21. Wholesale Price Index

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(Base: 2011-12 = 100)
Commodities	Weight	2017-18	2017	2018
	Weight	2017-18	Dec.	Oct.	Nov. (P)	Dec. (P)
	1	2	3	4	5	6
1 ALL COMMODITIES	100.000	114.9	115.7	122.0	121.8	120.1
1.1 PRIMARY ARTICLES	22.618	130.6	131.7	137.2	137.2	134.7
1.1.1 FOOD ARTICLES	15.256	143.2	144.1	145.9	146.1	144.0
1.1.1.1 Food Grains (Cereals+Pulses)	3.462	142.6	140.6	146.7	148.6	149.9
1.1.1.2 Fruits & Vegetables	3.475	155.9	162.1	157.8	155.2	142.9
1.1.1.3 Milk	4.440	139.7	140.2	144.1	144.1	143.6
1.1.1.4 Eggs,Meat & Fish	2.402	135.7	134.2	135.3	137.4	140.3
1.1.1.5 Condiments & Spices	0.529	125.2	128.2	131.7	131.6	129.1
1.1.1.6 Other Food Articles	0.948	144.0	142.6	143.1	143.8	145.5
1.1.2 NON-FOOD ARTICLES	4.119	119.6	119.2	123.4	124.6	124.5
1.1.2.1 Fibres	0.839	119.0	119.4	130.1	130.9	128.6
1.1.2.2 Oil Seeds	1.115	129.9	129.3	137.6	140.7	140.9
1.1.2.3 Other non-food Articles	1.960	110.9	106.6	108.1	108.1	107.8
1.1.2.4 Floriculture	0.204	148.7	184.0	166.7	169.3	177.7
1.1.3 MINERALS	0.833	122.5	122.2	140.4	130.4	140.4
1.1.3.1 Metallic Minerals	0.648	109.1	109.3	128.1	116.1	128.1
1.1.3.2 Other Minerals	0.185	169.3	167.7	183.6	180.5	183.6
1.1.4 CRUDE PETROLEUM & NATURAL GAS	2.410	73.0	78.5	104.1	104.1	91.7
1.2 FUEL & POWER	13.152	93.3	95.5	111.3	110.0	103.5
1.2.1 COAL	2.138	118.7	117.0	123.4	123.4	123.4
1.2.1.1 Coking Coal	0.647	134.1	131.7	133.3	133.3	133.3
1.2.1.2 Non-Coking Coal	1.401	112.5	110.4	119.0	119.0	119.0
1.2.1.3 Lignite	0.090	104.2	113.5	120.0	120.0	120.0
1.2.2 MINERAL OILS	7.950	82.5	87.0	107.6	105.5	94.7
1.2.3 ELECTRICITY	3.064	103.7	102.4	112.4	112.4	112.4
1.3 MANUFACTURED PRODUCTS	64.231	113.8	114.2	118.9	118.8	118.3
1.3.1 MANUFACTURE OF FOOD PRODUCTS	9.122	127.4	127.4	129.7	129.0	127.7
1.3.1.1 Processing and Preserving of meat	0.134	134.4	133.7	138.1	138.1	136.5
1.3.1.2 Processing and Preserving of fish, Crustaceans, Molluscs and products thereof	0.204	128.1	133.1	140.6	135.2	134.8
1.3.1.3 Processing and Preserving of fruit and Vegetables	0.138	119.1	119.7	114.1	114.0	113.7
1.3.1.4 Vegetable and Animal oils and Fats	2.643	109.4	111.5	118.8	116.7	114.1
1.3.1.5 Dairy products	1.165	142.1	141.7	136.0	135.7	133.4
1.3.1.6 Grain mill products	2.010	137.4	137.3	143.0	142.9	143.3
1.3.1.7 Starches and Starch products	0.110	112.6	112.0	113.3	115.3	119.4
1.3.1.8 Bakery products	0.215	128.8	128.1	129.8	129.5	128.9
1.3.1.9 Sugar, Molasses & honey	1.163	128.0	124.1	113.2	112.8	110.3
1.3.1.10 Cocoa, Chocolate and Sugar confectionery	0.175	126.1	126.9	129.2	126.9	126.6
1.3.1.11 Macaroni, Noodles, Couscous and Similar farinaceous products	0.026	131.4	132.2	133.5	136.3	137.0
1.3.1.12 Tea & Coffee products	0.371	129.1	128.7	138.5	138.3	137.3
