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Index Numbers of Wholesale Price in India (Base: 2011-12=100)

New Delhi November 14th, 2017

The official Wholesale Price Index for ‘All Commodities’ (Base: 2011-12=100) for the month of October, 2017 rose by 1.0 percent to 115.5 (provisional) from 114.3 (provisional) for the previous month.

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Index of Eight Core Industries (Base: 2011-12=100) August, 2017

New Delhi, 3rd October, 2017
The summary of the Index of Eight Core Industries (base: 2011-12) is given at the Annexure.

The Eight Core Industries comprise 40.27 % of the weight of items included in the Index of Industrial Production (IIP). The combined Index of Eight Core Industries stands at 123.6 in August, 2017, which was 4.9 % higher compared to the index of August, 2016. Its cumulative growth during April to August, 2017-18 was 3.0 %.

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Index of Eight Core Industries (Base: 2011-12=100) September, 2017

New Delhi, 31st October, 2017

The summary of the Index of Eight Core Industries (base: 2011-12) is given at the Annexure.

The Eight Core Industries comprise 40.27 per cent of the weight of items included in the Index of Industrial Production (IIP). The combined Index of Eight Core Industries stands at 122.5 in September, 2017, which was 5.2 per cent higher as compared to the index of September, 2016. Its cumulative growth during April to September, 2017-18 was 3.3 per cent.