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GOVERNMENT OF INDIA
MINISTRY OF STATISTICS AND PROGRAMME IMPLEMENTATION
CENTRAL STATISTICS OFFICE
Dated the 12th January 2017
22, Pausha, Saka 1938
PRESS RELEASE

CONSUMER PRICE INDEX NUMBERS ON BASE 2012=100 FOR RURAL,

URBAN AND COMBINED FOR THE MONTH OF DECEMBER 2016
The Central Statistics Office (CSO), Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation
has revised the Base Year of the Consumer Price Index (CPI) from 2010=100 to 2012=100 with
effect from the release of indices for the month of January 2015.
2. In this press note, the CPI (Rural, Urban, Combined) on Base 2012=100 is being released
for the month of December 2016. In addition to this, Consumer Food Price Index (CFPI) for all
India Rural, Urban and Combined are also being released for December 2016. All India Inflation
rates (on point to point basis i.e. current month over same month of last year, i.e., December 2016 over
December 2015), based on General Indices and CFPIs are given as follows:
All India Inflation rates (%) based on CPI (General) and CFPI
December 2016 (Prov.) November 2016 (Final) December 2015 (Final)
Indices
Rural Urban Combd. Rural Urban Combd. Rural Urban Combd.

CPI (General) 3.83 2.90 3.41 4.13 3.13 3.63 6.32 4.73 5.61

CFPI 2.06 0.15 1.37 2.79 0.75 2.03 6.41 6.31 6.40

Notes: Prov. – Provisional, Combd. - Combined

3. Monthly changes in the General Indices and CFPIs are given below:
Monthly changes (%) in All India CPI (General) and CFPI: Dec. 2016 over Nov. 2016
Rural Urban Combined

Indices Index Value Index Value Index Value

% % %
Change Change Change
Dec.16 Nov.16 Dec.16 Nov.16 Dec.16 Nov.16

CPI (General) 132.8 133.6 -0.60 127.6 128.5 -0.70 130.4 131.2 -0.61

CFPI 133.9 136.1 -1.62 131.6 134.7 -2.30 133.1 135.6 -1.84

Note: Figures of December 2016 are provisional.

4. Provisional indices for the month of December 2016 and also the final indices for
November 2016 are being released with this note for all-India and for State/UTs. All-India
provisional General (all-groups), Group and Sub-group level CPI and CFPI numbers for
December 2016 for Rural, Urban and Combined are given in Annexure I. The inflation rates of
important categories of items are given in Annexure II. State/UT wise provisional General CPI
numbers for Rural, Urban and Combined are given in Annexure III. Inflation rates of major
States, having population more than 50 lakhs as per population Census 2011, are given in
Annexure IV. State/UT–wise Group CPIs are available on the Ministry’s website
(www.mospi.gov.in).
5. Price data are collected from selected towns by the Field Operations Division of NSSO
and from selected villages by the Department of Posts. Price data are received through web
portals, maintained by the National Informatics Centre.
Next date of release: 13th February 2017 (Monday) for January 2017.

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Annexure I
All India Consumer Price Indices
(Base: 2012=100)
Rural Urban Combined
Sub-
Group Nov. 16 Dec. 16 Nov. 16 Dec. 16 Nov. 16 Dec. 16
group Description
Code Weights Index Index Weights Index Index Weights Index Index
Code
(Final) (Prov.) (Final) (Prov.) (Final) (Prov.)

