21. Wholesale Price Index

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(Base: 2011-12 = 100)
Commodities	Weight	2018-19	2018	2019
	Weight	2018-19	Oct.	Aug.	Sep. (P)	Oct. (P)
	1	2	3	4	5	6
1 ALL COMMODITIES	100.000	119.8	122.0	121.5	121.3	122.2
1.1 PRIMARY ARTICLES	22.618	134.2	137.2	144.0	143.0	146.0
1.1.1 FOOD ARTICLES	15.256	143.7	145.9	156.1	155.3	160.2
1.1.1.1 Food Grains (Cereals+Pulses)	3.462	146.7	146.7	159.2	160.1	160.8
1.1.1.2 Fruits & Vegetables	3.475	147.3	157.8	180.1	175.3	194.1
1.1.1.3 Milk	4.440	143.1	144.1	145.9	145.4	146.0
1.1.1.4 Eggs,Meat & Fish	2.402	138.0	135.3	144.4	144.3	145.6
1.1.1.5 Condiments & Spices	0.529	129.6	131.7	141.6	146.9	148.8
1.1.1.6 Other Food Articles	0.948	144.4	143.1	142.8	143.0	143.2
1.1.2 NON-FOOD ARTICLES	4.119	123.1	123.4	129.8	126.7	126.3
1.1.2.1 Fibres	0.839	127.0	130.1	130.1	129.1	127.3
1.1.2.2 Oil Seeds	1.115	140.5	137.6	151.7	154.5	151.4
1.1.2.3 Other non-food Articles	1.960	107.3	108.1	105.8	104.2	103.1
1.1.2.4 Floriculture	0.204	164.1	166.7	239.2	181.7	207.4
1.1.3 MINERALS	0.833	136.5	140.4	158.4	163.6	158.4
1.1.3.1 Metallic Minerals	0.648	123.0	128.1	153.7	159.5	153.7
1.1.3.2 Other Minerals	0.185	183.5	183.6	175.0	177.8	175.0
1.1.4 CRUDE PETROLEUM & NATURAL GAS	2.410	92.4	104.1	86.4	86.4	85.8
1.2 FUEL & POWER	13.152	104.1	111.3	101.2	100.2	102.1
1.2.1 COAL	2.138	123.3	123.4	124.0	124.8	124.8
1.2.1.1 Coking Coal	0.647	132.9	133.3	133.9	136.5	136.5
1.2.1.2 Non-Coking Coal	1.401	119.0	119.0	119.0	119.0	119.0
1.2.1.3 Lignite	0.090	120.3	120.0	129.9	129.9	131.1
1.2.2 MINERAL OILS	7.950	96.7	107.6	91.4	90.5	93.0
1.2.3 ELECTRICITY	3.064	109.6	112.4	110.7	108.3	110.0
1.3 MANUFACTURED PRODUCTS	64.231	117.9	118.9	117.8	117.9	117.9
1.3.1 MANUFACTURE OF FOOD PRODUCTS	9.122	128.6	129.7	132.5	133.6	134.5
1.3.1.1 Processing and Preserving of meat	0.134	136.7	138.1	138.1	138.3	138.6
1.3.1.2 Processing and Preserving of fish, Crustaceans, Molluscs and products thereof	0.204	132.1	140.6	136.6	138.2	139.3
1.3.1.3 Processing and Preserving of fruit and Vegetables	0.138	114.3	114.1	114.5	114.2	113.9
1.3.1.4 Vegetable and Animal oils and Fats	2.643	117.6	118.8	113.9	114.9	116.4
1.3.1.5 Dairy products	1.165	136.2	136.0	143.1	144.7	146.2
1.3.1.6 Grain mill products	2.010	141.6	143.0	146.6	147.2	148.0
1.3.1.7 Starches and Starch products	0.110	116.6	113.3	136.9	136.9	137.0
1.3.1.8 Bakery products	0.215	129.3	129.8	132.3	132.4	133.2
1.3.1.9 Sugar, Molasses & honey	1.163	111.2	113.2	119.0	120.4	120.1
1.3.1.10 Cocoa, Chocolate and Sugar confectionery	0.175	126.7	129.2	127.2	126.8	128.6
1.3.1.11 Macaroni, Noodles, Couscous and Similar farinaceous products	0.026	134.5	133.5	131.7	137.9	138.1
