Ministry of Finance

Department of Economic Affairs

Economic Division
4(5)/Ec. Dn. /2010

MONTHLY ECONOMIC REPORT

DECEMBER 2010

HIGHLIGHTS
 The overall growth of Gross Domestic Product (GDP) at factor cost at constant prices,
as per the Revised Estimates of CSO was 7.4 per cent in 2009-10. The growth in real
GDP is placed at 8.9 per cent in the second quarter of 2010-11.
• The cumulative rainfall received for the country as a whole, during the Post Monsoon
season (October-December), was 21 per cent above the normal.
• Food grains (rice and wheat) stocks held by FCI and State agencies were 48.73 million
tonnes as on November 1, 2010
 Overall growth in the Index of Industrial Production (IIP) was 2.7 per cent during
November 2010 as compared to 11.3 per cent in November 2009. During April-
November 2010-11, IIP growth was 9.5 per cent as compared to 7.4 per cent during
April-November 2009-10.
 Core infrastructure-supportive sectors grew by 2.3 per cent in November 2010 as
compared to the growth of 5.9 per cent in November 2009. During April-November
2010-11, these sectors grew by 5.0 per cent as compared to 4.5 per cent during
April-November 2009-10.
 Broad money (M3) (up to December 17, 2010) increased by 7.7 per cent as compared
to 9.4 per cent during the corresponding period of the last year. The year-on-year
growth, as on December 17, 2010 was 15.0 per cent as compared to 18.0 per cent
last year.
 Exports, in US dollar terms increased by 26.5 per cent and imports increased by 11.2
per cent, during November 2010.
 Foreign Currency Assets stood at US $ 268.1 billion at end December 2010 compared
to US$ 258.8 billion at end December 2009.
 Rupee appreciated against Pound Sterling, Japanese Yen and Euro, and depreciated
against US Dollar in the month of December 2010 over November 2010.
 Year-on-year inflation in terms of Wholesale Price Index was 8.43 per cent for the
month of December, 2010 as compared to 6.92 per cent in December, 2009.
 Tax revenue (net to Centre) during April-November, 2010-11 recorded a growth of
27.4 per cent compared with corresponding period of 2009-10. Non-tax revenue
grew by 142.5 per cent in April-November 2010-11 on account of one-off nature of
receipts of proceeds from Spectrum auction.
 As a proportion of budget estimate, fiscal deficit during April-November 2010-11 was
48.9 per cent and revenue deficit was 50.7 per cent.

(J.K. Rathee)
Assistant Adviser
 ECONOMIC GROWTH
The growth in real Gross Domestic Product (GDP) is placed at 8.9 per cent in the
second quarter of 2010-11; agriculture grew by 4.4 per cent; industry by 8.9 per
cent and services by 9.8 per cent. As per the Revised Estimates (RE) of Central
Statistical Organization (CSO), the growth in gross domestic product at factor
cost at constant (2004-05) prices was estimated at 7.4 per cent in 2009-10 as
compared to a level of 6.7 per cent in 2008-09 (Quick Estimate). At disaggregated
level, this (RE 2009-10) level of growth comprises of 0.2 per cent in agriculture
and allied activities, 9.3 per cent in industry and 8.5 per cent in services as
compared to growth rates of 1.6 per cent, 3.9 per cent and 9.8 per cent
respectively during 2008-09.
Table 1: Growth of GDP at factor cost by economic activity (at 2004-05 prices)
Industry Growth Percentage share in GDP
2007- 2008-09 2009-10 2007- 2008-09 2009-10
08 (QE) (RE) 08 (QE) (RE)
1 Agriculture, forestry &
fishing 4.7 1.6 0.2 16.4 15.7 14.6
2 Industry 9.5 3.9 9.3 28.8 28.0 28.5
a Mining & quarrying 3.9 1.6 10.6 2.5 2.4 2.4
b Manufacturing 10.3 3.2 10.8 16.2 15.6 16.1
c Electricity, gas & water
supply 8.5 3.9 6.5 2.0 2.0 2.0
d Construction 10.0 5.9 6.5 8.1 8.0 7.9
3 Services 10.5 9.8 8.5 54.8 56.4 56.9
a Trade, hotels, transport &
communication 10.7 7.6 9.3 25.9 26.1 26.5
b Financing , insurance, real
estate & business services 13.2 10.1 9.7 16.4 16.9 17.2
c Community, social &
personal services 6.7 13.9 5.6 12.5 13.4 13.1
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GDP at factor cost 9.2 6.7 7.4 100 100 100
(QE): Quick Estimate; (RE): Revised Estimate

