Index Numbers of Wholesale Prices in India

Press Note-: Index Numbers of Wholesale Prices in India (Base: 1993-94=100) Review for the month of October, 2009

The official Wholesale Price Index for 'All Commodities' (Base: 1993-94 = 100) for the month October 2009 declined by 0.2 percent to 242.2 (Provisional) from 242.7 (Provisional) for the previous month.

INFLATION

The annual rate of inflation, based on monthly WPI, stood at 1.34 percent (Provisional) for the month of October, 2009 (over October 2008) as compared to 0.50 percent (Provisional) for the previous month and 11.06 percent during the corresponding month of the previous year. Build up inflation in the financial year so far was 6.13% compared to a build up of 5.99% in the corresponding period of the previous year.