1.3.1.12 Tea & Coffee products	0.371	137.7	138.5	143.8	143.7	140.9
1.3.1.13 Processed condiments & salt	0.163	122.2	120.5	129.8	131.8	133.9
1.3.1.14 Processed ready to eat food	0.024	127.0	126.6	128.5	128.4	126.8
1.3.1.15 Health supplements	0.225	143.6	139.6	159.6	165.6	167.5
1.3.1.16 Prepared animal feeds	0.356	157.5	159.4	177.2	179.3	180.1
1.3.2 MANUFACTURE OF BEVERAGES	0.909	120.7	121.4	123.7	124.1	123.4
1.3.2.1 Wines & spirits	0.408	113.8	114.8	117.8	118.2	118.2
1.3.2.2 Malt liquors and Malt	0.225	120.5	121.4	126.8	126.9	126.5
1.3.2.3 Soft drinks; Production of mineral waters and Other bottled waters	0.275	131.2	131.1	129.8	130.8	128.6
1.3.3 MANUFACTURE OF TOBACCO PRODUCTS	0.514	150.4	149.9	153.9	154.0	155.2
1.3.3.1 Tobacco products	0.514	150.4	149.9	153.9	154.0	155.2
1.3.4 MANUFACTURE OF TEXTILES	4.881	117.9	119.2	118.1	117.9	117.7
1.3.4.1 Preparation and Spinning of textile fibres	2.582	110.6	112.6	109.0	108.5	107.7
1.3.4.2 Weaving & Finishing of textiles	1.509	127.3	127.8	129.3	129.3	130.0
1.3.4.3 Knitted and Crocheted fabrics	0.193	112.9	113.6	115.4	115.3	114.7
1.3.4.4 Made-up textile articles, Except apparel	0.299	130.3	129.1	135.8	136.2	134.8
1.3.4.5 Cordage, Rope, Twine and Netting	0.098	138.7	140.7	140.8	140.8	143.0
1.3.4.6 Other textiles	0.201	118.3	120.4	116.4	117.7	118.1
1.3.5 MANUFACTURE OF WEARING APPAREL	0.814	138.8	138.4	137.6	138.9	138.4
1.3.5.1 Manufacture of Wearing Apparel (woven), Except fur Apparel	0.593	139.4	139.3	138.4	139.7	138.8
1.3.5.2 Knitted and Crocheted apparel	0.221	137.0	136.2	135.4	136.8	137.4

No. 21: Wholesale Price Index (Contd.)
(Base: 2011-12 = 100)
Commodities	Weight	2018-19	2018	2019
	Weight	2018-19	Oct.	Aug.	Sep. (P)	Oct. (P)
	1	2	3	4	5	6
1.3.6 MANUFACTURE OF LEATHER AND RELATED PRODUCTS	0.535	121.8	121.9	119.2	118.8	118.6
1.3.6.1 Tanning and Dressing of leather; Dressing and Dyeing of fur	0.142	111.0	110.7	108.6	106.3	104.8
1.3.6.2 Luggage, HandbAgs, Saddlery and Harness	0.075	134.7	137.4	136.6	135.7	136.2
1.3.6.3 Footwear	0.318	123.5	123.2	119.9	120.4	120.7
1.3.7 MANUFACTURE OF WOOD AND PRODUCTS OF WOOD AND CORK	0.772	133.5	132.5	134.3	134.0	134.4
1.3.7.1 Saw milling and Planing of wood	0.124	124.5	123.6	120.1	120.3	121.8
1.3.7.2 Veneer sheets; Manufacture of plywood, Laminboard, Particle board and Other panels and Boards	0.493	136.3	135.9	136.0	135.7	135.2
1.3.7.3 Builder's carpentry and Joinery	0.036	158.7	158.5	174.9	176.1	176.1
1.3.7.4 Wooden containers	0.119	124.1	119.8	129.7	128.7	131.5
1.3.8 MANUFACTURE OF PAPER AND PAPER PRODUCTS	1.113	123.3	124.7	121.4	120.9	120.3
1.3.8.1 Pulp, Paper and Paperboard	0.493	129.3	131.9	125.3	125.5	123.4
1.3.8.2 Corrugated paper and Paperboard and Containers of paper and Paperboard	0.314	116.5	116.0	115.5	113.6	114.9
