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Ministry of Commerce & Industry
04-October, 2018 17:29 IST
Commerce Minister chairs inter-ministerial meeting to promote economic growth

Union Minister of Commerce & Industry and Civil Aviation, Suresh Prabhu, today chaired a meeting in New Delhi on the issue of stepping up domestic production of goods across key sectors, to increase domestic availability and promote economic growth and export capacity.

The meeting was attended by Secretaries of 16Ministries and Departments of Government of India. Discussions were held on steps to be taken by the Ministries and Departments to ramp up domestic production through better capacity utilization and capacity creation and expansion in the short and medium to long term.

Key ministries were asked to examine measures on diversification of export base and increase domestic production in order to deal with merchandise trade deficit.

The Commerce Minister also emphasized the need for increasing the capital inflows in addition to increasing domestic production, an issue to be handled by Department of Economic Affairs and Reserve Bank of India.

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Ministry of Railways
05-October, 2018 11:58 IST
Indian Railways rolls out Committed Programs to bring about meaningful changes under the Swachh Bharat Mission

Noteworthy massive Tree Plantation Program undertaken with planting of 13.27 Lakh saplings under a Mission Mode to extend Green Cover on Railways premises during fortnight-long Swachhta Hi Sewa National Cleanliness Program 1800 New/Improved Toilets provided at 1400 stations during current year and progress ahead to achieve targeted construction of 2700 Toilets at 2700 stations under Swachh Bharat Mission Program Improvements carried out to existing toilets besides construction of Divyang friendly toilets

Dovetailing its steadfast cleanliness campaign with ecological priorities, Indian Railway has undertaken a committed program to increase the green cover in all public utility spaces like railway stations and mass contact offices besides other working premises and railway colonies. Laudatory participation in Shramdaan by Railways officers & employees in connection with recently organized Swacchta Hi Sewa national cleanliness campaign has been one of the strong impactful measures by the Railways and the planting of 13.27 lakh saplings during the fortnight program alongside 1300 km route kilometre of track, near station areas and on vacant land plots has been one of the noteworthy efforts to create green public spaces.



Provision of Toilet as part of Swachh Bharat Mission Program



In keeping with its mission mode to improve sanitation on its premises, the Indian Railways has allocated Rs. 300 crore to renovation of existing toilets, construction of new toilets. The Railway has constructed/ improved1800 toilets at 1400 stations including the construction of around 200 Divyang friendly toilets. Apart from this, the railway has undertaken provision of toilets in circulating areas at railway stations for local community and surrounding area inhabitants as well as for general public visiting railway stations under the CSR initiative.



Swachhta Hi Sewa program on the Railways has been a forceful communication platform that the Railways have managed to achieve in recent years. Awareness activities were stepped up to ensure greater level of hygiene and sanitation at stations, at workplaces, at workshops as well as at the railway colonies. Public participation and accountability building are being increasingly acknowledged as intrinsic factors in transforming the cleanliness profile of railway stations. User-friendly and well-designed toilets are part of the broader vision of cleanliness programs on the Railways.

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SVS/ENS



Plantation beside Railway Tracks



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Ministry of Labour & Employment
08-October, 2018 17:16 IST
ESIC wins ‘ISSA GOOD Practice Award, Asia & the Pacific 2018’

The Employees’ State Insurance Corporation (ESIC) has won the ‘ISSA Good Practice Award’ for Administrative Solution for Coverage Extension at the “Regional Social Security Forum for Asia and the Pacific” held at Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia recently.



The award recognizes the measures taken by ESIC for extension of coverage-SPREE (Scheme for Promoting Registration of Employers and Employees), reduced rate of contribution rates for 24 months in newly implemented areas and raising the wage limit for coverage under the ESI Act, etc.



Shri Raj Kumar, IAS, Director General, ESIC represented Employees’ State Insurance Corporation and received the Certificate of Merit on behalf of ESIC.



The Regional Social Security Forum for Asia and the Pacific is a triennial Forum, which is the most important social security event in the Region. For the triennial Regional Forum, ISSA invites submissions for the ISSA Good Practices Award for Asia and the Pacific Regions. The Forum provides unique opportunities to CEOs and Managers of ISSA Member Institutions to discuss key social security challenges and share their experiences.



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The ISSA (International Social Security Association) is the principal international organization for Social Security Organizations, Govts. and Departments of Social Security. The ISSA, founded in 1927 under the auspices of the International Labour Organization (ILO), Geneva, promotes excellence in social security administration through professional guidelines, expert knowledge, services and support to enable its Members to develop dynamic social security systems.



The ESI Corporation hosts ISSA Liaison Office for South Asia at New Delhi. The Liasion Office coordinates with the Member countries and Social Security Institutions in Bhutan, Nepal, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka and Iran on activities of ISSA related to social security.

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Ministry of Railways
10-October, 2018 13:36 IST
Productivity Linked Bonus for Railway Employees

Productivity Linked Bonus (PLB) equivalent to 78 days’ wages for the financial year 2017-18 for all eligible non-gazetted Railway employees About 11.91 lakh non-gazetted Railway employees are likely to benefit from the decision Payment of 78 days’ PLB to railway employees has been estimated to be Rs. 2044.31 crore

The Union Cabinet chaired by the Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi has approved the payment of Productivity Linked Bonus (PLB) equivalent to 78 days’ wages for the financial year 2017-18 for all eligible non-gazetted Railway employees (excluding RPF/RPSF personnel). The financial implication of payment of 78 days’ PLB to railway employees has been estimated to be Rs.2044.31 crore. The wage calculation ceiling prescribed for payment of PLB to the eligible non-gazetted railway employees is Rs.7000/- p.m. The maximum amount payable per eligible railway employee is Rs.17,951 for 78 days. About 11.91 lakh non-gazetted Railway employees are likely to benefit from the decision.

The Productivity Linked Bonus on Railway covers all non-gazetted railway employees (excluding RPF/RPSF personnel) who are spread over the entire country. Payment of PLB to eligible railway employees is made each year before the Dusshera/ Puja holidays. The decision of the Cabinet shall be implemented before the holidays for this year as well. For the year 2017-18 PLB equivalent to 78 days’ wages will be paid which is expected to motivate the employees for working towards improving the performance of the Railways.


Background:

Railways were the first departmental undertaking of the Government of India wherein the concept of PLB was introduced in the year 1979-80. The main consideration at that time was the important role of the Railways as an infrastructural support in the performance of the economy as a whole. In the overall context of Railway working, it was considered desirable to introduce the concept of PLB as against the concept of Bonus on the lines of ‘The Payment of Bonus Act - 1965’.

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Ministry of Commerce & Industry
11-October, 2018 18:29 IST
Vision of a USD 5 Trillion Indian Economy

The Working Group tasked to develop a roadmap towards achieving a 5 trilliondollar economy by 2025has prepared its report and it is being circulated to the stakeholders for further suggestions.The Working Group was constituted by the Department of Industrial Policy and Promotion in the Ministry of Commerce and Industry with participation from government and industry. The Group held extensive and broad-based consultations with stakeholders to better understand the aspirations and the potential.The sectoral sub-groups were also formed to take the task forward.

India is one of the fastest growing major economies and is currently ranked as the world’s sixth largest economy. Projections of growth, over the medium term, remain encouraging and optimistic for India. The underlying strengths are indicative of the potential of India to achieve a USD 5 trillion economy by 2025. The current structure of the economy and the emerging dynamics provide us grounds to target achieving 1 trilliondollarfrom agriculture and allied activities, 1 trillion from manufacturing and 3 trillionfrom services.

The Government has several ongoing initiatives across sectors focused on growth. In agriculture the Government is aiming to reorient policy focus from being production-centric to becoming income-centric. The emphasis on incomes provides a broader scope towards achieving the needed expansion of the sector. The proposed Industrial Policy 2018 provides an overarching, sector-agnostic agenda for the enterprises of the future and envisions creating a globally competitive Indian industry that is modern, sustainable and inclusive.

The Champion Services sector initiative is also under way to accelerate the expansion of select service sectors. The Working Group has accounted for these initiatives and encourages a fresh impetus to achieve the target of a five trillion economy.

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Ministry of Statistics & Programme Implementation
12-October, 2018 17:30 IST
Quick Estimates of Index of Industrial Production and Use-Based Index for the Month of August, 2018 (BASE 2011-12=100)

The Quick Estimates of Index of Industrial Production (IIP) with base 2011-12 for the month of August 2018 stands at 127.4, which is 4.3 percent higher as compared to the level in the month of August 2017. The cumulative growth for the period April-August 2018 over the corresponding period of the previous year stands at 5.2 percent.

2. The Indices of Industrial Production for the Mining, Manufacturing and Electricity sectors for the month of August 2018 stand at 92.2, 129.8 and 167.2 respectively, with the corresponding growth rates of (-) 0.4 percent, 4.6 percent and 7.6 percent as compared to August 2017 (Statement I). The cumulative growth in these three sectors during April-August 2018 over the corresponding period of 2017 has been 3.9 percent, 5.4 percent and 5.8 percent respectively.

3. In terms of industries, sixteen out of the twenty three industry groups (as per 2-digit NIC-2008) in the manufacturing sector have shown positive growth during the month of August 2018 as compared to the corresponding month of the previous year (Statement II). The industry group ‘Manufacture of furniture’ has shown the highest positive growth of 29.2 percent followed by 18.9 percent in ‘Manufacture of wearing apparel’ and 12.7 percent in ‘Manufacture of wood and products of wood and cork, except furniture; manufacture of articles of straw and plaiting materials’. On the other hand, the industry group ‘Printing and reproduction of recorded media’ have shown the highest negative growth of (-) 19.2 percent followed by (-) 17.0 percent in ‘Manufacture of tobacco products’ and (-) 7.3 percent in ‘Manufacture of computer, electronic and optical products’.

