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Press Information Bureau

Government of India

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Ministry of Commerce & Industry

Wholesale Price Indices for Primary Articles and Fuel. Power, Light & Lubricants in India (Base: 1993-94 = 100)Review for the week ended 29th May, 2010 (08 Jyaistha, 1932 Saka)

New Delhi: June 10, 2010

 

 

The WPI for the week ended 29^th May, 2010 in respect of 'Primary Articles' and 'Fuel. Power, Light & Lubricants' is given below:

 

PRIMARY ARTICLES (Weight 22.02%)

The index for this major group rose by 0.5 percent to 301.7 (Provisional) from 300.3 (Provisional) for the previous week.

 

The annual rate of inflation, calculated on point to point basis, stood at 17.21 percent (Provisional) for the week ended 29/05/2010 (over 30/05/2009) as compared to 16.89 percent (Provisional) for the previous week (ended 22/05/2010) and 5.58 percent during the corresponding week (ended 30/05/2009) of the previous year.

 

The groups and items for which the index showed variations during the week are as follows:-

 

The index for 'Food Articles' group rose by 0.4 percent to 296.4 (Provisional) from 295.1 (Provisional) for the previous week due to higher prices of beef & buffalo meat (8%), fish-marine (3%) and urad, fruits & vegetables, arhar and moong (1% each).  However, the prices of bajra (1%) declined.

 

The index for 'Non-Food Articles' group rose by 1.0 percent to 285.7 (Provisional) from 283.0 (Provisional) for the previous week due to higher prices of fodder and raw rubber (6% each), raw cotton (3%), castor seed   (2%) and raw silk, groundnut seed and cotton seed (1% each).  However, the prices of raw jute (4%), rape & mustard seed (2%) and skins (raw) (1%) declined.

 

The index for 'Minerals' group declined by 1.3 percent to 674.9 (Provisional) from 684.0 (Provisional) for the previous week due to lower prices of vermiculite (29%), feldspar (8%), iron ore (2%) and magnesite (1%). However, the prices of chromite (28%) and barytes (1%) moved up.

 

FUEL, POWER, LIGHT & LUBRICANTS (Weight 14.23%)

The index for this major group rose by 0.1 percent to 372.5 (Provisional) from 372.2 (Provisional) for the previous week due to higher prices of lubricants (8%).

 

The annual rate of inflation, calculated on point to point basis, stood at 14.23 percent (Provisional) for the week ended 29/05/2010 (over 30/05/2009) as compared to 14.14 percent (Provisional) for the previous week (ended 22/05/2010) and -6.08 percent during the corresponding  week (ended 30/05/2009)  of the previous year.

 

Build up inflation over the week, financial year end and over the year is given below for some important items.

 

Next date of press release: 17/06/2010 for the week ending 05/06/2010

Wholesale Price Index and Rates of Inflation

					Week Ending 29th May, 2010
Commodities/Major Groups/Groups/Sub-Groups	Weight	WPI May 29, 2010	Latest week over week		Build up from end March		Year on year		52 week Average
			2009-10	2010-11	2009-10	2010-11	2009-10	2010-11
Primary Articles	22.03	301.7	0.19	0.47	3.37	2.31	5.58	17.21	12.49
Food Articles	15.40	296.4	0.28	0.44	4.01	2.95	8.60	16.74	15.95
Cereals	4.41	264.6	0.12	-0.08	2.99	-2.40	14.41	5.13	12.59
Rice	2.45	251.1	0.04	-0.12	1.56	-0.32	17.32	7.12	13.06
Wheat	1.38	258.6	-0.36	-0.04	2.33	-6.68	7.02	3.40	10.56
Pulses	0.60	376.6	-0.04	0.75	5.08	4.50	17.77	31.86	30.92
Vegetables	1.46	271.0	0.89	-0.55	39.27	37.08	19.31	-0.11	14.26
Potatoes	0.26	200.2	-1.36	3.46	34.95	13.30	34.95	-30.87	46.10
Onions	0.09	194.5	-0.40	-1.22	-18.79	-12.51	43.87	-12.27	12.33
Fruits	1.46	320.6	-1.85	2.43	-6.96	-4.55	-1.82	18.70	9.38
Milk	4.37	285.6	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.49	5.79	21.12	13.63
Non-Food Articles	6.14	285.7	0.08	0.95	6.46	1.38	2.24	17.96	6.90
Fibres	1.52	245.9	0.29	2.25	5.48	2.84	-2.15	17.21	3.01
Oil Seeds	2.67	263.7	0.00	0.27	6.86	1.35	2.08	3.29	4.08
Minerals	0.48	674.9	0.00	-1.33	-16.83	-1.33	-13.37	20.15	-3.33
Fuel, Power, Light & Lubricants	14.23	372.5	0.00	0.08	1.59	2.96	-6.08	14.23	0.72
Liquefied Petroleum Gas	1.84	365.5	0.00	0.00	0.00	3.25	5.26	3.72	-4.75
Petrol	0.89	264.7	0.00	0.00	0.00	1.07	-10.96	18.06	-2.66
High Speed Diesel Oil	2.02	523.7	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.71	-2.92	15.81	0.78

