1998

1999

Percentage Variation over

Item / Week ended

Weight

Jul. 4

May 8*

Jul. 3#

Week

Month

End

Year

March

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

ALL COMMODITIES

100.00

350.5

356.3

356.9

-0.1

-0.2

1.0

1.8

Primary Articles

32.30

376.3

381.3

381.5

-0.1

-0.8

1.8

1.4

(i) Fruits and Vegetables

4.09

513.4

429.7

407.4

-0.6

-5.8

-0.8

-20.6

Fuel, Power, Light and Lubricants

10.66

380.2

390.5

394.5

-

1.0

1.0

3.8

Manufactured Products

57.04

330.3

335.7

336.0

-

-

0.5

1.7

(i) Sugar, Khandsari and Gur

4.06

317.6

304.5

303.1

-0.1

-0.3

5.2

-4.6

(ii) Edible Oils

2.45

336.8

345.2

335.8

-0.2

-0.4

-5.1

-0.3

(iii) Cement, Lime & Plaster

0.92

300.4

292.6

303.2

-0.1

0.8

4.9

0.9

(iv) Iron & Steel

2.44

321.4

322.6

322.7

-

-

-

0.4

* : Latest available final figures.

Source : Office of the Economic Adviser, Ministry of Industry, Government of India.