Broad Group Wise Weights and Price Responses

WEIGHT
Major Group / Group

All Commodities
I Primary Articles
(A) Food Articles
(B) Non-Food Articles
(C) Minerals
II Fuel & Power
A. Coal
B. Mineral Oils
C. Electricity
Manufactured Products
(A) Food Products
(B) Beverages, Tobacco &
Tobacco Products

2004-05

NO. OF ITEMS

1993-94

NO. OF QUOTATIONS

2004-05

1993-94

Common

dropped
/ revised
from old
series

new items
added or
revised

2004-05

1993-94

Common

100.00
20.12
14.34
4.26
1.52
14.91
2.09
9.36
3.45
64.97
9.97

100.00
22.03
15.40
6.14
0.48
14.23
1.75
6.99
5.48
63.75
11.54

676
102
55
29
18
19
4
10
5
555
57

435
98
54
25
19
19
4
10
5
318
41

259
91
54
25
12
19
4
10
5
149
32

176
7
0
0
7
0
0
0
0
169
9

417
11
1
4
6
0
0
0
0
406
25

5482
579
431
108
40
72
20
47
5
4831
406

1918
455
340
96
19
72
20
47
5
1391
168

598
320
245
62
13
57
5
47
5
218
54

1.76

1.34

15

11

102

49

16

7.33
0.59
2.03

9.80
0.17
2.04

55
10
18

29
2
11

17
1
9

12
1
2

38
9
9

457
64
138

100
9
67

18
0
15

0.84

1.02

13

13

91

2.99

2.39

45

15

10

35

351

55

19

12.02

11.93

107

69

24

45

83

1111

276

41

(I ) Non-Metallic Mineral
Products

2.56

2.52

26

23

225

42

(J) Basic Metals, Alloys &

Metal Products

10.75

8.34

69

53

20

33

49

696

203

10

(K) Machinery & Machine

Tools

8.93

8.36

107

56

23

33

84

903

312

43

(L) Transport, Equipment &

Parts

5.21

4.29

33

21

18

30

287

101

(C ) Textiles
(D) Wood & Wood Products
(E) Paper & Paper Products
(F) Leather & Leather
Products
(G) Rubber & Plastic
Products
(H) Chemicals & Chemical
Products