PRESS RELEASE

PRESS RELEASE

CONSUMER PRICE INDEX NUMBERS WITH BASE YEAR 2010=100 FOR RURAL, URBAN & COMBINED FOR THE QUARTER APRIL-JUNE 2020

The Directorate of Economics & Statistics, Nagaland is releasing the Consumer Price Index (CPI) for Rural, Urban & Combined with Base year 2010=100 for the Quarter April-June 2020. In addition to CPI for Rural, Urban & Combined the Consumer Food Price Index (CFPI) for Rural, Urban and Combined are also being estimated and released for the same Quarter. All Nagaland Inflation rates (on point to point basis i.e. current Quarter over the 1^st Quarter of 2020) and monthly changes based on General Indices and Consumer Food Price Index (CFPI) are also provided.

The State General (all-Groups), Group and Sub-Group level for CPI & CFPI numbers for the 2^nd  Quarter 2020 for Rural, Urban and Combined are given in Annexure I. The General Indices for the 2^nd Quarter for Rural, Urban & Combined are 139.12,136.96 & 136.95 respectively. The CFPI for Rural, Urban & Combined are 140.03, 143.97 & 140.98 respectively.

The monthly changes in the General Indices shows that in the rural areas, the CPI (General) has slightly increased by 2% during the period April-May and further increased by 0.7% during May-June. In the urban areas, the index has decreased by -0.4% during the period April-May ,whereas, it has  increased by 0.7% during May-June. In the Combined sector (Rural and Urban) the index has increased by 1% during April-May and further increased by 0.7% during the period May-June. The CFPI for rural areas has increased by 3% during the period April-May and further increased by 0.6% during the period May-June. In the urban areas the CFPI has decreased by -0.3% during April-May but the index has increased by 1% during May-June. The CFPIs for combined sector have increased by 2% & 0.9% during the period April- May and May-June respectively.

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

The 2^nd quarter inflation rates base on CPIs (General) for Rural, Urban and Combined have shown an increasing rate of 5%, 3% & 4% respectively over the 1^st quarter 2020. Similarly, the CFPIs for Rural, Urban and Combined have increased by 7%, 5% & 6% respectively over the 1^st quarter 2020.