(1) (2) (3) (4) (5) (6) (7) (8) (9) (10) (11) (12)
Cereals and
1.1.01 12.35 132.0 132.6 6.59 130.2 131.6 9.67 131.4 132.3
products
1.1.02 Meat and fish 4.38 137.4 137.5 2.73 138.5 138.2 3.61 137.8 137.7
1.1.03 Egg 0.49 130.6 131.5 0.36 134.1 134.9 0.43 132.0 132.8
1.1.04 Milk and products 7.72 136.2 136.3 5.33 132.9 133.1 6.61 135.0 135.1
1.1.05 Oils and fats 4.21 121.1 121.6 2.81 112.6 113.5 3.56 118.0 118.6
1.1.06 Fruits 2.88 136.9 135.4 2.90 130.8 129.3 2.89 134.1 132.6
1.1.07 Vegetables 7.46 141.8 127.4 4.41 142.0 121.1 6.04 141.9 125.3
Pulses and
1.1.08 2.95 170.0 168.0 1.73 174.9 170.3 2.38 171.7 168.8
products
Sugar and
1.1.09 1.70 113.4 113.9 0.97 115.6 115.5 1.36 114.1 114.4
Confectionery
1.1.10 Spices 3.11 136.8 137.4 1.79 145.4 145.5 2.50 139.7 140.1
Non-alcoholic
1.2.11 1.37 128.7 129.1 1.13 122.7 123.1 1.26 126.2 126.6
beverages
Prepared meals,
1.1.12 5.56 143.1 143.6 5.54 140.3 140.9 5.55 141.8 142.3
snacks, sweets etc.
Food and
1 54.18 136.6 134.7 36.29 135.2 132.8 45.86 136.1 134.0
beverages
Pan, tobacco and
2 3.26 141.2 142.4 1.36 144.3 145.0 2.38 142.0 143.1
intoxicants
3.1.01 Clothing 6.32 139.9 140.4 4.72 129.6 130.0 5.58 135.8 136.3
3.1.02 Footwear 1.04 134.5 135.2 0.85 122.1 122.2 0.95 129.3 129.8
Clothing and
3 7.36 139.2 139.6 5.57 128.5 128.8 6.53 135.0 135.3
footwear
4 Housing - - - 21.67 129.1 128.5 10.07 129.1 128.5
5 Fuel and light 7.94 130.3 132.0 5.58 116.2 117.8 6.84 125.0 126.6
Household goods
6.1.01 3.75 132.1 132.8 3.87 124.7 125.0 3.80 128.6 129.1
and services
6.1.02 Health 6.83 129.1 129.6 4.81 122.1 122.3 5.89 126.4 126.8
Transport and
6.1.03 7.60 118.2 118.6 9.73 113.4 113.7 8.59 115.7 116.0
communication
Recreation and
6.1.04 1.37 126.9 127.3 2.04 121.7 121.8 1.68 124.0 124.2
amusement
6.1.05 Education 3.46 133.7 134.3 5.62 132.1 132.3 4.46 132.8 133.1
Personal care and
6.1.06 4.25 123.5 121.8 3.47 121.3 119.9 3.89 122.6 121.0
effects
6 Miscellaneous 27.26 126.1 126.2 29.53 121.3 121.4 28.32 123.8 123.9
General Index (All Groups) 100.00 133.6 132.8 100.00 128.5 127.6 100.00 131.2 130.4
Consumer Food Price Index 47.25 136.1 133.9 29.62 134.7 131.6 39.06 135.6 133.1
Notes:
1. Prov. : Provisional.
2. - : CPI (Rural) for housing is not compiled.
3. The weights are indicative to show relative importance of groups and sub-groups. However, all
India indices have been compiled as weighted average of State indices.

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Annexure II
All India annual inflation rates (%) for December 2016 (Provisional)
(Base: 2012=100)
Rural Urban Combined
Sub-
Group Dec. 15 Dec. 16 Inflation Dec. 15 Dec. 16 Inflation Dec. 15 Dec. 16 Inflation
group Description
Code Index Index Rate Index Index Rate Index Index Rate
Code
(Final) (Prov.) (%) (Final) (Prov.) (%) (Final) (Prov.) (%)

(1) (2) (3) (4) (5) (6) (7) (8) (9) (10) (11) (12)
Cereals and
1.1.01 126.3 132.6 4.99 124.3 131.6 5.87 125.7 132.3 5.25
products
1.1.02 Meat and fish 131.3 137.5 4.72 131.7 138.2 4.94 131.4 137.7 4.79
1.1.03 Egg 123.3 131.5 6.65 127.1 134.9 6.14 124.8 132.8 6.41
1.1.04 Milk and products 129.8 136.3 5.01 128.6 133.1 3.50 129.4 135.1 4.40
1.1.05 Oils and fats 118.3 121.6 2.79 110.0 113.5 3.18 115.3 118.6 2.86
1.1.06 Fruits 131.6 135.4 2.89 120.8 129.3 7.04 126.6 132.6 4.74
1.1.07 Vegetables 145.5 127.4 -12.44 149.0 121.1 -18.72 146.7 125.3 -14.59
Pulses and
1.1.08 162.1 168.0 3.64 190.1 170.3 -10.42 171.5 168.8 -1.57
products
Sugar and
1.1.09 95.4 113.9 19.39 92.7 115.5 24.60 94.5 114.4 21.06
Confectionery
1.1.10 Spices 128.9 137.4 6.59 138.6 145.5 4.98 132.1 140.1 6.06
Non-alcoholic
1.2.11 123.3 129.1 4.70 120.2 123.1 2.41 122.0 126.6 3.77
beverages
Prepared meals,
1.1.12 135.1 143.6 6.29 134.2 140.9 4.99 134.7 142.3 5.64
snacks, sweets etc.
Food and
1 131.4 134.7 2.51 131.5 132.8 0.99 131.4 134.0 1.98
beverages
Pan, tobacco and
2 133.1 142.4 6.99 138.2 145.0 4.92 134.5 143.1 6.39
intoxicants
3.1.01 Clothing 132.5 140.4 5.96 125.4 130.0 3.67 129.7 136.3 5.09
3.1.02 Footwear 128.5 135.2 5.21 119.5 122.2 2.26 124.8 129.8 4.01
Clothing and
3 131.9 139.6 5.84 124.5 128.8 3.45 129.0 135.3 4.88
footwear
4 Housing - - - 122.4 128.5 4.98 122.4 128.5 4.98
5 Fuel and light 125.7 132.0 5.01 116.0 117.8 1.55 122.0 126.6 3.77
Household goods
6.1.01 126.0 132.8 5.40 121.0 125.0 3.31 123.6 129.1 4.45
and services
6.1.02 Health 123.1 129.6 5.28 118.6 122.3 3.12 121.4 126.8 4.45
Transport and
6.1.03 114.0 118.6 4.04 109.3 113.7 4.03 111.5 116.0 4.04
communication
Recreation and
6.1.04 121.6 127.3 4.69 118.1 121.8 3.13 119.6 124.2 3.85
amusement
6.1.05 Education 125.6 134.3 6.93 126.6 132.3 4.50 126.2 133.1 5.47
Personal care and
6.1.06 114.1 121.8 6.75 113.2 119.9 5.92 113.7 121.0 6.42
effects
6 Miscellaneous 119.8 126.2 5.34 116.7 121.4 4.03 118.3 123.9 4.73
General Index (All Groups) 127.9 132.8 3.83 124.0 127.6 2.90 126.1 130.4 3.41
Consumer Food Price Index 131.2 133.9 2.06 131.4 131.6 0.15 131.3 133.1 1.37

