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All India Consumer Price Index (CPI) – April 2014 to March 2015

May 25, 2015

Consumer Price Index (CPI) measures changes over time in general level of prices of goods and services that households acquire for the purpose of consumption. For construction of CPI numbers, two requisite components are weighing diagrams (consumption patterns) and price data collected at regular intervals. The data refers to All India Consumer Price Index with base year 2010 =100.
All India Consumer Price Index (CPI) – General index has decreased from 139.1 in April 2014 to 120.2 in March 2015 showing a decrease of -18.9 points. All India Consumer Price Index (CPI) – Cereal and Products has decreased from 138.1 in April 2014 to 123.5 in March 2015 showing a decrease of -14.6 points. All India Consumer Price Index (CPI) -Vegetables has decreased from 146.6 in April 2014 to 129.2 in March 2015 showing a decrease of -17.4 points. All India Consumer Price Index (CPI) – Clothing – bedding and footwear has decreased from 150.2 in April 2014 to 118.6 in March 2015 showing a decrease of -31.6 points.
Consumer Price Index (CPI) for rural area-General index has decreased from 140.5 in April 2014 to 121.1 in March 2015 showing a decrease of -19.4 points. Consumer Price Index (CPI) for urban area-General index has decreased from 137.2 in April 2014 to 119.1 in March 2015 showing a decrease of -18.1 points.

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Source: Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation
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