
General Index (All Groups)			138.5	141.0	1.81	134.0	138.6	3.43	136.4	139.9	2.57
Consumer Food Price Index			137.4	135.0	-1.75	133.8	135.5	1.27	136.1	135.2	-0.66

Notes:

Provisional.
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
State/UT Code	Name of the State/UT	Weights	Jan. 19 Index (Final)	Feb. 19 Index (Prov.)	Weights	Jan. 19 Index (Final)	Feb. 19 Index (Prov.)	Weights	Jan. 19 Index (Final)	Feb. 19 Index (Prov.)
(1)	(2)	(3)	(4)	(5)	(6)	(7)	(8)	(9)	(10)	(11)
01	Jammu & Kashmir	1.14	149.9	150.4	0.72	142.5	143.7	0.94	147.3	148.0
02	Himachal Pradesh	1.03	135.3	135.5	0.26	136.4	136.7	0.67	135.5	135.7
03	Punjab	3.31	141.0	140.4	3.09	132.7	132.2	3.21	137.3	136.7
04	Chandigarh	0.02	138.7	137.9	0.34	135.0	135.1	0.17	135.2	135.3
05	Uttarakhand	1.06	136.2	136.4	0.73	132.6	132.7	0.91	134.9	135.0
06	Haryana	3.30	134.3	133.9	3.35	134.0	134.6	3.32	134.2	134.2
07	Delhi	0.28	139.7	142.1	5.64	140.7	141.6	2.77	140.6	141.6
08	Rajasthan	6.63	140.7	140.9	4.23	139.3	139.7	5.51	140.2	140.5
09	Uttar Pradesh	14.83	136.4	136.9	9.54	138.4	139.0	12.37	137.1	137.7
10	Bihar	8.21	142.7	141.0	1.62	135.6	135.9	5.14	141.7	140.3
11	Sikkim	0.06	150.4	148.9	0.03	144.8	146.0	0.05	148.6	148.0
12	Arunachal Pradesh	0.14	160.4	159.0	0.06			0.10
13	Nagaland	0.14	160.2	161.8	0.12	140.3	140.4	0.13	151.7	152.7
14	Manipur	0.23	166.7	168.0	0.12	139.8	141.5	0.18	158.2	159.6
15	Mizoram	0.07	139.1	139.6	0.13	130.0	130.1	0.10	133.5	133.8
16	Tripura	0.35	149.0	149.2	0.14	144.0	143.5	0.25	147.7	147.7
17	Meghalaya	0.28	138.1	138.0	0.15	133.2	133.4	0.22	136.6	136.6
18	Assam	2.63	144.2	144.1	0.79	137.1	137.7	1.77	142.7	142.8
19	West Bengal	6.99	143.1	142.7	7.20	138.3	139.2	7.09	140.8	141.0
20	Jharkhand	1.96	144.5	143.1	1.39	138.5	139.3	1.69	142.2	141.6
21	Odisha	2.93	140.0	140.1	1.31	136.1	136.3	2.18	138.9	139.0
22	Chhattisgarh	1.68	139.5	139.1	1.22	137.6	137.6	1.46	138.8	138.5
23	Madhya Pradesh	4.93	135.1	135.6	3.97	138.7	139.5	4.48	136.6	137.2
24	Gujarat	4.54	139.0	138.9	6.82	132.5	133.1	5.60	135.3	135.6
25	Daman & Diu	0.02	142.4	142.8	0.02	134.2	133.8	0.02	139.0	139.0
26	Dadra & Nagar Haveli	0.02	136.4	138.6	0.04	131.6	132.4	0.03	133.2	134.5
27	Maharashtra	8.25	141.0	141.4	18.86	134.3	134.8	13.18	136.5	137.0
28	Andhra Pradesh	5.40	139.9	140.5	3.64	139.4	139.9	4.58	139.7	140.3
29	Karnataka	5.09	145.5	145.4	6.81	146.0	146.3	5.89	145.8	145.9
30	Goa	0.14	146.6	147.6	0.25	134.5	134.7	0.19	139.2	139.7
31	Lakshadweep	0.01	137.8	138.7	0.01	131.9	132.8	0.01	134.8	135.7
32	Kerala	5.50	149.7	150.7	3.46	144.3	145.7	4.55	147.8	148.9
33	Tamil Nadu	5.55	144.9	145.0	9.20	142.3	142.1	7.25	143.4	143.3
34	Puducherry	0.08	141.6	141.1	0.27	141.4	142.1	0.17	141.5	141.8
35	Andaman & Nicobar Islands	0.05	159.0	158.5	0.07	140.3	140.6	0.06	149.5	149.4
36	Telangana	3.16	138.4	138.2	4.41	138.0	139.1	3.74	138.2	138.7
99	All India	100.00	141.0	141.0	100.00	138.0	138.6	100.00	139.6	139.9

