(Un)Common Suffering: Distributional
impact of recent inflation in India
Table
1: Rates of Increase in Price Indices
Indicator
Weight
Percentage
Increase During
July
2006 –
July 2007
July
2007 –
July 008
July
2008 –
July 2009
July
2009 –
July 2010
July
2006 –
July 2010
WPI
All
100.0
4.9
11.7
-0.1
10.0
28.7
Food
15.4
8.7
6.3
14.9
10.3
46.5
Fuel
14.2
-1.5
17.1
-10.3
14.3
18.2
Others
70.4
5.4
11.8
-1.4
9.0
26.9
CPIAL
All
100.0
8.6
9.4
12.9
11.0
48.9
Food
66.7
9.6
10.7
9.9
15.6
54.1
Fuel
7.9
6.5
8.5
9.0
14.1
48.9
Others
25.4
6.7
6.2
21.9
14.1
35.3
CPIIW All
100.0
6.1
8.3
11.9
13.7
40.4
Food
46.2
8.4
11.8
14.7
17.3
48.9
Fuel
6.4
7.4
6.2
2.1
3.4
19.2
Others
47.4
3.6
5.3
10.5
11.6
34.9
CPIUNME-All
100.0
6.4
7.4
13.0
14.1
41.2
Food
46.2
9.4
10.0
15.3
9.7
52.1
Fuel
6.4
7.0
6.2
2.1
5.4
22.3
Others
47.4
3.4
5.0
12.3
19.6
33.0
Source:
Press Releases of Government of India, Various Issues;
Reports on Price Indices obtained from Ministry of Statistics
and Programme Implementation, Various Issues. See Note
2.