Table 2: Quarterly Estimate of GDP (Year-on-year in per cent)

2008-09 2009-10 2010-11
Items Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Q1 Q2
1. Agriculture, forestry & fishing 3.2 2.4 -1.4 3.3 1.9 0.9 -1.8 0.7 2.5 4.4
Industry 5.4 4.6 1.6 2.1 5.7 8.4 11.1 13.3 11.3 8.9
2. Mining & quarrying 2.6 1.6 2.7 -0.3 8.2 10.1 9.6 14.0 8.4 8.0
3. Manufacturing 5.4 5.3 1.3 0.6 3.8 8.4 13.8 16.3 13.0 9.8
4. Electricity, gas & water supply 3.3 4.3 4.0 4.1 6.4 7.7 4.7 7.1 6.2 3.4
5. Construction 6.7 4.3 1.1 5.7 8.4 8.3 8.1 8.7 10.3 8.8
Services 9.6 9.7 11.4 8.3 7.9 10.5 7.2 8.4 9.3 9.8
6. Trade, hotels, transport &
communication 10.3 9.8 4.4 5.7 5.6 8.2 10.2 12.4 10.9 12.1
7. Financing, insurance, real estate &
bus. Services 9.2 8.9 10.2 12.3 11.7 11.3 7.9 7.9 7.9 8.3
8. Community, social & personal
services 8.7 10.4 28.7 8.8 7.6 14.0 0.8 1.6 7.9 7.3

9. GDP at factor cost (total 1 to 8) 7.3 7.2 6.1 5.8 6.3 8.7 6.5 8.6 8.9 8.9
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 AGRICULTURE

Rainfall: The rainfall situation in India is categorized into four seasons: winter
season (January-February); pre monsoon (March-May); south west monsoon (June-
September) and post monsoon (October-December). South west monsoon accounts
for more than 75 per cent of annual rainfall.

In the current year, during the south west-monsoon period (June 1 to September 30),
the cumulative rainfall received for the country as a whole, was 912.8 mm, which is 2
per cent above the normal. During this period, out of 36 meteorological sub-
divisions in the country, 31 received excess/normal rainfall and 5 received deficient
rainfall.

The cumulative rainfall received for the country as a whole, during the Post
Monsoon season (October-December), was 21 per cent above the normal.
All India production of food grains: According to the First Advance Estimates
released on September 23, 2010, the production of food grains (kharif) is estimated at
114.63 million tonnes during 2010-11 compared to 103.84 million tonnes (fourth
advance estimates) in 2009-10.
Procurement: Procurement of rice as on November 1, 2010 (Kharif Marketing Season
Table 3: Procurement in Million Tonnes 2010-11) at 7.67
Full Marketing Year As on 1 st million tonnes
November represents a decline of
2007-08 2008-09 2009-10 2009 2010 11.64 per cent
Rice(Oct-Sept) 28.74 34.10 31.46 8.68 7.67 compared to the
Wheat(Apr-Mar) 11.13 22.69 25.38 25.38* 22.52* corresponding date
Total 39.87 56.79 56.84 34.06 30.19
last year. Wheat
procurement as on
*As on 30.07.2010 July 30, 2010 (Rabi
Marketing Season 2010-11) was 22.52 million tonnes as compared to 25.38 million
tonnes during the corresponding date last year.

Off-take: Off-take of rice during the month of October, 2010 was 24.65 lakh tonnes.
This comprises 22.64 lakh tonnes under TPDS and 2.01 lakh tonnes under other
schemes. In respect of wheat, the total offtake was 18.01 lakh tonnes comprising
16.10 lakh tonnes under TPDS and 1.91 lakh tonnes under other schemes.

