date:May 15, 2013
The official wholesale price index for primary articles (base 2004-05 = 100) for the month of April 2013 rose by two per cent to 228.0 (provisional) from 223.6 (provisional) for the previous month. The groups and items which showed variations during the month are as follows:
The index for food articles rose by 2.6 per cent to 219.8 (provisional) from 214.3 (provisional) for the previous month due to higher prices of fruit and vegetables (11 per cent), masur (four per cent) and fish-marine, cond