1.3.1.13 Processed condiments & salt	0.163	118.2	121.3	120.5	122.6	122.9
1.3.1.14 Processed ready to eat food	0.024	127.2	127.6	126.6	128.8	125.3
1.3.1.15 Health supplements	0.225	141.1	139.1	139.6	142.3	145.9
1.3.1.16 Prepared animal feeds	0.356	153.0	149.8	159.4	160.9	159.0
1.3.2 MANUFACTURE OF BEVERAGES	0.909	118.9	119.9	121.4	121.7	122.0
1.3.2.1 Wines & spirits	0.408	113.8	113.4	114.8	115.0	115.2
1.3.2.2 Malt liquors and Malt	0.225	117.9	118.2	121.4	121.7	121.2
1.3.2.3 Soft drinks; Production of mineral waters and Other bottled waters	0.275	127.4	130.7	131.1	131.7	132.9
1.3.3 MANUFACTURE OF TOBACCO PRODUCTS	0.514	148.4	151.8	149.9	149.7	149.5
1.3.3.1 Tobacco products	0.514	148.4	151.8	149.9	149.7	149.5
1.3.4 MANUFACTURE OF TEXTILES	4.881	113.4	113.2	119.2	119.1	119.2
1.3.4.1 Preparation and Spinning of textile fibres	2.582	106.2	105.5	112.6	112.1	111.3
1.3.4.2 Weaving & Finishing of textiles	1.509	122.0	122.4	127.8	128.4	128.8
1.3.4.3 Knitted and Crocheted fabrics	0.193	108.6	108.1	113.6	113.8	113.8
1.3.4.4 Made-up textile articles, Except apparel	0.299	124.6	124.7	129.1	129.1	134.6
1.3.4.5 Cordage, Rope, Twine and Netting	0.098	141.7	138.5	140.7	142.7	141.3
1.3.4.6 Other textiles	0.201	117.5	117.9	120.4	118.6	120.4
1.3.5 MANUFACTURE OF WEARING APPAREL	0.814	136.9	138.8	138.4	138.1	138.4
1.3.5.1 Manufacture of Wearing Apparel (woven), Except fur Apparel	0.593	137.8	138.7	139.3	138.7	139.0
1.3.5.2 Knitted and Crocheted apparel	0.221	134.5	139.1	136.2	136.7	136.9

No. 21: Wholesale Price Index (Contd.)
(Base: 2011-12 = 100)
Commodities	Weight	2017-18	2017	2018
	Weight	2017-18	Dec.	Oct.	Nov. (P)	Dec. (P)
	1	2	3	4	5	6
1.3.6 MANUFACTURE OF LEATHER AND RELATED PRODUCTS	0.535	120.1	121.2	121.9	121.5	121.1
1.3.6.1 Tanning and Dressing of leather; Dressing and Dyeing of fur	0.142	110.9	111.6	110.7	110.1	108.5
1.3.6.2 Luggage, HandbAgs, Saddlery and Harness	0.075	131.2	132.7	137.4	135.5	134.5
1.3.6.3 Footwear	0.318	121.6	122.8	123.2	123.3	123.6
1.3.7 MANUFACTURE OF WOOD AND PRODUCTS OF WOOD AND CORK	0.772	131.5	131.4	132.5	133.5	133.9
1.3.7.1 Saw milling and Planing of wood	0.124	120.5	121.2	123.6	125.5	127.6
1.3.7.2 Veneer sheets; Manufacture of plywood, Laminboard, Particle board and Other panels and Boards	0.493	131.5	133.0	135.9	136.9	136.5
1.3.7.3 Builder's carpentry and Joinery	0.036	159.8	155.7	158.5	156.9	157.0
1.3.7.4 Wooden containers	0.119	134.5	128.3	119.8	120.4	122.7
1.3.8 MANUFACTURE OF PAPER AND PAPER PRODUCTS	1.113	118.9	118.6	124.7	125.3	125.2
1.3.8.1 Pulp, Paper and Paperboard	0.493	122.3	122.9	131.9	132.8	132.2
1.3.8.2 Corrugated paper and Paperboard and Containers of paper and Paperboard	0.314	116.1	113.2	116.0	117.0	118.4