 

INDEX NUMBERS OF WHOLESALE PRICES IN INDIA BY

GROUPS & SUB-GROUPS (BASE: 1993-94=100)

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MAJOR GROUP/GROUP  |             W E E K   E N D I N G            |% CHANGE

& SUB-GROUP    |----------------------------------------------|  DURING

|29.05.2010|22.05.10|01.05.10|03.04.10|30.05.09| THE WEEK

|         PROVISIONAL        |      FINAL      |

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1.              2.        3.       4.       5.       6.        7.

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I  PRIMARY             301.7    300.3    299.5     297.2    257.4    0.5

ARTICLES

(A)  Food Articles       296.4    295.1    294.0     291.8    253.9    0.4

a.  Food                278.1    277.9    280.5     280.9    255.8    0.1

Grains(Cereals)

a1. Cereals             264.6    264.8    267.9     270.0    251.7   -0.1

a2. Pulses              376.6    373.8    372.3     360.5    285.6    0.7

b.  Fruits &            295.8    292.7    291.1     287.1    270.7    1.1

Vegetables

b1. Vegetables          271.0    272.5    265.6     263.0    271.3   -0.6

b2. Fruits              320.6    313.0    316.6     311.3    270.1    2.4

c.  Milk                285.6    285.6    285.6     284.2    235.8    -

d.  Eggs,Meat &         346.6    342.4    333.2     331.2    253.0    1.2

Fish

e.  Condiments &        367.2    366.1    358.9     350.1    283.1    0.3

Spices

f.  Other Food          227.3    227.7    221.5     193.0    264.9   -0.2

Articles

(B)  Non-Food            285.7    283.0    283.1     281.1    242.2    1.0

Articles

a.  Fibres              245.9    240.5    240.0     238.3    209.8    2.2

b.  Oil Seeds           263.7    263.0    262.6     258.8    255.3    0.3

c.  Other Non-Food      346.8    343.7    344.8     345.0    249.5    0.9

Articles

(C)  Minerals            674.9    684.0    684.0     674.9    561.7   -1.3

a.  Metallic           1019.7   1034.5   1034.5    1019.7    838.4   -1.4

Minerals

b.  Other Minerals      130.4    130.5    130.5     130.4    124.8   -0.1

II  FUEL,POWER,         372.5    372.2    365.3     365.2    326.1    0.1

LIGHT & LUBRICANTS

A.  Coal Mining         285.7    285.7    285.7     285.7    251.8    -

B.  Minerals Oil        451.6    451.0    450.7     450.4    389.4    0.1

C.  Electricity         299.3    299.3    281.9     281.9    269.2    -

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rj/mrs/dk/kol/13:03 hrs.

 

Press Information Bureau

Government of India

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Ministry of Railways

Railway Revenue Earnings up by 7.32 Per Cent During April- May 2010

New Delhi: June 10, 2010

 

 

The total approximate earnings of Indian Railways on originating basis during 1st April - 31st May 2010 were Rs. 14714.04 crore compared to Rs. 13710.66 crore during the same period last year, registering an increase of 7.32 per cent.

The total goods earnings have gone up from Rs. 9333.48 crore during 1st April - 31st May 2009 to Rs. 10004.02 crore during 1st April - 31st May 2010, an increase of 7.18 per cent.

The total passenger revenue earnings during first two months of the financial year 2010-11 were Rs. 4119.37 crore compared to Rs. 3831.02 crore during the same period last year, registering an increase of 7.53 per cent.