4. As per Use-based classification, the growth rates in August 2018 over August 2017 are 2.6 percent in Primary goods, 5.0 percent in Capital goods, 2.4 percent in Intermediate goods and 7.8 percent in Infrastructure/ Construction Goods (Statement III). The Consumer durables and Consumer non-durables have recorded growth of 5.2 percent and 6.3 percent respectively.

5. Details of item groups exhibiting larger variations in production in absolute terms and weighted terms in Statement IV.

6. Along with the Quick Estimates of IIP for the month of August 2018, the indices for July 2018 have undergone the first revision and those for May 2018 have undergone the final revision in the light of the updated data received from the source agencies.

7. Statements giving Quick Estimates of the Index of Industrial Production at Sectoral, 2-digit level of National Industrial Classification (NIC-2008) and by Use-based classification for the month of August 2018, along with the growth rates over the corresponding month of the previous year including the cumulative indices are enclosed.

8. Release of the Index for September 2018 will be on Monday, 12November 2018.

Note: -

  1. This Press release information is also available at the Website of the Ministry - http://www.mospi.nic.in
  2. Press release in Hindi follows and shall be available at: http://mospi.nic.in/hi


STATEMENT I: INDEX OF INDUSTRIAL PRODUCTION - SECTORAL

(Base : 2011-12=100)


Month

Mining

Manufacturing

Electricity

General

(14.372472)

(77.63321)

(7.994318)

(100)

2017-18

2018-19

2017-18

2018-19

2017-18

2018-19

2017-18

2018-19

Apr

98.8

102.6

117.3

123.1

150.6

153.7

117.3

122.6

May

101.7

107.6

125.6

130.1

158.1

164.7

124.8

129.6

Jun

98.5

105.0

120.3

128.3

147.4

159.9

119.3

127.5

Jul

92.4

95.5

119.3

127.6

151.9

162.1

118.0

125.7

Aug*

92.6

92.2

124.1

129.8

155.4

167.2

122.1

127.4

Sep

94.4



125.6



150.5



123.1



Oct

100.8



123.7



149.8



122.5



Nov

107.7



127.7



140.1



125.8



Dec

115.5



132.0



143.9



130.6



Jan

114.7



133.8



149.5



132.3



Feb

110.1



129.7



136.1



127.4



Mar

131.6



140.2



156.7



140.3



Average






























Apr-Aug

96.8

100.6

121.3

127.8

152.7

161.5

120.3

126.6

















Growth over the corresponding period of previous year





















Aug

9.3

-0.4

3.8

4.6

8.3

7.6

4.8

4.3















Apr-Aug

3.2

3.9

1.7

5.4

6.2

5.8

2.3

5.2



















* Indices for Aug 2018 are Quick Estimates.


NOTE : Indices for the months of May'18 and Jul'18 incorporate updated production data.





STATEMENT II: INDEX OF INDUSTRIAL PRODUCTION - (2-DIGIT LEVEL)

(Base: 2011-12=100)

Industry

Description

Weight

Index

Cumulative Index

Percentage growth

code





Aug'17

Aug'18*

Apr-Aug

Aug'18*

Apr-Aug











2017-18

2018-19



2018-19

10

Manufacture of food products

5.3025

95.6

104.6

92.2

101.1

9.4

9.7

11

Manufacture of beverages

1.0354

95.8

102.8

105.3

114.5

7.3

8.7

12

Manufacture of tobacco products

0.7985

101.8

84.5

97.3

86.6

-17.0

-11.0

13

Manufacture of textiles

3.2913

116.0

125.1

116.3

119.7

7.8

2.9

14

Manufacture of wearing apparel

1.3225

121.4

144.3

142.6

144.2

18.9

1.1

15

Manufacture of leather and related products

0.5021

117.1

124.9

127.6

130.3

6.7

2.1

16

Manufacture of wood and products of wood and cork, except furniture; manufacture of articles of straw and plaiting materials

0.1930

94.8

106.8

92.4

99.2

12.7

7.4

17

Manufacture of paper and paper products

0.8724

113.9

108.1

111.6

108.8

-5.1

-2.5

18

Printing and reproduction of recorded media

0.6798

113.3

91.5

101.7

94.2

-19.2

-7.4

19

Manufacture of coke and refined petroleum products

11.7749

121.2

124.3

119.4

126.8

2.6

6.2

20

Manufacture of chemicals and chemical products

7.8730

117.1

126.1

112.2

118.4

7.7

5.5

21

Manufacture of pharmaceuticals, medicinal chemical and botanical products

4.9810

197.0

212.5

199.1

203.7

7.9

2.3

22

Manufacture of rubber and plastics products

2.4222

111.4

109.7

112.5

108.2

-1.5

-3.8

23

Manufacture of other non-metallic mineral products

4.0853

105.3

115.0

110.5

121.5

9.2

10.0

24

Manufacture of basic metals

12.8043

136.2

140.4

133.9

137.5

3.1

2.7

25

Manufacture of fabricated metal products, except machinery and equipment

2.6549

110.4

108.0

98.7

106.7

-2.2

8.1

26

Manufacture of computer, electronic and optical products

1.5704

178.5

165.5

138.1

170.6

-7.3

23.5

27

Manufacture of electrical equipment

2.9983

106.1

107.7

101.1

107.1

1.5

5.9

28

Manufacture of machinery and equipment n.e.c.

4.7653

114.8

118.2

112.0

114.7

3.0

2.4

29

Manufacture of motor vehicles, trailers and semi-trailers

4.8573

114.9

128.7

105.8

125.3

12.0

18.4

30

Manufacture of other transport equipment

1.7763

144.9

157.9

133.0

150.7

9.0

13.3

31

Manufacture of furniture

0.1311

160.8

207.8

169.5

203.1

29.2

19.8

32

Other manufacturing

0.9415

108.0

100.6

122.8

92.7

-6.9

-24.5



















05

Mining

14.3725

92.6

92.2

96.8

100.6

-0.4

3.9

10-32

Manufacturing

77.6332

124.1

129.8

121.3

127.8

4.6

5.4

35

Electricity

7.9943

155.4

167.2

152.7

161.5

7.6

5.8





















General Index

100.00

122.1

127.4

120.3

126.6

4.3

5.2

* Figures for August 2018 are Quick Estimates.






STATEMENT III: INDEX OF INDUSTRIAL PRODUCTION - USE-BASED

(Base :2011-12=100)




Primary goods

Capital goods

Intermediate goods

Infrastructure/ Construction goods

Consumer durables

Consumer non-durables

Month

(34.048612)

(8.223043)

(17.221487)

(12.338363)

(12.839296)

(15.329199)



2017-18

2018-19

2017-18

2018-19

2017-18

2018-19

2017-18

2018-19

2017-18

2018-19

2017-18

2018-19

Apr

116.5

119.7

88.9

97.6

119.6

120.1

125.2

135.9

119.7

124.4

123.5

132.8

May

122.0

129.0

99.7

106.1

123.3

123.4

130.8

140.8

125.1

133.5

140.9

138.6

Jun

116.4

127.2

99.8

109.6

120.0

121.8

130.2

140.9

117.6

133.3

128.2

128.4

Jul

115.7

123.5

96.5

99.2

119.8

121.0

124.6

136.1

117.0

133.7

128.3

135.4

Aug*

117.8

120.9

101.7

106.8

123.0

125.9

128.3

138.3

128.1

134.8

131.4

139.7

Sep

117.0



107.6



123.8



125.3



129.9



136.9



Oct

122.1



97.6



122.6



132.0



119.0



132.1



Nov

120.9



104.3



125.4



129.3



122.0



149.1



Dec

128.0



110.1



131.0



134.0



119.3



153.4



Jan

129.2



111.1



130.6



138.3



125.6



153.3



Feb

119.5



118.8



124.8



138.5



124.0



146.6



Mar

136.5



130.5



137.4



147.9



136.1



154.5



Average













































Apr-Aug

117.7

124.1

97.3

103.9

121.1

122.4

127.8

138.4

121.5

131.9

130.5

135.0



























Growth over the corresponding period of previous year





































Aug

7.1

2.6

7.3

5.0

-0.5

2.4

2.7

7.8

4.3

5.2

7.2

6.3





















Apr-Aug

3.2

5.4

-1.4

6.8

-0.1

1.1

2.4

8.3

-0.3

8.6

7.0

3.4



























* Indices for Aug 2018 are Quick Estimates.


NOTE : Indices for the months of May'18 and Jul'18 incorporate updated production data.








STATEMENT IV


Sl No

Item Group

Weights (%)

Production Growth (%)

Item Groups with high positive growth in production

1

Fragrances & Oil essentials

0.20

69.4

2

Commercial Vehicles

0.94

39.0

3

Readymade Garments, knitted

0.23

37.2

4

Transformers (Small)

0.22

37.1

5

Steroids and hormonal preparations (including anti-fungal preparations)

0.72

33.4

6

Digestive enzymes and antacids (incl. PPI drugs)

0.22

29.3

7

Vaccine for veterinary medicine

0.45

21.3

8

Galvanised products of Steel (including colour coated, tin plates, TMBP and Tin free steel)

0.79

20.8

Item Groups with high negative growth in production

1

Copper electrodes

0.22

-61.4

2

API & formulations of hypo-lipidemic agents incl. anti-hyper-triglyceridemics (e.g. simvastatin, atorvastatin, etc); anti-hypertensive

0.31

-52.3

3

Bags/ pouches of HDPE/ LDPE (plastic)

0.34

-49.2

4

Copper bars, rods & wire rods

0.64

-47.0

5

Anti-pyretic, analgesic/anti-inflammatory API & formulations

0.45

-45.3

6

Bodies of trucks, lorries and trailers

0.26

-45.0

7

Air filters

0.19

-41.9

8

Pig iron

0.40

-41.3



Sl No

Item Group

Weights (%)

Contribution to IIP Growth

High Positive Contributors

1

Digestive enzymes and antacids (incl. PPI drugs)

0.22

0.9600

2

Electricity

7.99

0.7726

3

Cement- all types

2.16

0.3065

4

Commercial Vehicles

0.94

0.2708

5

Auto components/ spares and accessories

2.59

0.2399

High Negative Contributors

1

Anti-pyretic, analgesic/anti-inflammatory API & formulations

0.45

-0.6217

2

Copper bars, rods & wire rods

0.64

-0.3057

3

Pig iron

0.40

-0.2219

4

Separators including decanter centrifuge

0.16

-0.2173

5

Copper electrodes

0.22

-0.1372



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AKT/VJ


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Ministry of Statistics & Programme Implementation
12-October, 2018 17:30 IST
Consumer Price Index Numbers on Base 2012=100 for Rural, Urban and combined for the month of September 2018

The Central Statistics Office (CSO), Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation has revised the Base Year of the Consumer Price Index (CPI) from 2010=100 to 2012=100 with effect from the release of indices for the month of January 2015.