1.3.8.3 Other articles of paper and Paperboard	0.306	120.6	121.8	121.2	120.9	121.0
1.3.9 PRINTING AND REPRODUCTION OF RECORDED MEDIA	0.676	146.6	146.7	149.2	149.4	153.2
1.3.9.1 Printing	0.676	146.6	146.7	149.2	149.4	153.2
1.3.10 MANUFACTURE OF CHEMICALS AND CHEMICAL PRODUCTS	6.465	119.1	120.5	118.2	117.9	117.4
1.3.10.1 Basic chemicals	1.433	125.0	127.6	121.2	120.9	119.4
1.3.10.2 Fertilizers and Nitrogen compounds	1.485	121.1	121.6	123.0	123.1	122.9
1.3.10.3 Plastic and Synthetic rubber in primary form	1.001	117.6	120.3	114.3	114.1	112.7
1.3.10.4 Pesticides and Other agrochemical products	0.454	120.2	119.9	122.9	121.9	123.0
1.3.10.5 Paints, Varnishes and Similar coatings, Printing ink and Mastics	0.491	112.7	112.4	115.5	114.4	114.5
1.3.10.6 Soap and Detergents, Cleaning and Polishing preparations, Perfumes and Toilet preparations	0.612	116.8	116.7	118.8	118.8	118.6
1.3.10.7 Other chemical products	0.692	116.6	118.7	114.0	113.4	113.7
1.3.10.8 Man-made fibres	0.296	104.0	107.0	98.9	98.4	97.5
1.3.11 MANUFACTURE OF PHARMACEUTICALS, MEDICINAL CHEMICAL AND BOTANICAL PRODUCTS	1.993	123.5	123.2	126.4	125.6	125.9
1.3.11.1 Pharmaceuticals, Medicinal chemical and Botanical products	1.993	123.5	123.2	126.4	125.6	125.9
1.3.12 MANUFACTURE OF RUBBER AND PLASTICS PRODUCTS	2.299	109.6	109.9	108.3	108.1	108.3
1.3.12.1 Rubber Tyres and Tubes; Retreading and Rebuilding of Rubber Tyres	0.609	98.9	99.0	99.7	99.3	98.8
1.3.12.2 Other Rubber Products	0.272	91.7	91.6	94.0	93.4	93.8
1.3.12.3 Plastics products	1.418	117.6	118.2	114.8	114.7	115.2
1.3.13 MANUFACTURE OF OTHER NON-METALLIC MINERAL PRODUCTS	3.202	115.9	115.5	116.7	116.8	115.8
1.3.13.1 Glass and Glass products	0.295	121.4	122.0	126.8	126.2	120.9
1.3.13.2 Refractory products	0.223	111.1	111.5	109.7	109.8	109.3
1.3.13.3 Clay Building Materials	0.121	98.0	95.8	101.3	102.3	103.4
1.3.13.4 Other Porcelain and Ceramic Products	0.222	112.7	112.2	114.5	114.5	112.7
1.3.13.5 Cement, Lime and Plaster	1.645	114.3	113.0	118.5	118.7	118.6
1.3.13.6 Articles of Concrete, Cement and Plaster	0.292	121.5	120.5	120.9	121.1	121.3
1.3.13.7 Cutting, Shaping and Finishing of Stone	0.234	118.8	118.7	122.7	121.8	120.4
1.3.13.8 Other Non-Metallic Mineral Products	0.169	130.4	139.5	90.4	89.8	84.9
1.3.14 MANUFACTURE OF BASIC METALS	9.646	112.2	114.8	104.6	104.8	103.6
1.3.14.1 Inputs into steel making	1.411	113.0	119.0	96.2	96.5	95.3
1.3.14.2 Metallic Iron	0.653	117.8	121.6	104.1	103.9	102.1
1.3.14.3 Mild Steel - Semi Finished Steel	1.274	99.5	101.2	93.6	93.3	92.9
1.3.14.4 Mild Steel -Long Products	1.081	110.2	111.5	104.2	103.6	102.7
1.3.14.5 Mild Steel - Flat products	1.144	119.6	123.0	107.9	106.5	103.3