The revenue earnings from other coaching amounted to Rs. 420.97 crore during April-May 2010 compared to Rs. 397.28 crore during the same period last year, an increase of 5.96 per cent.

The total approximate number of passengers booked during April-May 2010 were 1273.93 million compared to 1203.51 million during the same period last year, showing an increase of 5.85 per cent. In the suburban and non-suburban sectors, the number of passengers booked during April-May 2010 were 634.07 million and 639.86 million compared to 600.59 million and 602.92 million during the same period last year, showing an increase of 5.57 per cent and 6.13 per cent respectively.

aks/hk/lk/tr/dk/kol/13:04 hrs.

 

Press Information Bureau

Government of India

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Ministry of Urban Development

Automatic Computerised Allotment of Government

New Delhi: June 10, 2010

 

 

In order to ensure complete transparency in allotment of General Pool residential accommodation, faster rotation of housing stock and to provide more convenience to the applicants, an Automated System of Allotment (ASA) has been launched by the Directorate of Estates.

Allotments as per this system would be fully automated, online and based on the preferences for specific houses indicated by the applicants.

The Secretary, Urban Development Dr. M.Ramachandran made the first allotted of houses in Type VI (A) (C-II) through the Automated System here today in a function held at Nirman Bhawan. Launching the new system, Dr.Ramachandran said it is a milestone initiative to bring transparency and best practices in the official working.

The Directorate of Estates would introduce Automated System of Allotment for other type of houses in phases. Allotment of Type V (B)  (D-I) will be introduced by July and        Types V (A) (D-II) & IV (Spl.) houses by August this year.

            Schedule for implementation of ASA in respect of other types of houses will be finalized soon.

           

HOW AUTOMATED SYSTEM OF ALLOTMENT OPERATES

All applications for allotment of houses will be accepted "on-line" only.  For this purpose every applicant will have to create his/her account and fill up the required application form by following the instructions on the screen. 

After completing the process on-line, the applicant will have to take a printout of his/her application along with account details etc. and get it officially forwarded from his/her office to the Directorate of Estates for activation of his/her account. 

On receipt of the paper application duly forwarded by the controlling office of the applicant, his/her account will be activated by sending him/her a Registration Number (which will work as his/her ID) and a pass-word through SMS and/or e-mail.

Once the applicant has received his/her registration number and Login password through SMS/e-mail, then he/she will be able to operate his/her account and make required changes in his/her preferences/  choices etc. as and when required on-line.

All the existing applicants will also be sent their Login ID and password through SMS/e-mail to enable them to operate their accounts on-line.

Both existing applicants as well as new applicants will have to indicate their choices/preferences for houses as per the drop-down menu on the screen.       

All the houses falling vacant during the month i.e. till 30^th/31^st of the month would be        displayed category-wise and pool-wise on the website of the Directorate of Estates (www.estates.nic.in) for allotment in the subsequent months.  The list of vacant houses available for allotment as well as the Waiting List as on the last day of the month will    remain frozen during the period from 1^st to 9^th of the month.

Applicants have to make one of the following three options from 1^st to 9^th of the month:-

-          To choose particular house(s) in order of applicant's preference, out of the list of houses available for allotment as listed in the website. No need to restrict the preference to the localities/floors restricted earlier for allotment.

-          To give option for allotment of any house as per the localities/floors restricted earlier for allotment. The localities/floors can also be modified.

-          To exercise the option of "not interested in any house currently available for allotment". (This would also be the default choice in case applicant does not give any choice).

Choice of specific houses can be made or modified from 9.00 a.m. on the 1^st of the month to 5.00 p.m. on 9^th of the month. 

Allotment of houses as per choices/preferences of applicant will be  made on  10^th of each month only for those applicants whose accounts have been activated in the preceding or earlier months.

An applicant will be allotted a particular house chosen by him if nobody senior to him in the waiting list has opted for the same.

The concept of technical acceptance will be done away with.

Applicants will not be eligible for more than two allotments in each category of house.

After having opted for a particular house and having been allotted the same, the applicant will have to necessarily accept the allotment. In the event of non-acceptance, the applicant will be debarred for further allotment for a period of one year.

 

ncj/sr/dk/kol/13:04 hrs.

 

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