Stocks of food-grains (rice and wheat) held by FCI as on November 1, 2010 were
48.73 million tonnes, which was higher by 0.5 per cent over the level of 48.51 million
tonnes as on November 1, 2009.
Table 4: Off-take and stocks of food-grains (Million Tonnes)
Off-take Stocks
2007-08 2008-09 2009-10 November 1, 2009 November 1, 2010

Rice 25.23 24.62 27.37 21.62 23.17

Wheat 12.20 14.88 22.35 26.89 25.56

Total 37.43 39.50 49.72 48.51 48.73

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 INDUSTRIAL PRODUCTION
Table 5: Percentage change in Index of Industrial Production
Industry 2009-10 2009- 2010- Novemb During
Group 10(Apr.- 11(Apr.- Novemb er 2010
November 2010,
Nov.) Nov.) er2009
General index 10.5 7.4 9.5 2.7
11.3
the IIP growth
Mining 9.9 8.4 8.0 6.0
10.7 was 2.7 per cent
Manufacturing 11.0 7.5 10.0 2.3
12.3 as compared to
Electricity 6.0 5.7 4.5 1.8
4.6 11.3 per cent
Use-based industrial groups growth during
Basic goods 7.2 5.8 5.8
6.0 4.5
the
Capital goods 20.9 6.6 22.5
11.0 12.6
Intermediate
corresponding
goods 13.6 11.2 9.6 19.4 2.4 period of
Consumer -3.1 previous year. In
goods 6.2 6.1 6.8 10.1 mining,
Durables 24.6 20.6 21.7 36.3 4.3
manufacturing
Non-durables 0.4 1.2 0.7 2.3 -6.0
and electricity
sectors, the growth rates in November 2010 were 6.0, 2.3 and 4.6 per cent
respectively. In the use-based industrial groups, the growth rate has increased
only in capital goods sector. In basic goods and intermediate goods, the growth
rate in November 2010 has decreased as compared to the growth in the
corresponding period of previous year. In consumer goods sector, the growth rate
is negative in November 2010.

Table 6: Production growth (per cent) in core Six core industries: The
infrastructure-supportive industries index for six core
November November 2009-10 2010-11 industries (comprising
2009 2010 (April- (April- crude oil, petroleum
Industry November) November)
refinery products, coal,
Coal 4.7 0.7 9.7 0.6 electricity, cement and
Electricity 3.1 3.3 5.8 4.5 finished carbon steel)
generation1
with a weight of 26.68
Crude oil -1.6 17.0 -1.4 11.5 per cent in the IIP grew
Petroleum 4.8 -3.7 -1.2 0.8 by 5.0 per cent during
products April-November 2010-
Finished 11.7 4.4 2.9 6.9
11, as compared to
steel
growth rate of 4.5 per
Cement 9.0 -11.6 11.0 4.1
cent achieved during
Overall 5.9 2.3 4.5 5.0
growth
the corresponding
(1): This will not necessarily match the growth in electricity given period in 2009-10.
in the Index of Industrial Production During the month of
November 2010, the overall growth of the core sector industries was 2.3 per cent
as compared to the growth of 5.9 per cent during November 2009. During
November 2010, the growth is remarkable in crude oil sector, a slight increase in
electricity sector, decrease in finished steel sector and negative in petroleum
refinery and cement sectors.

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 MONEY AND BANKING

RBI announced its mid-quarter review of Monetary Policy for 2010-11 on December
16, 2010. The important decisions taken are:
 retain the repo rate at 6.25 per cent and the reverse repo rate at 5.25 per
cent under the Reserve Bank’s liquidity adjustment facility (LAF);
 retain the cash reserve ratio (CRR) at 6.0 per cent of net demand and time
liabilities (NDTL) of scheduled banks.

Liquidity Measures

RBI decided to:

 first, reduce the statutory liquidity ratio (SLR) of scheduled commercial
banks (SCBs) from 25 per cent of their NDTL to 24 per cent with effect
from December 18, 2010;
 second, conduct open market operation (OMO) auctions for purchase of
government securities for an aggregate amount of 48,000 crore in the next
one month as per a schedule to this effect.

The above two measures are expected to inject liquidity on an enduring basis of
the order of 48,000 crore.
Given the permanent reduction in the SLR by one per cent of NDTL, the
additional liquidity support under the LAF announced by the Reserve Bank on
November 29, 2010 will now be available up to the extent of 1.0 per cent (instead
of 2.0 per cent) of the NDTL of SCBs from December 18, 2010 to January 28, 2011.