1.3.14.6 Alloy steel other than Stainless Steel- Shapes	0.067	111.7	114.3	99.9	100.6	98.9
1.3.14.7 Stainless Steel - Semi Finished	0.924	112.7	114.1	98.3	101.1	98.7
1.3.14.8 Pipes & tubes	0.205	126.6	127.6	124.5	125.3	124.7
1.3.14.9 Non-ferrous metals incl. precious metals	1.693	112.2	112.9	106.9	107.1	106.5
1.3.14.10 Castings	0.925	109.8	110.7	115.1	115.1	115.7
1.3.14.11 Forgings of steel	0.271	126.8	136.7	145.1	149.8	147.8
1.3.15 MANUFACTURE OF FABRICATED METAL PRODUCTS, EXCEPT MACHINERY AND EQUIPMENT	3.155	115.1	116.0	114.7	115.1	115.0
1.3.15.1 Structural Metal Products	1.031	112.8	114.2	114.0	113.5	113.2
1.3.15.2 Tanks, Reservoirs and Containers of Metal	0.660	127.3	129.6	121.9	122.4	125.0
1.3.15.3 Steam generators, Except Central Heating Hot Water Boilers	0.145	105.9	103.8	100.9	106.0	106.3
1.3.15.4 Forging, Pressing, Stamping and Roll-Forming of Metal; Powder Metallurgy	0.383	96.3	93.8	101.6	102.0	99.6
1.3.15.5 Cutlery, Hand Tools and General Hardware	0.208	99.7	99.5	100.3	100.3	100.5
1.3.15.6 Other Fabricated Metal Products	0.728	123.1	125.1	123.2	123.7	122.5
1.3.16 MANUFACTURE OF COMPUTER, ELECTRONIC AND OPTICAL PRODUCTS	2.009	111.8	113.1	110.2	110.1	109.8
1.3.16.1 Electronic Components	0.402	100.9	101.3	98.0	97.3	97.5
1.3.16.2 Computers and Peripheral Equipment	0.336	132.5	135.1	135.1	135.1	135.1

No. 21: Wholesale Price Index (Concld.)
(Base: 2011-12 = 100)
Commodities	Weight	2018-19	2018	2019
	Weight	2018-19	Oct.	Aug.	Sep. (P)	Oct. (P)
	1	2	3	4	5	6
1.3.16.3 Communication Equipment	0.310	116.7	117.3	117.2	117.6	117.5
1.3.16.4 Consumer Electronics	0.641	103.8	105.5	99.0	98.9	97.2
1.3.16.5 Measuring, Testing, Navigating and Control equipment	0.181	109.1	111.2	110.5	110.5	112.9
1.3.16.6 Watches and Clocks	0.076	137.9	138.5	138.7	138.7	136.5
1.3.16.7 Irradiation, Electromedical and Electrotherapeutic equipment	0.055	103.2	101.9	100.3	100.3	102.5
1.3.16.8 Optical instruments and Photographic equipment	0.008	108.7	107.2	109.5	109.5	109.5
1.3.17 MANUFACTURE OF ELECTRICAL EQUIPMENT	2.930	111.7	111.7	110.9	110.5	111.2
1.3.17.1 Electric motors, Generators, Transformers and Electricity distribution and Control apparatus	1.298	107.7	106.7	108.0	107.6	108.5
1.3.17.2 Batteries and Accumulators	0.236	117.7	118.3	117.5	117.1	117.0
1.3.17.3 Fibre optic cables for data transmission or live transmission of images	0.133	126.1	128.5	106.6	106.3	108.4
1.3.17.4 Other electronic and Electric wires and Cables	0.428	111.2	112.3	109.9	109.1	109.7
1.3.17.5 Wiring devices, Electric lighting & display equipment	0.263	108.6	109.8	112.1	111.7	112.5
1.3.17.6 Domestic appliances	0.366	121.6	121.0	120.5	119.5	120.6
1.3.17.7 Other electrical equipment	0.206	108.6	108.9	107.7	108.7	107.7
