1998

1999

Percentage Variation over

Item / Week ended

Weight

Jan. 24

Nov. 28 *

Jan. 23#

Week

Month

End
March

Year

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

ALL COMMODITIES

100.00

338.0

358.1

353.9

0.3

-0.3

5.0

4.7

Primary Articles

32.30

353.7

394.8

383.0

0.4

-0.5

10.1

8.3

(i) Fruits and Vegetables

4.09

366.5

511.6

425.6

0.5

-6.7

16.8

16.1

Fuel, Power, Light and Lubricants

10.66

377.4

382.1

374.1

—

-2.1

-2.6

-0.9

Manufactured Products

57.04

321.8

332.8

333.6

0.2

0.3

3.5

3.7

(i) Sugar, Khandsari and Gur

4.06

305.5

296.6

293.8

-0.1

0.2

-2.8

-3.8

(ii) Edible Oils

2.45

303.6

356.6

356.0

-0.1

0.1

15.8

17.3

(iii) Cement, Lime & Plaster

0.92

279.4

294.6

294.1

-0.9

-2.2

7.5

5.3

(iv) Iron & Steel

2.44

319.7

318.5

318.5

—

—

-0.5

-0.4

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