ALL INDIA CONSUMER PRICE INDEX NUMBERS
FOR AGRICULTURAL AND RURAL LABOURERS FOR MARCH,2003 INCREASES
BY TWO POINTS
All India Consumer
Price Index Numbers for Agricultural Labourers and Rural Labourers
on base 1986-87=100 for April, 2003 when compared to March, 2003
increased by 2 points each to stand at 3.26 (Three hundred and
twenty six) for agricultural labourers and 328 (Three hundrend
and twenty eight) for Rural Labourers.
Rise/fall indices
varied from state to state. In case of Agricultural labourers,
16 states reflected increase ranging between 1 to 5 points, indices
of 2 states showed decrease between 1 to 7 points and indices
of 2 states remained constant. Tamil Nadu with index at 358 points
topped the index table whereas Orissa was at the bottom with index
at 297 points.
In case of Rural
Labourers, 17 states reflected increase in indices between 1 to
6 points, 2 states showed decrease between 1 to 9 points and index
of 1 state remained constant. Tamil Nadu was at the top of index
table with index at 355 points whereas Orissa was at the bottom
with index at 297 points.
Assam and Himachal
Pradesh experienced sharpest increase of 5 points each for Agricultural
labourers whereas for rural labourers Himachal Pradesh experienced
sharpest increase of 6 points. On the other hand, Tripura recorded
maximum decrease of 7 and 9 points for agricultural labourers
and rural labourers respectively.
Point to point
rate of inflation based on CPI-AL and CPI-RL increased from 4.85%
and 4.82% respectively in March, 2003 to 5.50% and 5.13% in April,
2003. Respective rates of inflation during April, 2002 were 2.66
% and 2.97%.
All-India Consumer
Price Index (General & Group-wise)
|
Group
|
Agricultural Labourers Rural
Labourers
|
| |
March
2003
|
April
2003
|
March
2003
|
April
2003
|
|
General Index
|
324
|
326
|
326
|
328
|
|
Food
|
318
|
319
|
318
|
320
|
|
Pan, Supari etc
|
381
|
382
|
382
|
383
|
| |
|
|
|
|
|
Fuel & Light
|
328
|
327
|
329
|
328
|
| |
|
|
|
|
|
Clothing, Bedding And Footwear
|
339
|
340
|
349
|
350
|
|
Miscellaneous
|
334
|
335
|
334
|
335
|