Items / Week Ended

Weight

2008

2009

Percentage Variation over

Aug. 23

Jun 27*

Aug. 22#

Week

Month

End March

Year

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

ALL COMMODITIES

100.00

241.2

235.8

240.7

0.8

1.6

5.3

-0.2

Primary Articles

22.02

249.2

263.6

270.4

0.7

3.1

8.6

8.5

(i)

Fruits and Vegetables

2.92

257.0

287.3

318.9

3.5

8.5

31.5

24.1

Fuel, Power, Light and Lubricants

14.23

376.3

327.9

343.3

1.5

1.5

6.9

-8.8

Manufactured Products

63.75

208.3

205.7

207.5

0.5

0.9

3.3

-0.4

(i)

Sugar, Khandsari and Gur

3.93

169.7

213.8

232.4

5.9

9.1

23.2

36.9

(ii)

Edible Oils

2.76

195.2

175.8

178.5

0.8

1.4

-1.5

-8.6

(iii)

Cement

1.73

224.2

231.3

229.4

-0.6

-0.6

1.5

2.3

(iv)

Iron & Steel

3.64

363.1

286.1

286.5

0.2

—

-0.5

-21.1

*     : Latest available final figures.           
Source : Office of the Economic Adviser, Ministry of Commerce & Industry, Government of India.