2. In this press note, the CPI (Rural, Urban, Combined) on Base 2012=100 is being released for the month of September 2018. In addition to this, Consumer Food Price Index (CFPI) for all India Rural, Urban and Combined are also being released for September 2018. All India Inflation rates (on point to point basis i.e. current month over same month of last year, i.e., September 2018 over September 2017), based on General Indices and CFPIs are given as follows:

All India Inflation rates (%) based on CPI (General) and CFPI

Indices

September 2018 (Prov.)

August 2018 (Final)

September 2017 (Final)

Rural

Urban

Combd.

Rural

Urban

Combd.

Rural

Urban

Combd.

CPI (General)

3.34

4.31

3.77

3.41

3.99

3.69

3.15

3.44

3.28

CFPI

0.94

-0.22

0.51

1.14

-1.21

0.29

1.31

1.25

1.25

Notes: Prov. – Provisional, Combd. - Combined

3. Monthly changes in the General Indices and CFPIs are given below:

Monthly changes (%) in All India CPI (General) and CFPI: Sep. 2018 over Aug. 2018

Indices

Rural

Urban

Combined

Index Value

% Change

Index Value

% Change

Index Value

% Change

Sep.18

Aug. 18

Sep.18

Aug. 18

Sep.18

Aug. 18

CPI (General)

142.2

142.5

-0.21

138.1

138.0

0.07

140.3

140.4

-0.07

CFPI

140.0

141.5

-1.06

137.0

138.7

-1.23

138.9

140.5

-1.14

Note: Figures of September 2018 are provisional.

4. Provisional indices for the month of September 2018 and also the final indices for August 2018 are being released with this note for all-India and for State/UTs. All-India provisional General (all-groups), Group and Sub-group level CPI and CFPI numbers for September 2018 for Rural, Urban and Combined are given in Annexure I. The inflation rates of important categories of items are given in Annexure II. State/UT wise provisional General CPI numbers for Rural, Urban and Combined are given in Annexure III. Inflation rates of major States, having population more than 50 lakhs as per population Census 2011, are given in Annexure IV. State/UT–wise Group CPIs are available on the Ministry’s website (www.mospi.gov.in).

5. Price data are collected from selected towns by the Field Operations Division of NSSO and from selected villages by the Department of Posts. Price data are received through web portals, maintained by the National Informatics Centre.



Annexure I

All India Consumer Price Indices

(Base: 2012=100)

Group Code

Sub-group Code

Description

Rural

Urban

Combined

Weights

Aug. 18 Index
(Final)


Sep. 18 Index
(Prov.)


Weights

Aug. 18 Index
(Final)


Sep. 18 Index
(Prov.)


Weights

Aug. 18 Index
(Final)


Sep. 18 Index
(Prov.)


(1)

(2)

(3)

(4)

(5)

(6)

(7)

(8)

(9)

(10)

(11)

(12)



1.1.01

Cereals and products

12.35

139.2

139.8

6.59

136.5

137.0

9.67

138.3

138.9



1.1.02

Meat and fish

4.38

148.8

147.1

2.73

146.4

143.1

3.61

148.0

145.7



1.1.03

Egg

0.49

139.1

136.5

0.36

136.6

132.8

0.43

138.1

135.1



1.1.04

Milk and products

7.72

143.5

144.2

5.33

141.2

141.5

6.61

142.6

143.2



1.1.05

Oils and fats

4.21

125.0

124.8

2.81

117.4

117.7

3.56

122.2

122.2



1.1.06

Fruits

2.88

154.4

148.6

2.90

146.3

140.0

2.89

150.6

144.6



1.1.07

Vegetables

7.46

156.3

149.5

4.41

157.3

151.3

6.04

156.6

150.1



1.1.08

Pulses and products

2.95

126.8

125.5

1.73

113.6

113.5

2.38

122.4

121.5



1.1.09

Sugar and Confectionery

1.70

115.4

114.4

0.97

113.3

112.3

1.36

114.7

113.7



1.1.10

Spices

3.11

138.6

138.7

1.79

141.1

141.2

2.50

139.4

139.5



1.2.11

Non-alcoholic beverages

1.37

133.8

134.3

1.13

127.4

127.7

1.26

131.1

131.5



1.1.12

Prepared meals, snacks, sweets etc.

5.56

155.2

156.0

5.54

150.4

151.3

5.55

153.0

153.8

1



Food and beverages

54.18

142.7

141.5

36.29

140.1

138.9

45.86

141.7

140.5

2



Pan, tobacco and intoxicants

3.26

156.4

157.7

1.36

162.1

163.3

2.38

157.9

159.2



3.1.01

Clothing

6.32

152.1

152.2

4.72

140.0

140.8

5.58

147.3

147.7



3.1.02

Footwear

1.04

145.8

146.0

0.85

129.0

129.3

0.95

138.8

139.1

3



Clothing and footwear

7.36

151.3

151.3

5.57

138.3

139.1

6.53

146.1

146.5

4



Housing

-

-

-

21.67

144.6

145.3

10.07

144.6

145.3

5



Fuel and light

7.94

147.7

148.8

5.58

129.8

131.2

6.84

140.9

142.1



6.1.01

Household goods and services

3.75

143.8

144.1

3.87

134.4

134.9

3.80

139.4

139.8



6.1.02

Health

6.83

139.4

139.9

4.81

134.9

135.6

5.89

137.7

138.3



6.1.03

Transport and communication

7.60

128.3

129.7

9.73

120.7

122.5

8.59

124.3

125.9



6.1.04

Recreation and amusement

1.37

138.6

139.7

2.04

129.8

130.2

1.68

133.6

134.3



6.1.05

Education

3.46

146.9

147.6

5.62

145.3

145.2

4.46

146.0

146.2



6.1.06

Personal care and effects

4.25

131.3

132.0

3.47

128.3

129.3

3.89

130.1

130.9

6



Miscellaneous

27.26

136.6

137.4

29.53

131.0

131.9

28.32

133.9

134.7

General Index (All Groups)

100.00

142.5

142.2

100.00

138.0

138.1

100.00

140.4

140.3

Consumer Food Price Index

47.25

141.5

140.0

29.62

138.7

137.0

39.06

140.5

138.9

Notes:

  1. Prov. : Provisional.
  2. - : CPI (Rural) for housing is not compiled.
  3. The weights are indicative to show relative importance of groups and sub-groups. However, all India indices have been compiled as weighted average of State indices.


Annexure II

All India annual inflation rates (%) for September 2018 (Provisional)

(Base: 2012=100)

Group Code

Sub-group Code

Description

Rural

Urban

Combined



Sep. 17 Index
(Final)


Sep. 18

Index
(Prov.)


Inflation Rate
(%)


Sep. 17 Index
(Final)


Sep. 18

Index
(Prov.)


Inflation Rate
(%)


Sep. 17 Index
(Final)


Sep. 18

Index
(Prov.)


Inflation Rate
(%)




(1)

(2)

(3)

(4)

(5)

(6)

(7)

(8)

(9)

(10)

(11)

(12)




1.1.01

Cereals and products

135.2

139.8

3.40

133.6

137.0

2.54

134.7

138.9

3.12




1.1.02

Meat and fish

142.0

147.1

3.59

143.0

143.1

0.07

142.4

145.7

2.32




1.1.03

Egg

130.5

136.5

4.60

129.7

132.8

2.39

130.2

135.1

3.76




1.1.04

Milk and products

140.2

144.2

2.85

138.7

141.5

2.02

139.6

143.2

2.58




1.1.05

Oils and fats

120.7

124.8

3.40

114.5

117.7

2.79

118.4

122.2

3.21




1.1.06

Fruits

147.8

148.6

0.54

137.5

140.0

1.82

143.0

144.6

1.12




1.1.07

Vegetables

154.5

149.5

-3.24

160.7

151.3

-5.85

156.6

150.1

-4.15




1.1.08

Pulses and products

137.1

125.5

-8.46

124.5

113.5

-8.84

132.9

121.5

-8.58




1.1.09

Sugar and Confectionery

121.0

114.4

-5.45

122.4

112.3

-8.25

121.5

113.7

-6.42




1.1.10

Spices

134.7

138.7

2.97

137.3

141.2

2.84

135.6

139.5

2.88




1.2.11

Non-alcoholic beverages

131.7

134.3

1.97

124.8

127.7

2.32

128.8

131.5

2.10




1.1.12

Prepared meals, snacks, sweets etc.