1.3.18 MANUFACTURE OF MACHINERY AND EQUIPMENT	4.789	111.3	111.5	113.6	113.9	112.8
1.3.18.1 Engines and Turbines, Except aircraft, Vehicle and Two wheeler engines	0.638	103.0	102.5	105.0	105.0	104.5
1.3.18.2 Fluid power equipment	0.162	118.2	118.8	120.3	120.4	120.1
1.3.18.3 Other pumps, Compressors, Taps and Valves	0.552	108.9	109.0	111.5	111.8	111.0
1.3.18.4 Bearings, Gears, Gearing and Driving elements	0.340	111.2	110.2	110.8	111.7	111.6
1.3.18.5 Ovens, Furnaces and Furnace burners	0.008	78.2	77.4	79.8	80.0	80.1
1.3.18.6 Lifting and Handling equipment	0.285	110.4	110.0	112.4	112.6	111.7
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	129.6	130.2	135.2	135.2	128.4
1.3.18.9 Agricultural and Forestry machinery	0.833	116.9	117.6	120.6	121.0	120.9
1.3.18.10 Metal-forming machinery and Machine tools	0.224	101.8	102.5	108.0	108.8	107.9
1.3.18.11 Machinery for mining, Quarrying and Construction	0.371	75.7	76.5	74.5	76.1	75.7
1.3.18.12 Machinery for food, Beverage and Tobacco processing	0.228	124.7	128.0	123.7	121.5	120.4
1.3.18.13 Machinery for textile, Apparel and Leather production	0.192	119.9	118.9	118.7	118.6	117.6
1.3.18.14 Other special-purpose machinery	0.468	123.8	123.2	127.6	127.8	127.1
1.3.18.15 Renewable electricity generating equipment	0.046	67.3	67.0	66.6	66.6	66.6
1.3.19 MANUFACTURE OF MOTOR VEHICLES, TRAILERS AND SEMI-TRAILERS	4.969	112.8	113.4	113.0	112.9	114.6
1.3.19.1 Motor vehicles	2.600	113.3	114.0	114.5	114.4	115.2
1.3.19.2 Parts and Accessories for motor vehicles	2.368	112.2	112.8	111.3	111.2	114.0
1.3.20 MANUFACTURE OF OTHER TRANSPORT EQUIPMENT	1.648	111.7	111.8	117.7	118.0	118.0
1.3.20.1 Building of ships and Floating structures	0.117	158.8	158.8	158.8	158.8	158.8
1.3.20.2 Railway locomotives and Rolling stock	0.110	104.7	103.6	106.6	106.6	106.6
1.3.20.3 Motor cycles	1.302	106.6	106.8	113.9	114.3	114.4
1.3.20.4 Bicycles and Invalid carriages	0.117	127.8	128.7	128.2	128.2	128.0
1.3.20.5 Other transport equipment	0.002	123.5	124.8	124.7	125.7	125.9
1.3.21 MANUFACTURE OF FURNITURE	0.727	127.3	127.7	131.9	132.2	130.8
1.3.21.1 Furniture	0.727	127.3	127.7	131.9	132.2	130.8
1.3.22 OTHER MANUFACTURING	1.064	107.0	107.6	114.3	113.8	116.7
1.3.22.1 Jewellery and Related articles	0.996	103.9	104.5	111.6	111.0	114.1
1.3.22.2 Musical instruments	0.001	174.1	167.5	173.4	176.0	166.4
1.3.22.3 Sports goods	0.012	127.4	128.8	129.1	129.1	129.2
1.3.22.4 Games and Toys	0.005	132.2	131.1	137.1	136.5	135.9
1.3.22.5 Medical and Dental instruments and Supplies	0.049	159.2	160.6	162.1	162.1	162.5
2 FOOD INDEX	24.378	138.1	139.9	147.3	147.2	150.6
Source: Office of the Economic Adviser, Ministry of Commerce and Industry, Government of India.