Index Numbers of Wholesale Prices in India (Base: 1993-94=100)

Review for the week ended 17th October 2009 (25 Asvina, 1931 Saka)



The official Wholesale Price Index for 'All Commodities' (Base: 1993-94 = 100) for the week ended 17th October, 2009 remained unchanged at its previous week’s level of 242.2 (Provisional).



The annual rate of inflation, calculated on point to point basis, stood at 1.51 percent (Provisional) for the week ended 17/10/2009 (over 18/10/2008) as compared to 1.21 percent (Provisional) for the previous week (ended 10/10/2009) and 10.82 percent during the corresponding week (ended18/10/2008) of the previous year.