Items / Week Ended

Weight

2008

2009

Percentage Variation over

Nov. 1

Sep. 5*

Oct. 31#

Week

Month

End March

Year

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

ALL COMMODITIES @

100.00

239.0

240.8

242.2

..

-0.2

6.1

1.3

Primary Articles

22.02

251.2

274.7

274.2

0.4

0.5

10.1

9.2

(i)

Fruits and Vegetables

2.92

284.0

309.4

309.0

2.4

-1.1

27.4

8.8

Fuel, Power, Light and Lubricants

14.23

350.2

343.6

344.2

-0.2

-0.3

7.2

-1.7

Manufactured Products @

63.75

205.7

208.1

208.5

..

—

3.9

1.4

(i)

Sugar, Khandsari and Gur

3.93

168.9

227.0

243.2

..

1.8

28.3

44.0

(ii)

Edible Oils

2.76

187.8

176.1

174.7

..

-2.0

-2.2

-7.0

(iii)

Cement

1.73

225.2

229.6

225.8

..

-1.0

0.2

0.3

(iv)

Iron & Steel

3.64

355.1

293.9

289.9

..

-1.5

0.5

-18.4

*  : Latest available final figures.
@   : Data are released on a monthly frequency. Monthly data in respect of Nov 1, Sep 5 & Oct 31 are for the months of October 2008, August 2009 & October 2009, respectively.
Source : Office of the Economic Adviser, Ministry of Commerce & Industry, Government of India.