Notes:
1. Prov. : Provisional.
2. - : CPI (Rural) for housing is not compiled.

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Annexure III
State/UT wise General Consumer Price Indices
(Base: 2012=100)
Rural Urban Combined
State/
Name of the Nov. 16 Dec. 16 Nov. 16 Dec. 16 Nov. 16 Dec. 16
UT
State/UT Weights Index Index Weights Index Index Weights Index Index
Code
(Final) (Prov.) (Final) (Prov.) (Final) (Prov.)

(1) (2) (3) (4) (5) (6) (7) (8) (9) (10) (11)
01 Jammu & Kashmir 1.14 134.5 137.6 0.72 125.2 125.4 0.94 131.2 133.3
02 Himachal Pradesh 1.03 134.0 134.3 0.26 124.9 124.1 0.67 132.4 132.5
03 Punjab 3.31 129.8 129.0 3.09 126.7 125.5 3.21 128.4 127.4
04 Chandigarh 0.02 143.7 140.6 0.34 125.6 124.6 0.17 126.6 125.5
05 Uttarakhand 1.06 128.7 127.8 0.73 121.9 120.0 0.91 126.2 124.9
06 Haryana 3.30 131.4 131.1 3.35 124.5 123.8 3.32 128.2 127.7
07 Delhi 0.28 129.3 130.0 5.64 131.1 129.4 2.77 131.0 129.4
08 Rajasthan 6.63 135.7 135.0 4.23 130.3 129.6 5.51 133.8 133.1
09 Uttar Pradesh 14.83 131.7 130.1 9.54 128.9 127.6 12.37 130.7 129.2
10 Bihar 8.21 135.4 134.6 1.62 127.3 126.9 5.14 134.2 133.5
11 Sikkim 0.06 140.4 140.5 0.03 134.4 134.2 0.05 138.4 138.4
12 Arunachal Pradesh 0.14 140.8 140.1 0.06 -- -- 0.10 -- --
13 Nagaland 0.14 142.9 141.9 0.12 129.0 129.3 0.13 137.0 136.5
14 Manipur 0.23 133.6 139.8 0.12 127.3 127.2 0.18 131.6 135.8
15 Mizoram 0.07 132.9 133.5 0.13 124.7 124.2 0.10 127.9 127.8
16 Tripura 0.35 139.9 139.8 0.14 134.7 133.6 0.25 138.6 138.2
17 Meghalaya 0.28 134.6 134.7 0.15 124.8 125.0 0.22 131.6 131.7
18 Assam 2.63 129.6 128.5 0.79 128.0 126.5 1.77 129.3 128.1
19 West Bengal 6.99 133.7 132.3 7.20 129.2 127.4 7.09 131.6 130.0
20 Jharkhand 1.96 138.1 136.9 1.39 127.8 126.1 1.69 134.2 132.8
21 Odisha 2.93 138.5 136.2 1.31 126.9 126.2 2.18 135.3 133.4
22 Chhattisgarh 1.68 138.3 136.4 1.22 127.2 125.7 1.46 134.0 132.3
23 Madhya Pradesh 4.93 129.9 129.4 3.97 128.6 127.2 4.48 129.4 128.5
24 Gujarat 4.54 135.8 134.8 6.82 125.1 123.4 5.60 129.7 128.3
25 Daman & Diu 0.02 147.4 149.9 0.02 128.7 127.4 0.02 139.6 140.5
Dadra & Nagar
26 0.02 136.1 133.5 0.04 124.7 124.5 0.03 128.5 127.5
Haveli
27 Maharashtra 8.25 134.6 134.0 18.86 124.8 124.4 13.18 128.1 127.6
28 Andhra Pradesh 5.40 136.6 136.3 3.64 131.4 130.4 4.58 134.7 134.1
29 Karnataka 5.09 134.2 134.2 6.81 134.8 134.6 5.89 134.5 134.4
30 Goa 0.14 142.9 142.4 0.25 126.0 126.2 0.19 132.5 132.5
31 Lakshadweep 0.01 133.1 130.6 0.01 113.7 111.4 0.01 123.2 120.8
32 Kerala 5.50 130.8 130.7 3.46 131.1 130.9 4.55 130.9 130.8
33 Tamil Nadu 5.55 131.0 131.0 9.20 130.9 131.0 7.25 130.9 131.0
34 Puducherry 0.08 137.5 135.2 0.27 129.1 129.4 0.17 131.2 130.9
Andaman & Nicobar
35 0.05 136.7 138.8 0.07 125.9 126.4 0.06 131.2 132.5
Islands
36 Telangana 3.16 134.7 134.3 4.41 130.4 129.6 3.74 132.3 131.7
99 All India 100.00 133.6 132.8 100.00 128.5 127.6 100.00 131.2 130.4
Notes:
1. Prov. : Provisional.
2. -- : indicates the receipt of price schedules is less than 80% of allocated schedules and
therefore indices are not compiled.