1.3.8.3 Other articles of paper and Paperboard	0.306	116.2	117.1	121.8	121.6	120.8
1.3.9 PRINTING AND REPRODUCTION OF RECORDED MEDIA	0.676	143.7	143.5	146.7	146.5	147.5
1.3.9.1 Printing	0.676	143.7	143.5	146.7	146.5	147.5
1.3.10 MANUFACTURE OF CHEMICALS AND CHEMICAL PRODUCTS	6.465	112.5	113.2	120.5	120.8	120.0
1.3.10.1 Basic chemicals	1.433	111.2	114.3	127.6	128.2	126.5
1.3.10.2 Fertilizers and Nitrogen compounds	1.485	117.1	116.8	121.6	122.8	123.4
1.3.10.3 Plastic and Synthetic rubber in primary form	1.001	113.0	113.0	120.3	119.2	117.2
1.3.10.4 Pesticides and Other agrochemical products	0.454	115.3	114.8	119.9	121.0	119.4
1.3.10.5 Paints, Varnishes and Similar coatings, Printing ink and Mastics	0.491	108.6	107.5	112.4	113.1	112.4
1.3.10.6 Soap and Detergents, Cleaning and Polishing preparations, Perfumes and Toilet preparations	0.612	115.2	115.4	116.7	117.7	117.5
1.3.10.7 Other chemical products	0.692	110.1	110.0	118.7	117.9	117.3
1.3.10.8 Man-made ﬁbres	0.296	97.5	99.7	107.0	107.0	105.9
1.3.11 MANUFACTURE OF PHARMACEUTICALS, MEDICINAL CHEMICAL AND BOTANICAL PRODUCTS	1.993	121.2	123.2	123.2	124.3	124.1
1.3.11.1 Pharmaceuticals, Medicinal chemical and Botanical products	1.993	121.2	123.2	123.2	124.3	124.1
1.3.12 MANUFACTURE OF RUBBER AND PLASTICS PRODUCTS	2.299	107.6	106.9	109.9	110.4	110.2
1.3.12.1 Rubber Tyres and Tubes; Retreading and Rebuilding of Rubber Tyres	0.609	100.3	98.3	99.0	99.3	99.6
1.3.12.2 Other Rubber Products	0.272	91.0	90.2	91.6	91.9	92.0
1.3.12.3 Plastics products	1.418	113.9	113.8	118.2	118.6	118.3
1.3.13 MANUFACTURE OF OTHER NON-METALLIC MINERAL PRODUCTS	3.202	112.7	113.3	115.5	115.6	115.2
1.3.13.1 Glass and Glass products	0.295	117.2	116.3	122.0	121.5	121.3
1.3.13.2 Refractory products	0.223	113.2	108.2	111.5	112.4	110.7
1.3.13.3 Clay Building Materials	0.121	94.0	94.3	95.8	96.5	97.2
1.3.13.4 Other Porcelain and Ceramic Products	0.222	112.5	112.3	112.2	112.3	112.3
1.3.13.5 Cement, Lime and Plaster	1.645	113.8	113.6	113.0	112.9	112.8
1.3.13.6 Articles of Concrete, Cement and Plaster	0.292	118.9	119.1	120.5	121.4	120.6
1.3.13.7 Cutting, Shaping and Finishing of Stone	0.234	117.2	117.9	118.7	119.5	118.8
1.3.13.8 Other Non-Metallic Mineral Products	0.169	89.9	109.9	139.5	139.5	136.5
1.3.14 MANUFACTURE OF BASIC METALS	9.646	101.4	102.9	114.8	113.9	112.5
1.3.14.1 Inputs into steel making	1.411	98.2	97.7	119.0	117.1	114.5
1.3.14.2 Metallic Iron	0.653	99.4	100.8	121.6	119.5	117.5
1.3.14.3 Mild Steel - Semi Finished Steel	1.274	93.2	94.5	101.2	100.2	98.8
1.3.14.4 Mild Steel -Long Products	1.081	95.6	98.5	111.5	112.1	110.4
1.3.14.5 Mild Steel - Flat products	1.144	104.9	106.2	123.0	122.4	119.6
1.3.14.6 Alloy steel other than Stainless Steel- Shapes	0.067	97.3	97.9	114.3	113.8	110.3