149.3

156.0

4.49

145.0

151.3

4.34

147.3

153.8

4.41



1


Food and beverages

139.6

141.5

1.36

138.0

138.9

0.65

139.0

140.5

1.08



2


Pan, tobacco and intoxicants

149.8

157.7

5.27

153.6

163.3

6.32

150.8

159.2

5.57




3.1.01

Clothing

146.1

152.2

4.18

133.3

140.8

5.63

141.1

147.7

4.68




3.1.02

Footwear

139.7

146.0

4.51

124.6

129.3

3.77

133.4

139.1

4.27



3


Clothing and footwear

145.2

151.3

4.20

132.0

139.1

5.38

140.0

146.5

4.64



4


Housing

-

-

-

135.7

145.3

7.07

135.7

145.3

7.07



5


Fuel and light

137.4

148.8

8.30

120.6

131.2

8.79

131.0

142.1

8.47




6.1.01

Household goods and services

137.9

144.1

4.50

128.1

134.9

5.31

133.3

139.8

4.88




6.1.02

Health

133.4

139.9

4.87

126.1

135.6

7.53

130.6

138.3

5.90




6.1.03

Transport and communication

121.2

129.7

7.01

115.7

122.5

5.88

118.3

125.9

6.42




6.1.04

Recreation and amusement

132.3

139.7

5.59

124.5

130.2

4.58

127.9

134.3

5.00




6.1.05

Education

139.6

147.6

5.73

135.9

145.2

6.84

137.4

146.2

6.40




6.1.06

Personal care and effects

126.7

132.0

4.18

124.4

129.3

3.94

125.7

130.9

4.14



6


Miscellaneous

130.3

137.4

5.45

124.5

131.9

5.94

127.5

134.7

5.65



General Index (All Groups)

137.6

142.2

3.34

132.4

138.1

4.31

135.2

140.3

3.77



Consumer Food Price Index

138.7

140.0

0.94

137.3

137.0

-0.22

138.2

138.9

0.51



















Notes:

  1. Prov. : Provisional.
  2. - : CPI (Rural) for housing is not compiled.


Annexure III

State/UT wise General Consumer Price Indices

(Base: 2012=100)

State/UT Code

Name of the State/UT

Rural

Urban

Combined

Weights

Aug. 18 Index
(Final)


Sep. 18 Index
(Prov.)


Weights

Aug. 18 Index
(Final)


Sep. 18 Index
(Prov.)


Weights

Aug. 18 Index
(Final)


Sep. 18 Index
(Prov.)


(1)

(2)

(3)

(4)

(5)

(6)

(7)

(8)

(9)

(10)

(11)

01

Jammu & Kashmir

1.14

149.6

151.1

0.72

139.6

140.7

0.94

146.1

147.4

02

Himachal Pradesh

1.03

140.5

138.7

0.26

137.1

137.1

0.67

139.9

138.4

03

Punjab

3.31

140.3

141.2

3.09

133.0

134.3

3.21

137.0

138.1

04

Chandigarh

0.02

144.6

144.3

0.34

134.8

136.3

0.17

135.4

136.8

05

Uttarakhand

1.06

134.7

135.1

0.73

133.9

134.4

0.91

134.4

134.8

06

Haryana

3.30

139.7

140.0

3.35

136.1

136.3

3.32

138.0

138.3

07

Delhi

0.28

133.9

134.5

5.64

140.6

140.5

2.77

140.2

140.2

08

Rajasthan

6.63

141.0

140.0

4.23

141.1

140.2

5.51

141.0

140.1

09

Uttar Pradesh

14.83

137.7

137.8

9.54

140.0

140.1

12.37

138.5

138.6

10

Bihar

8.21

142.4

143.5

1.62

138.6

137.6

5.14

141.8

142.6

11

Sikkim

0.06

146.1

148.0

0.03

146.7

147.8

0.05

146.3

147.9

12

Arunachal Pradesh

0.14

156.8

160.9

0.06

--

--

0.10

--

--

13

Nagaland

0.14

153.6

153.2

0.12

137.7

139.0

0.13

146.8

147.2

14

Manipur

0.23

164.6

166.3

0.12

136.8

138.7

0.18

155.8

157.6

15

Mizoram

0.07

137.6

138.6

0.13

130.2

130.9

0.10

133.1

133.9

16

Tripura

0.35

148.2

150.0

0.14

143.5

143.7

0.25

147.0

148.4

17

Meghalaya

0.28

142.1

142.1

0.15

132.6

132.8

0.22

139.2

139.2

18

Assam

2.63

141.4

141.7

0.79

134.6

138.4

1.77

140.0

141.0

19

West Bengal

6.99

145.9

145.5

7.20

138.6

139.5

7.09

142.5

142.7

20

Jharkhand

1.96

147.4

145.9

1.39

136.8

137.7

1.69

143.4

142.8

21

Odisha

2.93

145.9

146.5

1.31

136.1

136.9

2.18

143.2

143.8

22

Chhattisgarh

1.68

146.0

147.3

1.22

139.4

139.6

1.46

143.4

144.3

23

Madhya Pradesh

4.93

136.4

136.4

3.97

139.1

138.8

4.48

137.5

137.4

24

Gujarat

4.54

143.3

143.0

6.82

132.9

133.1

5.60

137.4

137.4

25

Daman & Diu

0.02

164.0

162.0

0.02

133.4

134.5

0.02

151.2

150.5

26

Dadra & Nagar Haveli

0.02

141.4

140.7

0.04

132.7

130.7

0.03

135.6

134.0

27

Maharashtra

8.25

144.2

143.6

18.86

133.7

133.8

13.18

137.2

137.1

28

Andhra Pradesh

5.40

145.5

142.1

3.64

138.8

138.9

4.58

143.0

140.9

29

Karnataka

5.09

141.6

141.8

6.81

143.2

143.5

5.89

142.5

142.7

30

Goa

0.14

151.7

152.9

0.25

134.5

134.3

0.19

141.2

141.5

31

Lakshadweep

0.01

139.0

144.5

0.01

135.6

136.2

0.01

137.3

140.3

32

Kerala

5.50

146.7

144.9

3.46

145.3

144.1

4.55

146.2

144.6

33

Tamil Nadu

5.55

143.9

142.5

9.20

141.3

141.2

7.25

142.4

141.7

34

Puducherry

0.08

145.8

144.7

0.27

138.3

139.0

0.17

140.2

140.5

35

Andaman & Nicobar Islands

0.05

146.6

144.1

0.07

134.4

134.7

0.06

140.4

139.3

36

Telangana

3.16

146.6

148.7

4.41

138.1

137.5

3.74

141.9

142.6

99

All India

100.00

142.5

142.2

100.00

138.0

138.1

100.00

140.4

140.3

Notes:

1. Prov. : Provisional.

2. -- : indicates the receipt of price schedules is less than 80% of allocated schedules and therefore indices are not compiled.



Annexure IV



Major State/UT wise annual inflation rates (%) for September 2018 (Provisional)

(Base: 2012=100)

State/UT Code

Name of the State/UT

Rural

Urban

Combined

Sep. 17 Index
(Final)


Sep. 18

Index
(Prov.)


Inflation Rate
(%)


Sep. 17 Index
(Final)


Sep. 18

Index
(Prov.)


Inflation Rate
(%)


Sep. 17 Index
(Final)


Sep. 18

Index
(Prov.)


Inflation Rate
(%)


(1)

(2)

(3)

(4)

(5)

(6)

(7)

(8)

(9)

(10)

(11)

01

Jammu & Kashmir

143.4

151.1

5.37

130.9

140.7

7.49

139.0

147.4

6.04

02

Himachal Pradesh

137.8

138.7

0.65

130.2

137.1

5.30

136.4

138.4

1.47

03

Punjab

134.6

141.2

4.90

129.4

134.3

3.79

132.3

138.1

4.38

05

Uttarakhand

131.4

135.1

2.82

127.0

134.4

5.83

129.8

134.8

3.85

06

Haryana

135.5

140.0

3.32

130.0

136.3

4.85

132.9

138.3

4.06

07

Delhi

133.8

134.5

0.52

136.5

140.5

2.93

136.4

140.2

2.79

08

Rajasthan

140.4

140.0

-0.28

134.3

140.2

4.39

138.2

140.1

1.37

09

Uttar Pradesh

133.5

137.8

3.22

132.1

140.1

6.06

133.0

138.6

4.21

10

Bihar

137.8

143.5

4.14

130.4

137.6

5.52

136.7

142.6

4.32

18

Assam

133.6

141.7

6.06

131.9

138.4

4.93

133.2

141.0

5.86

19

West Bengal

135.8

145.5

7.14

132.5

139.5

5.28

134.2

142.7

6.33

20

Jharkhand

141.3

145.9

3.26

130.9

137.7

5.19

137.3

142.8

4.01

21

Odisha

139.5

146.5

5.02

130.2

136.9

5.15

136.9

143.8

5.04

22

Chhattisgarh

142.4

147.3

3.44

130.5

139.6

6.97

137.8

144.3

4.72

23

Madhya Pradesh

132.3

136.4

3.10

131.9

138.8

5.23

132.1

137.4

4.01

24

Gujarat

140.5

143.0

1.78

128.8

133.1

3.34

133.9

137.4

2.61

27

Maharashtra

141.2

143.6

1.70

128.5

133.8

4.12

132.8

137.1

3.24

28

Andhra Pradesh

140.8

142.1

0.92

134.3

138.9

3.43

138.4

140.9

1.81

29

Karnataka

139.2

141.8

1.87

138.6

143.5

3.54

138.9

142.7

2.74

32

Kerala

139.7

144.9

3.72

137.8

144.1

4.57

139.0

144.6

4.03

33

Tamil Nadu

137.8

142.5

3.41

136.4

141.2

3.52

137.0

141.7

3.43

36

Telangana

138.4

148.7

7.44

133.5

137.5

3.00

135.7

142.6

5.08

99

All India

137.6

142.2

3.34

132.4

138.1

4.31

135.2

140.3

3.77

Notes:

  1. Prov. : Provisional.


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Ministry of Finance
13-October, 2018 12:00 IST
Shri Subhash Chandra Garg, Secretary, DEA: Better Metric is needed for the Human Capital Index (HCI) to measure the Status of Human Capital;

Structural Reforms in areas like taxation and bankruptcy are helping the Indian economy in building its resilience to global shocks and maintain a robust growth rate despite challenges;

Prudent policy measures have helped, and measures being undertaken now will also help contain the stress currently seen in financial condition tightening, and oil prices etc.