Expected Outcomes

The policy actions in this Review are expected to:

 release sizable primary liquidity into the system;
 bring down the liquidity deficit in the system close to the comfort zone of
the Reserve Bank; and
 stabilise interest rates in the overnight inter-bank market closer to the
operative policy rate of the Reserve Bank.

Broad money (M3) (up to December 17, 2010) increased by 7.7 per cent as
compared to 9.4 per cent during the corresponding period of the last year. The
year-on-year growth, as on December 17, 2010 was 15.0 per cent as compared to
18.0 per cent last year.

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 Table 7. Money Stock : Components and Sources (Rs. Crore)
Item Outstanding as on Variation over
2010 Financial Year so far Year-on-Year
2009-10 2010-11 2009 2010
Mar. 31 Dec. 17
M3 55,99,762 60,33,121 9.4 7.7 18.0 15.0
Components (i+ii+iii+iv)
(i) Currency with the Public 7,68,033 8,78,532 10.9 14.4 17.8 19.0
(ii) Demand Deposits with Banks 7,22,739 6,53,494 –0.2 –9.6 20.0 11.2
(iii) Time Deposits with Banks 41,05,151 44,97,823 10.7 9.6 18.1 14.9
(iv) "Other" Deposits with Reserve Bank 3,839 3,273 –10.4 –14.7 –60.1 –34.4

Sources (i+ii+iii+iv-v)
(i) Net Bank Credit to Government 16,67,096 17,87,678 17.9 7.2 37.3 18.7
(a+b)
(a) Reserve Bank 2,11,586 2,70,795

(b) Other Banks 14,55,511 15,16,882 16.7 4.2 25.7 6.9

(ii) Bank Credit to Commercial Sector 34,92,781 38,97,433 5.6 11.6 11.2 22.4
(a+b)
(a) Reserve Bank 1,328 1,626 — — — —
(b) Other Banks 34,91,453 38,95,807 5.9 11.6 11.0 22.6
(iii) Net Foreign Exchange Assets of 12,81,469 13,49,717 –0.8 5.3 8.5 0.6
Banking Sector*
(iv) Government's Currency Liabilities
to the Public 11,270 11,761 8.6 4.4 10.9 7.7
(v) Banking Sector's Net Non-Monetary 8,52,854 10,13,468 –7.5 18.8 4.3 27.4
Liabilities
of which:
Net Non-Monetary Liabilities of RBI 3,01,615 3,53,895 –1.0 17.3 28.5 –7.8
* Includes investments in foreign currency denominated bonds issued by IIFC(UK) since March 20, 2009.

Reserve money (M0) during the financial year 2010-11 (up to December 31, 2010)
showed an increase of 7.4 per cent as compared to deterioration of 0.7 per cent in
the corresponding period of the previous year. The year-on-year variation
revealed an increase of 26.5 per cent as on December 31, 2010, compared to 13.5
per cent on the corresponding date of the previous year.

An important source of reserve money, namely, net foreign exchange assets

(NFA) of the RBI increased by 5.7 per cent (during the financial year) as on
December 31, 2010 as compared to an increase of 1.0 per cent in the same period
last year. The y-o-y growth rate of NFA, as on December 31, 2010 was 0.7 per
cent as compared to increase of 4.0 per cent on the corresponding date of the last
year.

Scheduled Commercial Banks (SCBs): business in India

During the current financial year (upto December 17, 2010), Bank credit
increased by 12.2 per cent as compared to increase of 6.0 per cent during the
corresponding period of last year.

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The Non-Food credit during this period recorded an increase of 12.1 per cent as
compared to an increase of 6.3 per cent during the corresponding period of last
year.
The aggregate deposits with Scheduled Commercial Banks recorded an increase
of 6.8 per cent (as on December 17, 2010) as against an increase of 9.1 per cent in
the corresponding period of last year.
Table 8: Select Scheduled Commercial banks – Business in India
Items Outstanding as on Percentage Variation
(Rs. crore) Financial year so far Year-on-Year
March December 2009-10 2010-11 2009 2010
26, 2010 17, 2010
1. Bank credit 3240399 3639866 6.0 12.2 11.3 23.7
Non-Food credit 3191909 3577345 6.3 12.1 11.7 23.5
2. Aggregate deposits 4486574 4799789 9.1 6.8 17.9 14.7
3. Investments in Govt. and
other approved securities 1166410 1443303 15.7 4.2 24.6 6.9

