Compared to the corresponding week last year, the SPI for the combined consumption group saw an increase of 32.89 percent in the week under review.
Weekly SPI with base year 2015-16 =100 covers 17 urban centers and 51 major items across all expenditure groups.
SPI for the lowest consumption group up to Rs. 17,732, up 0.91 percent to 320.06 points from last week’s 317.18 points.
SPI for consumption groups from Rs. 17,732-22,888, Rs. 22,889-29,517; Rs 29,518-44,175 and above Rs. 44,175, which increased by 0.86 percent, 1.25 percent, 1.41 percent, and 1.55 percent respectively.
During the week, out of 51 items, the prices of 18 (35.29%) items increased, 10 (19.61%) items decreased and 23 (45.10%) items remained stable.
Among the items that saw a week-on-week decrease in average prices were cooking oil 5 liters (1.08%), vegetable ghee 2.5 kg (1.07%), wheat flour (0.95%), sugar (0, 64%). , gur (0.57%), broken basmati rice (0.50%), pulse masoor (0.17%) and pulse mash (0.15%).
Items that saw price increases included tomatoes (21.96%), bananas (21.76%), eggs (7.15%), onions (5.57%), LPG (4.45%), garlic (3.62%), mutton (1.74%) ), beef (1.53%), chicken (1.40%), georgette (1.04%), shirt (1.01%) and long canvas (0.94%).
Among commodities, cooking oil 5 liters (21.33%), vegetable ghee 1 kg (19.12%), vegetable ghee 2.5 kg (17.89%), mustard oil (15.26%), bananas ( 3.94%), diesel (1.88%) and cigarettes (0.05%).
Commodities that saw year-on-year increases in average prices included Q1 gas prices (570%), tomatoes (185.68%), onions (90.27%), chili powder (81.74%), garlic ( 60.13%). ), men’s chapal mushroom (58.05%), men’s sandalwood (53.37%), wheat flour (51.91%), gur (41.32%), sugar (37.09%), salt powder ( 34.71%) and energy saving.