Shri Subhash Chandra Garg, Secretary, Department of Economic Affairs (DEA), Ministry of Finance emphasized the need to recognize that digital technological changes taking place are more fundamental than even invention of the steam engine, which had laid the foundation of the industrial revolution. There is a digital revolution which is transforming the world. Shri Garg was speaking at the IMF’s Development Committee Lunch Session in Bali yesterday. The Session focused on the World Development Report, which is on the changing nature of work. Speaking about the Human Capital Index (HCI) that was released recently as part of the Human Capital Project of the World Bank, Shri Garg commented that Human Capital needs to continuously evolve and develop. HCI uses metric of industrial era to measure the status of human capital for digital age and its production system. He said that a better metric is needed.

Earlier, Shri Subhash Chandra Garg, Secretary, Department of Economic Affairs (DEA) led the Indian delegation to the Annual Meetings Plenary Session of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) and the World Bank yesterday in Bali, Indonesia.



In the IMFC Introductory Session, Shri Garg, Secretary, DEA highlighted the key factors like structural reforms in areas like taxation and bankruptcy are helping the Indian economy in building its resilience to global shocks and maintain a robust growth rate despite challenges. Shri Garg emphasised that Prudent Policy measures have helped, and measures being undertaken now, will also help contain the stress currently seen in financial condition tightening, and oil prices etc.



Of the Four Sessions of the 38thInternational Monetary and Financial Committee (IMFC) Meeting of the IMF being held during the Annual Meetings, the first two sessions – Introductory Session and the Restricted Session on Early Warning Exercise (EWE) – were held yesterday. Secretary Shri Garg attended both these Sessions. The IMFC Introductory Session was focused on Global Developments and Prospects, while the EWE was focused on Upcoming Risks to the Global Economy.



Earlier in the day, Secretary Shri Garg also led the Indian delegation in the G-20 FMCBG Meeting in which the deliberations centred on key risks facing the global economy, enhancing a resilient international financial architecture, financing infrastructure development, progress on compact with Africa as well as streamlining of the GPFI process among others.



Secretary, DEA, Shri Garg is currently on an official tour to Bali, Indonesia to participate in the Annual Meetings of the IMF and the World Bank and other associated Sidelines Meetings. He is accompanied by the senior officials of the Ministry of Finance among others.



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Ministry of Textiles
14-October, 2018 18:31 IST
Ajay Tamta inaugurates 46th edition of IHGF-Delhi Fair Autumn-2018



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MoS for Textiles inaugurating IHGF-Delhi Fair


Union Minister of State for Textiles, Ajay Tamta, inaugurated the 46th edition of world’s largest IHGF-Delhi Fair at India Expo Centre & Mart at Greater Noida today. Speaking on the occasion, he said that this Fair has played a vital role in increasing exports of handicrafts from the country and has acquired a special importance for handicrafts sector as overseas buyers find this fair as the most effective sourcing medium for their requirements and that the Indian exporting community considers this as the most effective marketing medium for their merchandise. Participation by over 3200 exhibitors in this fair and visit of overseas buyers from over 110 countries shows its popularity amongst Indian handicrafts exporters and importers.

Ajay Tamta urged the handicrafts exporters to take care of the artisans and craftsmen who are the backbone of this sector. He further said that Government of India is not only providing assistance to these craftsmen in the form of subsidies through various schemes in minimising their expenditure on health and educational needs of their families but also on transport for bringing their products to the common facility centres. He also said that a portal of Government and handicrafts exporters is being created to provide more assistance to these artisans for healthcare and education of their children. Ajay Tamta also urged the EPCH and exporters to gear up for the Ambiente 2019 to be held in Frankfurt, Germany, in which India is a partner country.

Overseas buyers from more than 110 countries are expected to participate in IHGF-Delhi Fair and source home, lifestyle, fashion and textiles products. The Fair has the most extensive range of handcrafted products like home textiles, furnishings, carpets, decoratives, tableware, furniture, garden & outdoor, bathroom accessories, spa and wellness, lamps & lighting, Christmas & festive décor, handmade paper items, fashion jewellery and accessories. The fair will remain open till 18th October, 2018.

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Ministry of Textiles
14-October, 2018 14:54 IST
India International Silk Fair -2018 begins in New Delhi on 16th October

Union Minister of Textiles, Smriti Zubin Irani, will inaugurate the 6th edition of India International Silk Fair (IISF) in New Delhi on October 16, 2018. Minister of State for Textiles, Ajay Tamta will also be present on the occasion.

India is the 2nd largest producer of silk in the world. The silk industry is agriculture based and labour intensive and provides gainful employment to around 8 million artisans and weavers in rural areas.

Over 108 exhibitors of silk and blended silk products manufactured in different parts of the country will display their produce during the three-day event, organised by the Indian Silk Export Promotion Council (ISEPC) at Pragati Maidan. Over 218 buyers from various countries will participate in the fair. Artisans from Jammu & Kashmir and North East will showcase their unique products from their region which will be an added attraction for buyers.

The fair will give a platform to exporters to display their products and to overseas buyers an opportunity to place orders and source their merchandize. The IISF-2018 is expected to generate business of over USD 20 million for the small and medium enterprises (SMEs) engaged in producing silk and blended silk garments, fabrics, accessories and floor covering.

The Central Silk Board is putting up a Theme Pavilion showcasing the future vision of Indian Silk Industry. The fair is open for buyers and sellers and invited visitors only.

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Ministry of Commerce & Industry
15-October, 2018 16:14 IST
Top priority language localisation to bring government services closer to the people: Secretary MeitY

The government of India is making all efforts to bring services closer to the people inclusively and create a window of opportunity for start-ups and young entrepreneurs. This was stated by Secretary, Ministry of Electronics & IT (Meity), Ajay Prakash Sawhney, at an interactive session on’ Language Localisation& CRM Services on GeM’, organised by FICCI and GeMhere today.

Secretary, MeitY, said that language localisation was the key to capitalise on the opportunities in open and transparent public procurement services of the GeM for vendors and buyers. Although there are many challenges which include speech recognition in various languages, translating speech to text and text to speech, optical and handwriting recognition. But all efforts are being made to ensure that a Malayalam and Bangla speaking vendor or buyer is able to have a dialogue in real time.

Radha Chauhan, CEO, GeM said that GeM was designed to make public procurement processes of the government transparent and it was imperative to have language localisation to make ‘Digital India’ a transformative movement. On Customer relationship management (CRM), Ms. Chauhan said that GeM was equipped to handle calls in 10 Indian languages which are transactional. The challenge to be overcome now is to create solutions in various languages for processing of services like public procurement bidding.

Arvind Gupta,CEO, MyGovsaid that from ‘Digital India’ to ‘Digital Bharat’, language content will play the most vital role. On the MyGov platform local language content gets consumed the best.



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Ministry of Commerce & Industry
15-October, 2018 12:07 IST
Index Numbers of Wholesale Price in India (Base: 2011-12=100)

Review for the month of September, 2018

The official Wholesale Price Index for ‘All Commodities’ (Base: 2011-12=100) for the month of September, 2018 rose by 0.7 percent to 120.8 (provisional) from 120.0 (provisional) for the previous month.



INFLATION

The annual rate of inflation, based on monthly WPI, stood at 5.13% (provisional) for the month of September, 2018 (over September, 2017) as compared to 4.53% (provisional) for the previous month and 3.14% during the corresponding month of the previous year. Build up inflation rate in the financial year so far was 3.87% compared to a build up rate of 1.50% in the corresponding period of the previous year.



Inflation for important commodities / commodity groups is indicated in Annex-1 and Annex-II.

The movement of the index for the various commodity groups is summarized below:-



PRIMARY ARTICLES (Weight 22.62%)



The index for this major group rose by 0.2 percent to 135.4 (provisional) from 135.1 (provisional) for the previous month. The groups and items which showed variations during the month are as follows:-



The index for ‘Food Articles’ group declined by 0.2 percent to 144.5 (provisional) from 144.8 (provisional) for the previous month due to lower price of fish-marine (12%), egg and urad (3% each), gram and ragi (2% each) and fruits & vegetables and peas/chawali (1% each). However, the price of betel leaves (18%), tea and pork (4% each), beef & buffalo meat and bajra (3% each), fish-inland, condiments & spices, maize and poultry chicken (2% each) and arhar, barley, mutton, wheat, masur and moong (1% each) moved up.



The index for ‘Non-Food Articles’ group declined by 0.2 percent to 124.8 (provisional) from 125.0 (provisional) for the previous month due to lower price of skins (raw) (5%), hides (raw) and industrial wood (4% each), copra (coconut) and soyabean (3% each), mesta and guar seed (2% each) and raw rubber, raw cotton, groundnut seed and coir fibre (1% each). However, the price of floriculture (18%), niger seed (7%), gingelly seed (6%), raw jute and sunflower (5% each), tobacco (3%), safflower (kardi seed) (2%) and rape & mustard seed, raw wool, raw silk, cotton seed, linseed and fodder (1% each) moved up.



The index for ‘Minerals’ group rose by 9.7 percent to 135.2 (provisional) from 123.2 (provisional) for the previous month due to higher price of garnet (60%), copper concentrate (26%), sillimanite (23%), iron ore (4%) and manganese ore and chromite (3% each). However, the price of zinc concentrate and lead concentrate (1% each) declined.