Table 9: Policy Rates/Interest Rates (per cent per annum) Interest rates (per cent
Item / Week Ended 2009 2010 per annum): As on
December 25 December 24 December 24, 2010, Bank
Cash Reserve Ratio (per cent)(1) 5.00 6.00 Rate was 6.00 per cent. Call
Bank Rate 6.00 6.00
money rates (borrowing &
Repo Rate 4.75 6.25
lending) were in the range of
Reverse Repo Rate 3.25 5.25
4.00/7.07 per cent as
Prime Lending Rate(2) 11.00-12.00 7.60-9.00
compared with 2.20/3.75 per
Deposit Rate(3) 6.00-7.50 7.00-8.75
cent on the corresponding
Call Money Rate (Low / High)(4)
- Borrowings 2.20 /3.75 4.00/7.07
date of last year.
- Lendings 2.20 /3.75 4.00/7.07
(1) Cash Reserve Ratio relates to Scheduled Commercial Banks (excluding
Regional Rural Banks). (2) Prime Lending Rate relates to five major Banks. (3)
Deposit Rate relates to major Banks for term deposits of more than one year
maturity. (4) Data cover 90-95 per cent of total transactions reported by
participants.

EXTERNAL SECTOR
Foreign trade: Exports, in US dollar terms and customs basis, during November
2010 increased by 26.5 per cent and imports increased by 11.2 per cent over
November 2009. Oil imports increased by 2.3 per cent and non-oil imports
increased by 15.0 per cent during November 2010 over November 2009.
Table 10: Exports and imports ( in US dollar million)
Item 2008-09 2009-10 November November % Change in
(Apr.-Mar) (Apr.-Mar) -09 -10 November
2010

Exports 185295 178751 14933 18895 26.5

Imports 303696 288373 24997 27796 11.2

Oil imports 93667 87136 7550 7725 2.3

Non-Oil 210029 201237 17446 20071 15.0
imports -109621 -10064 -8901 -
Trade balance -118401
Source: Provisional data as per the Press Note of the Ministry of Commerce and Industry

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 Foreign Currency Assets
Table 11: Foreign Currency Assets
Amount Variation
Rs. crore US$ Million Rs. crore US$ Million
At the end of (over last year)
March, 2007 836597 191924 189270 46816
March, 2008 1196023 299230 359426 107306
March, 2009 1231340 241676 35317 -57554
March, 2010 1150778 254935 -80562 13259
2010-11 (over last month)
April 2010 1133322 255023 -17456 88
May 2010 1152893 248201 19571 -6822
June 2010 1164431 249878 11538 1677
July 2010 1202388 258801 37957 8923
August 2010 1207494 256477 5106 -2324
September 1192541 265481 -14953 9004
2010
October 2010 1199656 269343 7115 3862
November 1213296 263531 13640 -5812
2010
December 1201197 268064 -12099 4533
2010
Source: RBI.

 Exchange rate: The rupee appreciated by 2.0 per cent against Pound Sterling, 0.6
per cent against Japanese and 3.1 per cent against Euro and depreciated by 0.3
per cent against US dollar in the month of December 2010 over November 2010.

Table 12: Rupees per unit of foreign currency*

US Pound Japanese Euro
Dollar Sterling Yen
March, 2008 40.3561 80.8054 0.4009 62.6272
March, 2009 51.2287 72.9041 0.5251 66.9207
March, 2010 45.4965 68.4360 0.5018 61.7653
2010-11
April 2010 44.4995 68.2384 0.4763 59.6648
May 2010 45.7865 67.1747 0.4969 57.6553
June
20102010 46.5443 68.6952 0.5122 56.9016
July 2010 46.8373 71.5150 0.5343 59.7636
August 2010 46.5679 72.9736 0.5465 59.9700
September 2010 46.0616 71.6578 0.5454 60.0592
October 2010 44.4583 70.3381 0.5428 61.7153
November 2010 45.0183 71.8498 0.5457 61.4981
December 2010 45.1568 70.4635 0.5425 59.6652
* .1566818
FEDAI Indicative Market Rates (on Yearly/Monthly average basis)
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External assistance and debt service payments: Gross external aid in April-
December 2010 at Rs. 29661.36 crore shows an increase of 33.54 per cent,
compared to Rs. 22212.04 crore in April-December 2009. Net disbursement was
Rs. 19957.43 crore in April-December 2010 compared to Rs. 12804.72 crore in
April-December 2009. Net transfers were Rs. 17370.97 crore in April-December
2010 compared to Rs. 9655.87 crore in April-December 2009.