1.3.14.7 Stainless Steel - Semi Finished	0.924	98.2	100.8	114.1	113.2	112.8
1.3.14.8 Pipes & tubes	0.205	116.1	118.8	127.6	127.0	126.2
1.3.14.9 Non-ferrous metals incl. precious metals	1.693	107.9	109.3	112.9	112.8	111.6
1.3.14.10 Castings	0.925	104.8	106.8	110.7	109.1	109.9
1.3.14.11 Forgings of steel	0.271	118.4	119.6	136.7	134.5	136.2
1.3.15 MANUFACTURE OF FABRICATED METAL PRODUCTS, EXCEPT MACHINERY AND EQUIPMENT	3.155	109.5	110.9	116.0	116.2	116.1
1.3.15.1 Structural Metal Products	1.031	105.9	106.2	114.2	113.5	113.6
1.3.15.2 Tanks, Reservoirs and Containers of Metal	0.660	122.6	126.0	129.6	129.7	127.3
1.3.15.3 Steam generators, Except Central Heating Hot Water Boilers	0.145	109.0	109.4	103.8	108.6	103.8
1.3.15.4 Forging, Pressing, Stamping and Roll-Forming of Metal; Powder Metallurgy	0.383	90.7	93.0	93.8	96.7	100.2
1.3.15.5 Cutlery, Hand Tools and General Hardware	0.208	102.3	99.4	99.5	99.8	100.1
1.3.15.6 Other Fabricated Metal Products	0.728	114.8	116.9	125.1	124.2	125.0
1.3.16 MANUFACTURE OF COMPUTER, ELECTRONIC AND OPTICAL PRODUCTS	2.009	110.1	110.5	113.1	113.0	112.3
1.3.16.1 Electronic Components	0.402	103.7	101.7	101.3	102.4	101.7
1.3.16.2 Computers and Peripheral Equipment	0.336	127.4	127.4	135.1	135.1	135.1

No. 21: Wholesale Price Index (Concld.)
(Base: 2011-12 = 100)
Commodities	Weight	2017-18	2017	2018
	Weight	2017-18	Dec.	Oct.	Nov. (P)	Dec. (P)
	1	2	3	4	5	6
1.3.16.3 Communication Equipment	0.310	110.6	116.0	117.3	116.5	116.8
1.3.16.4 Consumer Electronics	0.641	103.1	102.9	105.5	104.9	102.8
1.3.16.5 Measuring, Testing, Navigating and Control equipment	0.181	106.9	108.4	111.2	111.2	110.6
1.3.16.6 Watches and Clocks	0.076	137.8	136.1	138.5	138.6	138.6
1.3.16.7 Irradiation, Electromedical and Electrotherapeutic equipment	0.055	102.9	100.5	101.9	99.8	105.4
1.3.16.8 Optical instruments and Photographic equipment	0.008	108.0	113.1	107.2	107.2	105.3
1.3.17 MANUFACTURE OF ELECTRICAL EQUIPMENT	2.930	109.6	109.7	111.7	112.1	112.0
1.3.17.1 Electric motors, Generators, Transformers and Electricity distribution and Control apparatus	1.298	105.8	105.3	106.7	108.7	108.5
1.3.17.2 Batteries and Accumulators	0.236	117.4	116.5	118.3	118.3	118.0
1.3.17.3 Fibre optic cables for data transmission or live transmission of images	0.133	116.5	112.8	128.5	126.3	128.4
1.3.17.4 Other electronic and Electric wires and Cables	0.428	105.7	107.5	112.3	111.9	111.7
1.3.17.5 Wiring devices, Electric lighting & display equipment	0.263	109.9	111.3	109.8	105.9	106.0
1.3.17.6 Domestic appliances	0.366	121.3	121.5	121.0	121.9	120.8
1.3.17.7 Other electrical equipment	0.206	107.2	108.6	108.9	108.4	108.9
1.3.18 MANUFACTURE OF MACHINERY AND EQUIPMENT	4.789	108.9	108.9	111.5	111.7	111.7