Notes:

Prov. : Provisional.
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 2019 (Provisional)

(Base: 2012=100)

State/UT Code	Name of the State/UT	Rural			Urban			Combined
State/UT Code	Name of the State/UT	Feb. 18 Index (Final)	Feb. 19 Index (Prov.)	Inflation Rate (%)	Feb. 18 Index (Final)	Feb. 19 Index (Prov.)	Inflation Rate (%)	Feb. 18 Index (Final)	Feb. 19 Index (Prov.)	Inflation Rate (%)
(1)	(2)	(3)	(4)	(5)	(6)	(7)	(8)	(9)	(10)	(11)
01	Jammu & Kashmir	146.9	150.4	2.38	134.7	143.7	6.68	142.6	148.0	3.79
02	Himachal Pradesh	140.1	135.5	-3.28	131.7	136.7	3.80	138.6	135.7	-2.09
03	Punjab	136.1	140.4	3.16	129.7	132.2	1.93	133.2	136.7	2.63
05	Uttarakhand	132.8	136.4	2.71	128.9	132.7	2.95	131.3	135.0	2.82
06	Haryana	134.8	133.9	-0.67	132.1	134.6	1.89	133.5	134.2	0.52
07	Delhi	131.9	142.1	7.73	138.1	141.6	2.53	137.8	141.6	2.76
08	Rajasthan	137.3	140.9	2.62	135.6	139.7	3.02	136.7	140.5	2.78
09	Uttar Pradesh	133.1	136.9	2.85	135.0	139.0	2.96	133.8	137.7	2.91
10	Bihar	139.3	141.0	1.22	132.9	135.9	2.26	138.4	140.3	1.37
18	Assam	136.8	144.1	5.34	131.0	137.7	5.11	135.6	142.8	5.31
19	West Bengal	139.7	142.7	2.15	136.6	139.2	1.90	138.2	141.0	2.03
20	Jharkhand	141.8	143.1	0.92	131.3	139.3	6.09	137.8	141.6	2.76
21	Odisha	140.6	140.1	-0.36	131.0	136.3	4.05	137.9	139.0	0.80
22	Chhattisgarh	140.3	139.1	-0.86	133.2	137.6	3.30	137.6	138.5	0.65
23	Madhya Pradesh	132.3	135.6	2.49	133.2	139.5	4.73	132.7	137.2	3.39
24	Gujarat	138.5	138.9	0.29	127.2	133.1	4.64	132.1	135.6	2.65
27	Maharashtra	141.8	141.4	-0.28	130.1	134.8	3.61	134.0	137.0	2.24
28	Andhra Pradesh	142.3	140.5	-1.26	135.3	139.9	3.40	139.7	140.3	0.43
29	Karnataka	139.1	145.4	4.53	139.0	146.3	5.25	139.0	145.9	4.96
32	Kerala	142.4	150.7	5.83	138.8	145.7	4.97	141.1	148.9	5.53
33	Tamil Nadu	140.1	145.0	3.50	138.0	142.1	2.97	138.9	143.3	3.17
36	Telangana	141.6	138.2	-2.40	135.6	139.1	2.58	138.3	138.7	0.29
99	All India	138.5	141.0	1.81	134.0	138.6	3.43	136.4	139.9	2.57

Notes:

Provisional.

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Consumer Price Index for Rural, Urban and Combined for the Month of February 2019

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