The index for 'Crude Petroleum & Natural Gas' group rose by 1.1 percent to 95.9 (provisional) from 94.9 (provisional) for the previous month due to higher price of natural gas (4%).



FUEL & POWER (Weight 13.15%)



The index for this major group rose by 2.2 percent to 107.2 (provisional) from 104.9 (provisional) for the previous month. The groups and items which showed variations during the month are as follows:-



The index for ‘Coal’ group rose by 0.2 percent to 123.2 (provisional) from 123.0 (provisional) for the previous month due to higher price of coking coal (1%).



The index for ‘Mineral Oils’ group rose by 3.7 percent to 101.9 (provisional) from 98.3 (provisional) for the previous month due to higher price of lube oils (11%), naphtha (5%), HSD and petrol (4% each), LPG (3%), furnace oil, bitumen and kerosene (2% each) and ATF (1%). However, the price of petroleum coke (2%) declined.



MANUFACTURED PRODUCTS (Weight 64.23%)



The index for this major group rose by 0.6 percent to 118.5 (provisional) from 117.8 (provisional) for the previous month. The groups and items which showed variations during the month are as follows:-



The index for ‘Manufacture of Food Products’ group rose by 0.3 percent to 129.4 (provisional) from 129.0 (provisional) for the previous month due to higher price of processing & preserving of fish, crustaceans & molluscs & products thereof (10%), basmati rice (6%), coffee powder with chicory (4%), maida and sooji (rawa ) (3% each), wheat flour (atta) and sunflower oil (2% each) and gur, manufacture of macaroni, noodles, couscous & similar farinaceous products, ice cream, other meats, preserved/processed, manufacture of prepared animal feeds, chicken/duck [dressed-fresh/frozen], rice bran oil, castor oil, manufacture of starches & starch products, rice [non-basmati], wheat bran and groundnut oil (1% each). However, the price of instant coffee (4%), honey and molasses (3% each), processed tea, processing & preserving of fruit & vegetables, vanaspati, sugar and copra oil (2% each) and condensed milk, gram powder (besan) and bagasse (1% each) declined.


The index for ‘Manufacture of Beverages’ group rose by 0.3 percent to 120.4 (provisional) from 120.0 (provisional) for the previous month due to higher price of rectified spirit and country liquor (2% each), spirits (1%). However, the price of bottled mineral water (2%) declined.


The index for ‘Manufacture of Tobacco Products’ group declined by 0.3 percent to 149.6 (provisional) from 150.1 (provisional) for the previous month due to lower price of other tobacco products (1%).


The index for ‘Manufacture of Textiles’ group rose by 1.1 percent to 118.9 (provisional) from 117.6 (provisional) for the previous month due to higher price of synthetic yarn and woollen yarn (4% each), texturised & twisted yarn, manufacture of other textiles and manufacture of made-up textile articles, except apparel (2% each) and viscose yarn, manufacture of cordage, rope, twine & netting and cotton yarn (1% each). However, the price of manufacture of knitted & crocheted fabrics (1%) declined.



The index for ‘Manufacture of Wearing Apparel’ group declined by 0.4 percent to 138.6 (provisional) from 139.1 (provisional) for the previous month due to lower price of manufacture of knitted & crocheted apparel (1%).


The index for ‘Manufacture of Leather and Related Products’ group rose by 0.4 percent to 123.0 (provisional) from 122.5 (provisional) for the previous month due to higher price of leather shoe (2%) and harness, saddles & other related items, waterproof footwear and belt & other articles of leather (1% each). However, the price of vegetable tanned leather (9%) and chrome tanned leather, gloves of leather and plastic/pvc chappals (1% each) declined.


The index for ‘Manufacture of Wood and of Products of Wood and Cork ‘ group rose by 0.7 percent to 133.7 (provisional) from 132.8 (provisional) for the previous month due to higher price of lamination wooden sheets/veneer sheets and wooden block-compressed or not (2% each) and particle boards, wood cutting [processed/sized] and plywood block boards (1% each). However, the price of wooden box/crate (2%) declined.


The index for ‘Manufacture of Paper and Paper Products’ group rose by 0.4 percent to 123.1 (provisional) from 122.6 (provisional) for the previous month due to higher price of tissue paper (6%), map litho paper (4%), newsprint, base paper and corrugated paper board (2% each) and poster paper, laminated plastic sheet, kraft paper and paper for printing & writing (1% each). However, the price of paper bag including craft paper bag (5%), corrugated sheet box (2%) and laminated paper (1%) declined.


The index for ‘Printing and Reproduction of Recorded Media ‘ group rose by 0.3 percent to 148.4 (provisional) from 147.9 (provisional) for the previous month due to higher price of printed form & schedule and journal/periodical (3% each), sticker plastic (2%) and newspaper (1%). However, the price of hologram (3d) (3%) and printed books (1%) declined.


The index for ‘Manufacture of Chemicals and Chemical Products’ group rose by 0.6 percent to 119.3 (provisional) from 118.6 (provisional) for the previous month due to higher price of mono ethyl glycol and ethyl acetate (8% each), organic surface active agent and polyester film(metalized) (6% each), menthol and varnish (all types) (5% each), acetic acid & its derivatives, rubber chemicals and polyester fibre fabric (4% each), ammonium sulphate, xlpe compound, nitrogenous fertilizer, others, carbon black, phosphoric acid and amine (3% each), liquid air & other gaseous products, camphor, ammonia gas, ammonium phosphate, di ammonium phosphate and plasticizer (2% each) and polyester chips or polyethylene terepthalate (pet) chips, phthalic anhydride, polyethylene, aromatic chemicals, caustic soda (sodium hydroxide), ethylene oxide, other petrochemical intermediates, perfume/scent, superphospate/phosphatic fertilizer, others, catalysts, alcohols, organic solvent, hair oil/body oil, alkyl benzene, soda ash/washing soda, paint, sulphuric acid, viscose staple fibre, organic chemicals and other inorganic chemicals (1% each). However, the price of gelatine (4%), hydrogen peroxide (3%) and agarbatti, nitric acid, acrylic fibre, toilet soap, agro chemical formulation, fungicide [liquid], printing ink, insecticide & pesticide, aniline (including pna, ona, ocpna), dye stuff/dyes incl. dye intermediates & pigments/colours and polystyrene [expandable] (1% each) declined.



The index for ‘Manufacture of Pharmaceuticals, Medicinal Chemical and Botanical Products’ group declined by 0.2 percent to 123.2 (provisional) from 123.5 (provisional) for the previous month due to lower price of antidiabetic drug excluding insulin (i.e. tolbutam) (7%), antipyretic, analgesic, anti-inflammatory formulations (3%), anti-retroviral drugs for HIV treatment, api & formulations of vitamins and anti allergic drugs (1% each). However, the price of antibiotics & preparations thereof (4%), sulpha drugs (3%), plastic capsules (2%) and cotton wool (medicinal), ayurvedic medicaments and anti cancer drugs (1% each) moved up.



The index for ‘Manufacture of Rubber and Plastics Products’ group rose by 0.4 percent to 109.6 (provisional) from 109.2 (provisional) for the previous month due to higher price of polyester film (non-metalized) (7%), rubber cloth/sheet (6%), plastic tube (flexible/non-flexible) (4%), plastic components and processed rubber (3% each), rubber tubes-not for tyres, tractor tyre, elastic webbing and rubber crumb (2% each) and thermocol, plastic bag, acrylic/plastic sheet, polypropylene film, rubber tread, rubberized dipped fabric, plastic film, tooth brush, 2/3 wheeler tyre and polythene film (1% each). However, the price of condoms and plastic button (4% each), motor car tube (3%), rubber components & parts, plastic box/container and plastic furniture (2% each) and conveyer belt (fibre based), plastic tank and solid rubber tyres/wheels (1% each) declined.



The index for ‘Manufacture of Other Non-Metallic Mineral Products’ remained unchanged at 115.9 (provisional). Rise in price was recorded for porcelain sanitary ware (7%), poles & posts of concrete (6%), white cement and graphite rod, granite (2% each) and marble slab, railway sleeper and cement blocks (concrete) (1% each). While a decline in price was recorded for ordinary sheet glass and cement superfine (3% each), porcelain crockery, ceramic tiles (vitrified tiles) and slag cement (2% each) and glass bottle and stone [chip] (1% each).


The index for ‘Manufacture of Basic Metals’ group rose by 2.0 percent to 113.8 (provisional) from 111.6 (provisional) for the previous month due to higher price of aluminium alloys and sponge iron/direct reduced iron (DRI) (8% each), angles, channels, sections, steel (coated/not) (5%), MS bright bars, alloy steel wire rods and MS pencil ingots (4% each), pig iron, cold rolled (CR) coils & sheets, including narrow strip, MS wire rods, mild steel (MS) blooms and aluminium ingot (3% each), aluminium castings, gp/gc sheet, hot rolled (HR) coils & sheets, including narrow strip and MS castings (2% each) and rails, stainless steel tubes, brass metal/sheet/coils, ferrochrome, alumnium foil, aluminium shapes-bars/rods/flats, alloy steel castings, steel forgings-rough and steel cables (1% each). However, the price of copper shapes-bars/rods/plates/strips, copper metal/copper rings and aluminium disk & circles (3% each), stainless steel pencil ingots/billets/slabs (2%) and aluminium metal, ferrosilicon, other ferro alloys, lead ingots, bars, blocks, plates and silicomanganese (1% each) declined.



The index for ‘Manufacture of Fabricated Metal Products, Except Machinery and Equipment’ group declined by 0.3 percent to 115.2 (provisional) from 115.5 (provisional) for the previous month due to lower price of electrical stamping- laminated or otherwise (4%), boilers (3%), steel door (2%) and forged steel rings, bolts, screws, nuts & nails of iron & steel and cylinders (1% each). However, the price of stainless steel tank and metal cutting tools & accessories (3% each) and hose pipes in set or otherwise, steel structures, steel drums and barrels, iron/steel cap and pressure cooker (1% each) moved up.