1.3.18.1 Engines and Turbines, Except aircraft, Vehicle and Two wheeler engines	0.638	102.3	101.8	102.5	103.3	102.9
1.3.18.2 Fluid power equipment	0.162	115.3	115.3	118.8	118.8	118.5
1.3.18.3 Other pumps, Compressors, Taps and Valves	0.552	108.6	109.0	109.0	109.1	109.3
1.3.18.4 Bearings, Gears, Gearing and Driving elements	0.340	109.0	113.6	110.2	111.3	110.1
1.3.18.5 Ovens, Furnaces and Furnace burners	0.008	78.5	79.3	77.4	77.4	77.4
1.3.18.6 Lifting and Handling equipment	0.285	105.8	107.0	110.0	110.3	111.2
1.3.18.7 Office machinery and Equipment	0.006	130.2	130.2	130.2	130.2	130.2
1.3.18.8 Other general-purpose machinery	0.437	127.3	127.0	130.2	129.9	129.8
1.3.18.9 Agricultural and Forestry machinery	0.833	112.8	112.8	117.6	117.8	117.9
1.3.18.10 Metal-forming machinery and Machine tools	0.224	99.6	97.3	102.5	102.6	103.3
1.3.18.11 Machinery for mining, Quarrying and Construction	0.371	75.0	74.0	76.5	76.5	76.4
1.3.18.12 Machinery for food, Beverage and Tobacco processing	0.228	121.1	121.9	128.0	128.0	127.7
1.3.18.13 Machinery for textile, Apparel and Leather production	0.192	117.4	112.5	118.9	119.3	118.3
1.3.18.14 Other special-purpose machinery	0.468	119.5	119.7	123.2	122.8	124.3
1.3.18.15 Renewable electricity generating equipment	0.046	70.4	70.3	67.0	67.0	67.0
1.3.19 MANUFACTURE OF MOTOR VEHICLES, TRAILERS AND SEMI-TRAILERS	4.969	110.7	110.2	113.4	113.7	112.8
1.3.19.1 Motor vehicles	2.600	112.6	112.0	114.0	114.3	113.9
1.3.19.2 Parts and Accessories for motor vehicles	2.368	108.6	108.3	112.8	113.1	111.5
1.3.20 MANUFACTURE OF OTHER TRANSPORT EQUIPMENT	1.648	110.2	111.5	111.8	112.1	112.4
1.3.20.1 Building of ships and Floating structures	0.117	158.8	158.7	158.8	158.8	158.8
1.3.20.2 Railway locomotives and Rolling stock	0.110	104.0	105.2	103.6	103.4	103.4
1.3.20.3 Motor cycles	1.302	105.3	107.0	106.8	107.0	107.4
1.3.20.4 Bicycles and Invalid carriages	0.117	121.3	120.1	128.7	129.0	129.2
1.3.20.5 Other transport equipment	0.002	119.9	119.7	124.8	124.8	124.9
1.3.21 MANUFACTURE OF FURNITURE	0.727	120.3	120.6	127.7	128.4	127.5
1.3.21.1 Furniture	0.727	120.3	120.6	127.7	128.4	127.5
1.3.22 OTHER MANUFACTURING	1.064	109.2	106.1	107.6	107.1	114.6
1.3.22.1 Jewellery and Related articles	0.996	106.7	103.1	104.5	104.0	111.9
1.3.22.2 Musical instruments	0.001	171.0	181.3	167.5	177.1	172.0
1.3.22.3 Sports goods	0.012	126.0	125.2	128.8	128.6	131.6
1.3.22.4 Games and Toys	0.005	128.2	128.9	131.1	132.4	132.1
1.3.22.5 Medical and Dental instruments and Supplies	0.049	151.9	157.6	160.6	160.7	160.3
2 FOOD INDEX	24.378	137.3	137.8	139.9	139.7	137.9
Source: Office of the Economic Adviser, Ministry of Commerce and Industry, Government of India.