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Annexure IV
Major State/UT wise annual inflation rates (%) for December 2016
(Provisional)
(Base: 2012=100)
Rural Urban Combined
State/
Name of the Dec. 15 Dec. 16 Inflation Dec. 15 Dec. 16 Inflation Dec. 15 Dec. 16 Inflation
UT
State/UT Index Index Rate Index Index Rate Index Index Rate
Code
(Final) (Prov.) (%) (Final) (Prov.) (%) (Final) (Prov.) (%)

(1) (2) (3) (4) (5) (6) (7) (8) (9) (10) (11)
01 Jammu & Kashmir 125.8 137.6 9.38 121.9 125.4 2.87 124.4 133.3 7.15
02 Himachal Pradesh 126.4 134.3 6.25 118.9 124.1 4.37 125.0 132.5 6.00
03 Punjab 122.8 129.0 5.05 121.4 125.5 3.38 122.2 127.4 4.26
05 Uttarakhand 122.8 127.8 4.07 117.7 120.0 1.95 120.9 124.9 3.31
06 Haryana 124.1 131.1 5.64 120.5 123.8 2.74 122.4 127.7 4.33
07 Delhi 121.2 130.0 7.26 122.5 129.4 5.63 122.4 129.4 5.72
08 Rajasthan 128.3 135.0 5.22 124.7 129.6 3.93 127.0 133.1 4.80
09 Uttar Pradesh 126.2 130.1 3.09 124.6 127.6 2.41 125.6 129.2 2.87
10 Bihar 130.0 134.6 3.54 124.1 126.9 2.26 129.1 133.5 3.41
18 Assam 126.2 128.5 1.82 123.7 126.5 2.26 125.7 128.1 1.91
19 West Bengal 125.5 132.3 5.42 123.0 127.4 3.58 124.3 130.0 4.59
20 Jharkhand 129.2 136.9 5.96 121.7 126.1 3.62 126.3 132.8 5.15
21 Odisha 132.9 136.2 2.48 123.0 126.2 2.60 130.1 133.4 2.54
22 Chhattisgarh 134.9 136.4 1.11 122.8 125.7 2.36 130.2 132.3 1.61
23 Madhya Pradesh 126.1 129.4 2.62 124.1 127.2 2.50 125.3 128.5 2.55
24 Gujarat 128.5 134.8 4.90 121.0 123.4 1.98 124.3 128.3 3.22
27 Maharashtra 128.6 134.0 4.20 120.9 124.4 2.89 123.5 127.6 3.32
28 Andhra Pradesh 132.5 136.3 2.87 128.2 130.4 1.72 130.9 134.1 2.44
29 Karnataka 131.6 134.2 1.98 130.4 134.6 3.22 131.0 134.4 2.60
32 Kerala 125.6 130.7 4.06 127.2 130.9 2.91 126.2 130.8 3.65
33 Tamil Nadu 129.3 131.0 1.31 128.9 131.0 1.63 129.1 131.0 1.47
36 Telangana 125.8 134.3 6.76 124.9 129.6 3.76 125.3 131.7 5.11
99 All India 127.9 132.8 3.83 124.0 127.6 2.90 126.1 130.4 3.41
Notes:
1. Prov. : Provisional.

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