The index for ‘Manufacture of Computer, Electronic and Optical Products’ group rose by 0.7 percent to 113.0 (provisional) from 112.2 (provisional) for the previous month due to higher price of meter (non-electrical) (5%), sunglasses (2%) and capacitors, telephone sets including mobile hand sets, watch and electronic printed circuit board (PCB)/micro circuit (1% each). However, the price of microscope (8%) and electro-diagnostic apparatus, used in medical, surgical, dental or veterinary sciences (2%) declined



The index for ‘Manufacture of Electrical Equipment’ group rose by 0.1 percent to 111.8 (provisional) from 111.7 (provisional) for the previous month due to higher price of solenoid valve (6%), motors & other dc equipment (5%), fibre optic cables and air coolers (3% each), domestic gas stove, cooling tower, ACSR conductors, insulator and insulating & flexible wire (2% each) and electrical relay/conductor, PVC insulated cable, aluminium/alloy conductor, rotor/magneto rotor assembly, generators & alternators, jelly filled cables, light fitting accessories and aluminium wire (1% each). However, the price of microwave oven (7%), electric welding machine, refrigerators and transformer (2% each) and safety fuse, electrical resistors (except heating resistors), rubber insulated cables, electric filament type lamps and electric & other meters (1% each) declined.



The index for ‘Manufacture of Machinery and Equipment’ group rose by 0.2 percent to 111.3 (provisional) from 111.1 (provisional) for the previous month due to higher price of dumper (11%), precision machinery equipment/form tools (7%), chillers (6%), injection pump, mining, quarrying & metallurgical machinery/parts, deep freezers and air gas compressor including compressor for refrigerator (2% each) and sewing machines, motor starter, pharmaceutical machinery, water pump, centrifugal pumps, agriculture implements, grinding or polishing machine, hydraulic pump, agricultural tractors, lathes, roller mill (raymond), concrete vibrator & mixture and sugar machinery (1% each). However, the price of conveyors - non-roller type (4%), chemical equipment & system (3%), machinery used in the milling industry, open end spinning machinery, furnaces & ovens, hydraulic equipment and roller & ball bearings (2% each) and manufacture of bearings, gears, gearing & driving elements, water purifier and threshers (1% each) declined.



The index for ‘Manufacture of Motor Vehicles, Trailers and Semi-Trailers’ group rose by 0.3 percent to 113.6 (provisional) from 113.3 (provisional) for the previous month due to higher price of radiators & coolers (6%), axles of motor vehicles and minibus/bus (2% each) and piston ring/piston & compressor, wheels/wheels & parts, silencer & damper and shafts of all kinds (1% each). However, the price of crankshaft (6%), brake pad/brake liner/brake block/brake rubber, others (5%), release valve (3%) and chain (1%) declined.



The index for ‘Manufacture of Other Transport Equipment’ group rose by 0.2 percent to 111.4 (provisional) from 111.2 (provisional) for the previous month due to higher price of bicycles of all types (1%).



The index for ‘Manufacture of Furniture’ group declined by 0.1 percent to 125.4 (provisional) from 125.5 (provisional) for the previous month due to lower price of foam and rubber mattress (1%). However, the price of steel shutter gate (1%) moved up.



The index for ‘Other Manufacturing’ group rose by 0.4 percent to 107.0 (provisional) from 106.6 (provisional) for the previous month due to higher price of playing cards (5%), intraocular lens (4%), football (2%) and cricket bat and carrom board (1% each). However, the price of stringed musical instruments (incl. santoor, guitars, etc.) (4%), cricket ball (3%) and silver (1%) declined.



WPI FOOD INDEX (Weight 24.38%)



The rate of inflation based on WPI Food Index consisting of ‘Food Articles’ from Primary Articles group and ‘Food Product’ from Manufactured Products group increased from -2.25% in August, 2018 to 0.14% in September, 2018.



FINAL INDEX FOR THE MONTH OF JULY, 2018 (BASE YEAR: 2011-12=100)



For the month of July, 2018, the final Wholesale Price Index for ‘All Commodities’ (Base: 2011-12=100) stood at 119.9 as compared to 119.7 (provisional) and annual rate of inflation based on final index stood at 5.27 percent as compared to 5.09 percent (provisional) respectively as reported on 14.08.2018.



Next date of press release: 14/11/2018 for the month of October, 2018

This press release is available at our home page http://eaindustry.nic.in



Annexure-I

Wholesale Price Index and Rates of Inflation (Base Year: 2011-12=100)












Month of September, 2018

Commodities/Major Groups/Groups/Sub-Groups

Weight

WPI

September-2018

Latest month over month

Build up from March

Year on year

2017-18

2018-19

2017-18

2018-19

2017-18

2018-19

ALL COMMODITIES

100.00

120.8

0.09

0.67

1.50

3.87

3.14

5.13

PRIMARY ARTICLES

22.62

135.4

-2.81

0.22

3.46

5.62

0.69

2.97

Food Articles

15.26

144.5

-4.04

-0.21

5.23

5.24

2.04

-0.21

Cereals

2.82

150.4

0.00

0.47

-1.86

4.01

-0.07

5.54

Paddy

1.43

155.7

0.20

0.06

0.74

2.03

2.83

4.64

Wheat

1.03

149.8

0.36

0.81

-3.71

6.09

-1.71

8.87

Pulses

0.64

123.2

3.65

-1.04

-2.27

0.74

-24.26

-18.14

Vegetables

1.87

160.6

-23.74

-8.12

41.05

39.41

15.41

-3.83

Potato

0.28

220.3

-7.35

-2.91

34.25

68.81

-46.78

80.13

Onion

0.16

144.9

-12.11

-10.22

75.23

-7.88

79.78

-25.23

Fruits

1.60

146.3

-0.75

10.00

13.35

-3.88

2.93

-7.35

Milk

4.44

143.5

0.50

-0.14

2.86

1.99

4.31

2.21

Eggs, Meat & Fish

2.40

134.2

0.00

-1.11

0.52

0.83

5.47

-0.52

Non-Food Articles

4.12

124.8

-0.83

-0.16

-1.72

3.91

-2.60

4.17

Oil Seeds

1.12

138.5

0.71

-1.14

-0.54

-0.14

-8.38

8.20

Minerals

0.83

135.2

7.04

9.74

12.63

-2.24

0.54

4.56

Crude Petroleum

2.41

88.4

3.82

0.00

-10.61

19.62

-3.39

47.83

FUEL & POWER

13.15

107.2

3.14

2.19

-1.82

9.39

10.46

16.65

LPG

0.64

99.6

12.35

2.68

-20.30

17.04

21.90

33.51

Petrol

1.60

93.3

2.98

3.78

-3.28

10.41

16.37

17.21

HSD

3.10

100.8

1.98

3.92

-2.83

11.88

16.69

22.18

MANUFACTURED PRODUCTS

64.23

118.5

0.80

0.59

1.25

2.33

2.99

4.22

Manufacture of Food Products

9.12

129.4

0.78

0.31

0.86

1.17

1.99

0.78

Manufacture of Vegetable And Animal Oils and Fats

2.64

119.0

1.41

0.00

-0.55

1.71

0.19

10.39

Sugar

1.06

114.0

-0.08

-2.15

0.15

-2.40

7.38

-12.91

Manufacture of Tobacco Products

0.51

149.6

0.33

-0.33

5.63

-0.47

5.18

-0.40

Manufacture of Textiles

4.88

118.9

-0.44

1.11

0.27

4.12

0.98

5.04

Manufacture of Wearing Apparel

0.81

138.6

0.51

-0.36

2.78

0.65

3.87

1.32

Manufacture of Leather and Related Products

0.54

123.0

0.50

0.41

-0.42

2.16

-3.23

2.59

Manufacture of Wood And of Products of Wood and Cork

0.77

133.7

0.38

0.68

2.08

1.75

0.68

0.75

Manufacture of Paper and Paper Products

1.11

123.1

1.52

0.41

3.63

2.33

6.86

2.67

Manufacture of Chemicals and Chemical Products

6.47

119.3

0.18

0.59

-0.36

3.29

0.91

7.19

Manufacture of Rubber and Plastics Products

2.30

109.6

0.00

0.37

-1.10

1.86

1.03

1.86

Manufacture of other Non-Metallic Mineral Products

3.20

115.9

0.45

0.00

2.38

1.67

0.90

3.57

Manufacture of Cement, Lime and Plaster

1.64

113.6

0.71

-0.53

4.12

0.00

1.07

-0.18

Manufacture of Basic Metals

9.65

113.8

2.44

1.97

5.54

3.83

13.75

12.78

Mild Steel - Semi Finished Steel

1.27

101.1

1.09

1.61

3.10

3.06

4.14

8.59

Manufacture of Fabricated Metal Products, Except Machinery and Equipment

3.15

115.2

2.45

-0.26

0.37

2.86

4.51

5.79

Manufacture of other Transport Equipment

1.65

111.4

0.46

0.18

-0.27

0.91

1.58

1.64





Annexure-II





Trend of Rate of Inflation for some important items during last six months





Commodities/Major Groups/Groups/Sub-Groups

Weight (%)

