Index up by one point after hike in price of Milk and Oil

All India Consumer Price Index in the last month went up by one point after increasing the prices of Milk  and Edible Oils, this was stated by the Deputy Director General of labor bureau here today. The All-India CPI-IW for March, 2022 increased by 1.0 point and stood at 126 (one hundred twenty six). On l-month percentage change, it increased by 0.80 per cent with respect to previous month compared to an increase of 0.50 per cent recorded between corresponding months a year ago. The maximum upward pressure in current index came from Food & Beverages group  contributing 0.59 percentage points to the total change. At item level, Buffalo-Milk, Cow-Milk, Poultry/chicken, Sunflower oil, Soya bean oil, palm oil, Apple, Ragi, peas, Radish, Chili green, Lemon, Potato, Mango, Foreign liquor, Coriander, Cumin/Jeera, Tea Leaf, Saree Cotton, Cooking Gas, Petrol, Telephone/ Mobile Charges etc. are responsible for the rise in index. However, this increase was largely checked by Onion, Tomato, Kundru, Brinjal, cabbage, Carrot, cauliflower, Gourd, Egg-Hen, water melon, Grapes, Beat root, etc. putting downward pressure on the index. At center level, Sangrur recorded a maximum increase of 6.3 points followed by Labac-Silchar and Angul-Talchar with 5.8 and 5.4 points respectively. Among others, 2 centers recorded increase between 4 to 4.9 points, 4 centers between 3 to 3.9 points, 8 centers between 2 to2.9 points,20 centers between 1 to 1.9 points and 39 centers between 0.1 to 0.9 points. On the contrary, Salem recorded a maximum decrease of 1.1 points. Among others, 1 1 centers recorded decrease between 0.1 to 0.9 points. Year-on-year inflation for the month stood at 5.35 per cent compared to 5.04 per cent for the previous month and 5.64 per cent during the corresponding month a year before. Similarly, Food inflation stood at 6.27 per cent against 5.09 per cent of the previous month and 5.36 per cent during the corresponding month a year ago.