Price rise sharper in rural India, shows data

Last Updated: Monday, June 20, 2011, 23:47

Tags: Urban India, Price rise, Rural India

New Delhi: The problem of inflation has worsened across India but the price rise has been sharper in rural areas than urban, official data showed on Monday.

The consumer price index for rural areas jumped by 9 percent in May, while that for urban areas rose by 5 percent, according to data released by the Central Statistics Office.

In a bid to monitor price movements in the different parts of the country, the statistics office introduced separate barometers of inflation for rural and urban areas in February this year.

The new series is based on 2010 price level.

Combined inflation (rural plus urban) based on consumer price index rose to 7 percent in May from 6 percent in the previous month.

Prices of household commodities, personal care, transport, communication, and recreation and amusement rose more sharply in rural areas than urban.

To monitor the price movement in rural areas, the government has selected 1,181 villages, while the urban areas indicator is based on the data collected from 310 towns, which include capitals of all states and the union territories.

IANS

First Published: Monday, June 20, 2011, 23:47

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sanjoy mukherjee - kolkata
This data suggests that rural India suffers due to lack of better network of distribution that includes the issues like call for a better transportation,storage,and monitoring on the problems of hoarding . The Govt should come out with a right policy with allocation of funds for building back ward operation like development of cold stores, cooperatives,and strengthening the public distribution system..But very sad to say Cenrtal Govt is more interested for the benefit of the commodity future trading and protecting the interest of the foreign and desi investors .

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SIMMI MOHINDRU - JALANDHAR CITY.PUNJAB
it is an complicated issue that the inflation in the rural areas is higher then the urban areas , it is pertinent to note that the income of the people residing in the rural areas is less then the urban people , as there is lack of civic amenities in the rural areas , if the prices of essential commodities go on increasing in the rural areas , this can be a future threat to the economy as per the data .