Consumer price inflation up 10.4 per cent in January-July
19 Aug 2011
Consumer price inflation based on the combined all-India consumer price index (urban and rural) for July 2011 rose 10.4 per cent from its January 2011 base.
The consumer price inflation rate under the revised index stood at 8.8 per cent in June and 7.1 per cent in May this year.
Provisional figures released by the Central Statistical Office showed that the combined (rural plus urban) index stood at 110.4 in July, 108.8 in June and 107.1 in May against its January 2011 base of 100.
The CSO said it would release percentage annual changes in the all-India provisional indices beginning January 2012.
The CSO has introduced new series of consumer price indices (CPI) on base 2010=100 for all-India and states/UTs, separately for rural, urban and combined, with effect from January 2011.
The index for urban areas stood at 108.9 in July this year against 107.3 in June and 105.0 in May.