Rate of Inflation for the last six months





Sept-18

Aug-18

July-18

June-18

May-18

Apr-18





ALL COMMODITIES

100.00

5.13

4.53

5.27

5.68

4.78

3.62





PRIMARY ARTICLES

22.62

2.97

-0.15

2.04

4.74

3.79

2.59





Food Articles

15.26

-0.21

-4.04

-2.10

1.87

1.74

0.87





Cereals

2.82

5.54

5.05

3.51

2.59

1.68

0.21





Paddy

1.43

4.64

4.78

3.96

3.71

4.19

3.86





Wheat

1.03

8.87

8.39

6.38

5.14

3.05

-0.07





Pulses

0.64

-18.14

-14.26

-17.24

-20.23

-21.13

-22.46





Vegetables

1.87

-3.83

-20.18

-13.58

8.49

3.56

-0.40





Potato

0.28

80.13

71.89

75.19

99.64

88.53

71.66





Onion

0.16

-25.23

-26.80

44.20

21.02

13.20

13.62





Fruits

1.60

-7.35

-16.40

-8.81

3.73

15.40

19.39





Milk

4.44

2.21

2.86

2.87

2.37

2.38

2.54





Eggs, Meat & Fish

2.40

-0.52

0.59

0.87

-0.07

0.15

-2.00





Non-Food Articles

4.12

4.17

3.48

3.96

3.81

0.42

-0.74





Oil Seeds

1.12

8.20

10.23

9.86

8.80

8.16

6.54





Minerals

0.83

4.56

1.99

13.14

4.23

8.36

20.55





Crude Petroleum

1.95

47.83

53.47

58.99

59.64

44.57

26.18





FUEL & POWER

13.15

16.65

17.73

18.10

16.52

12.65

7.96





LPG

0.64

33.51

46.08

31.53

20.19

-0.74

-12.05





Petrol

1.60

17.21

16.30

20.75

18.23

13.90

10.09





HSD

3.10

22.18

19.90

22.84

21.88

17.34

13.50





MANUFACTURED PRODUCTS

64.23

4.22

4.43

4.53

4.17

3.82

3.29





Manufacture of Food Products

9.12

0.78

1.26

1.74

1.10

0.24

0.55





Manufacture of Vegetable And Animal Oils and Fats

2.64

10.39

11.95

13.50

13.88

13.21

11.19





Sugar

1.06

-12.91

-11.07

-10.51

-13.37

-19.46

-15.56





Manufacture of Tobacco Products

0.51

-0.40

0.27

2.82

4.50

5.87

3.70





Manufacture of Textiles

4.88

5.04

3.43

3.88

2.29

1.85

0.97





Manufacture of Wearing Apparel

0.81

1.32

2.20

2.14

3.71

3.79

4.77





Manufacture of Leather and Related Products

0.54

2.59

2.68

2.49

2.84

1.83

2.94





Manufacture of Wood And of Products of Wood and Cork

0.77

0.75

0.45

0.53

0.68

1.75

0.99





Manufacture of Paper and Paper Products

1.11

2.67

3.81

2.86

2.36

3.31

3.78





Manufacture of Chemicals and Chemical Products

6.47

7.19

6.75

6.48

5.47

5.10

4.21





Manufacture of Rubber and Plastics Products

2.30

1.86

1.49

2.05

0.83

0.46

-0.09





Manufacture of other Non-Metallic Mineral Products

3.20

3.57

4.04

3.48

2.22

2.76

3.78





Manufacture of Cement, Lime and Plaster

1.64

-0.18

1.06

0.44

-1.22

-0.26

1.78





Manufacture of Basic Metals

9.65

12.78

13.30

15.57

17.24

15.79

13.35





Mild Steel - Semi Finished Steel

1.27

8.59

8.03

8.50

12.63

11.76

9.66





Manufacture of Fabricated Metal Products, Except Machinery and Equipment

3.15

5.79

8.65

6.69

6.44

4.07

2.86





Manufacture of other Transport Equipment

1.65

1.64

1.92

1.92

1.19

1.28

2.22







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18-October, 2018 14:51 IST
Recruitment Results finalized by UPSC in September, 2018

The following Recruitment Results have been finalized by the Union Public Service Commission during the month of September, 2018. The recommended candidates have been informed individually by post.



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Ministry of Railways
25-October, 2018 10:43 IST
First Aid emergency care & medical facilities by Indian Railways available at all Railway Stations and in all passenger carrying trains

All the front-line staff deployed in trains and at stations viz. Ticket Checking Staff, Train Superintendents, Guards, Station Masters etc. are properly trained in rendering First-Aid

Ministry of Railways is providing the First Aid emergency care & medical facilities at all Railway Stations and in all passenger carrying trains for which Medical Boxes containing wide range of medicines, dressing materials, consumables, oxygen cylinder and delivery kit. The above mentioned items are available with the Train Superintendent/Guard and Station Master/Station Superintendents as recommended by the expert doctors of All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS), New Delhi.

Any passenger falling sick or getting injured during the course of train journey may contact the railway staff available on-board or at stations for making arrangements for providing First-Aid. All the front-line staff deployed in trains and at stations viz. Ticket Checking Staff, Train Superintendents, Guards, Station Masters etc. are properly trained in rendering First-Aid. In case of severe medical emergency while travelling, the service of doctors travelling as passengers is also utilized. Such doctors are given concession in the fare and their identity is separately shown in the reservation charts available with the TTE and also displayed in the coach. Availability of either a railway doctor or private practitioner for providing medical aid is arranged en-route at next station. Station Masters maintain a list of railway/government/private hospitals/clinics and ambulance services in the vicinity of the respective station along-with their address, facilities available and contact details.

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The Union Home Minister, Shri Rajnath Singh at a programme organised on the occasion of centenary year celebrations of the Northern Railway multi-State Primary Co-operative Bank Ltd., in Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh on October 26, 2018.
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The Union Home Minister, Shri Rajnath Singh lighting the lamp to inaugurate the centenary year celebrations of the Northern Railway multi-State Primary Co-operative Bank Ltd., in Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh on October 26, 2018.

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The Union Home Minister, Shri Rajnath Singh lighting the lamp at the inauguration of Rozgar Mela, in Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh on October 26, 2018.
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The Union Home Minister, Shri Rajnath Singh at the inauguration of Rozgar Mela, in Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh on October 26, 2018.
 
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Ministry of Consumer Affairs, Food & Public Distribution
27-October, 2018 13:38 IST
Department of Consumer Affairs & NCDRC organizes conference to review functioning of State Commissions and District Fora

District Fora should avoid adjournments and must be encouraged to decide cases in the first hearing itself: Shri C. R. Chaudhary

President NCDRC, Justice R. K. Agarwal welcomes introduction of Mediation in Consumer Protection Bill; Asserts it will help in reducing pendency of cases

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The Department of Consumer Affairs, Government of India along with National Consumer Disputes Redressal Commission (NCDRC) jointly organized a Conferenceat VigyanBhawan New Delhi today to review the functioning of the State Commissions and District Fora. The Conference was attended by Presidents of State Commissions and Secretaries in charge of Consumer Affairs of States and UTs.The Conference was presided over bythe Minister of State for Consumer Affairs, Food, Public Distribution & Commerce and Industry, Shri C.R. Chaudhary, andPresident, NCDRC, Justice R. K. Agarwal. The Conference is being held at a crucial time, when the Government has introduced a new Consumer Protection Bill, 2018 in the Lok Sabha repealing the Consumer Protection Act of 1986 with substantial changes for meeting the emerging challenges faced by consumers in the new markets.

The Secretary, Department of Consumer Affairs,Shri Avinash K. Srivastava, while welcoming the delegates mentioned that the Conference is being held to discuss the issues relating to the functioning of the Consumer Fora such as pendency of case and filling up of vacancies in the post of President and Members of the Commissions. Shri Srivastava also drew attention to the alternate ways of redressal of consumer complaints, computerization of consumer fora and notification of Model Rules by the States.

President NCDRC,Justice R. K. Agarwal, in his address mentioned about increasing pendency of cases in various consumer fora including national commission and suggested that the vacancies in these commissions should be filled up expeditiously. Shri Agarwal emphasized that the number of adjournment and appeals should be restricted according to the monitory value of the cases. He welcomed the introduction of Mediation in the Consumer Protection Bill and mentioned that this will also help in reducing the pendency of cases.

The Minister of State of Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution,Shri C.R Chaudhary, in his address mentioned that enforcement of Consumer Protection Act and allied laws are the joint responsibility of the Centre and the States.Shri C.R Chaudharystated thatModel Rules relating to appointment, salary/remuneration and other conditions of service of President/ Members in the State Commission/District Fora framed by this Ministry in consultation with the National Consumer Disputes Redressal Commission has been circulated to the States and UTs. The Minister requested all States and UTs to issue notifications adopting these rules as early as possible.

Shri Chaudhary also mentioned that the District Fora should avoid giving any adjournments and should be encouraged to decide cases on the first hearing itself and requested State Commissions to monitor this aspect. The Minister further invited suggestions from the States for strengthening the redressal mechanism and the support required from the Centre for this purpose. He asserted that the Government has already strengthened the National Consumer Helpline as the alternate system for resolving consumer complaints so that the consumers need not approach the consumer fora forresolving their grievances. The Minister expected that this Conference will come out with a future action plan for better strengthening the existing consumer disputes redressal mechanisms.

The Conference had two Technical Sessions. In Session I the functioning of the Consumer Fora, steps to be taken to reduce the pendency of the cases, and implementation of the Model Rules etc. were discussed. In the Session II the matters discussed included progress of the implementation of computerization and networking of Consumer Fora, utilization of funds release under various schemes such as strengthening and Swachh Bharat Action Plan.

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The Minister of State for Consumer Affairs, Food & Public Distribution and Commerce & Industry, Shri C.R. Chaudhary addressing the inaugural session of the conference on the Functioning of Consumer Fora, organised by the Department of Consumer Affairs, in New Delhi on October 27, 2018.

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The Minister of State for Consumer Affairs, Food & Public Distribution and Commerce & Industry, Shri C.R. Chaudhary addressing the inaugural session of the conference on the Functioning of Consumer Fora, organised by the Department of Consumer Affairs, in New Delhi on October 27, 2018.
 
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