Introduction of CPI (Urban) and CPI (Rural)
Recently, the CSO has decided to compile a new series of Urban, Rural and combined (rural+urban) CPI at State/UT/all India level with increased scope and coverage.
- The CPI (rural) and CPI (urban) are to be compiled for each State/UT as well as at all India level. Weighting diagrams of the indices have been derived from the results of the National Sample Survey (NSS) 61st round of Consumer Expenditure Survey (2004-05).
- In the urban areas, all cities/towns having population of (2001 Population Census) more than 9 lakh and all state/UT capitals not covered therein were selected purposively. In all 310 towns have been selected either on purposive or random basis from which 1114 quotations (price schedules) are canvassed every month.
- In rural areas, with a view to having a manageable workload and considering that the CPI (rural) would provide the price changes for the entire rural population of the country, a total of 1183 villages have been selected at all India level. These villages were selected for the purpose of representation of all the districts within the State/UT. So, two villages from each district adjusted based on rural population of the State/UT have been selected randomly from different tehsils.
- The Combined CPI or the National CPI will also be brought out by the CSO by merging CPI (urban) and CPI (rural) with appropriate weights, as derived from NSS 61st round of Consumer Expenditure Survey (2004-05) data.
- The 2010 (January to December) has been chosen to be used as Base year for the new CPI (urban), CPI (rural) and CPI(rural+urban)series.
List of Topics : Economic Survey 2010-11