Table 13: External Assistance and Debt Service Payments

(Rs. in crore)
December During the Financial December During the
2010 year 2010-11 2009 Financial year
2009-10
External Assistance (Government Account)
1) Gross Disbursement 3,132.65 25,343.30 1,983.13 15,147.93
2) Repayments 1,727.59 8,769.42 1,635.14 8,319.61
3) Interest Payments 363.14 2,085.67 509.48 2,682.37
4) Net Disbursement (1-2) 1,405.06 16,573.88 347.99 6,828.32
5) Net Transfers (4-3) 1,041.92 14,488.21 -161.49 4,145.95
External Assistance (Non-Government Account)
1) Gross Disbursement 0.00 2,847.44 997.96 4,444.29
2) Repayments 282.88 934.51 382.28 1,087.71
3) Interest Payments 231.94 500.79 119.44 466.48
4) Net Disbursement (1-2) -282.88 1,912.93 615.68 3,356.58
5) Net Transfers (4-3) -514.82 1,412.14 496.24 2,890.10
Government Grants
1) Gross Disbursement 412.17 1,383.76 1,010.19 2,576.72
2) Repayments 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
3) Interest Payments 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
4) Net Disbursement (1-2) 412.17 1,383.76 1,010.19 2,576.72
5) Net Transfers (4-3) 412.17 1,383.76 1,010.19 2,576.72
Non-Government Grants
1) Gross Disbursement 19.38 86.86 0.00 43.10
2) Repayments 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
3) Interest Payments 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
4) Net Disbursement (1-2) 19.38 86.86 0.00 43.10
5) Net Transfers (4-3) 19.38 86.86 0.00 43.10
Grand Total
1) Gross Disbursements 3,564.20 29,661.36 3,991.28 22,212.04
2) Repayments 2,010.47 9,703.93 2,017.42 9,407.32
3) Interest Payments 595.08 2,586.46 628.92 3,148.85
4) Net Disbursement (1-2) 1,553.73 19,957.43 1,973.86 12,804.72
5) Net Transfers (4-3) 958.65 17,370.97 1,344.94 9,655.87

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 INFLATION
Wholesale Price Index (WPI 2004-05=100): Year-on-year inflation measured in terms of
WPI for December, 2010 was at 8.43 per cent. This reflects an acceleration of 95 basis
points compared to WPI inflation in November, 2010. (Inflation was 6.92 per cent in
December, 2009 and 6.60 per cent in December, 2008). In new series of WPI, inflation had
remained in the negative zone in June 2009 and July 2009 and turned positive in August
2009 and thereafter it reached to double digits in March, 2010. The average WPI inflation
rate for last 12 months (January 2009 to December 2010) was 9.4 per cent as compared to
2.1 per cent during corresponding period in 2009-10. The build-up of inflation since
March to December, 2010 stood at 6.1 per cent during current financial year as against
7.9 per cent in the corresponding period last year. Major breakup of WPI inflation rates
is indicated in Table 14 below.
Table 14: Current Price Situation based on Monthly WPI in December, 2010
(Base: 2004-05=100)
Major groups Weight Cumulative change Inflation (%) Inflation (%)
(%) (%) Since March (Average of 12
months)
2010-11 2009-10 2010- 2009-10 2010-11 2009-10
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ALL COMMODITIES 100.00 6.11 7.87 8.43 6.92 9.41 2.12
PRIMARY ARTICLES 20.12 13.86 19.44 16.46 17.96 18.76 9.55
Food articles 14.34 14.24 21.39 13.55 20.76 19.39 13.79
FUEL AND POWER 14.91 7.14 9.67 11.19 4.57 11.82 -4.46
MANUFACTURED PDT. 64.97 2.63 3.35 4.46 3.61 5.24 1.22

Inflation based on Consumer Price Index: Inflation in Consumer Price Index for
Industrial Workers (CPI-IW) has declined to 8.33 per cent in November, 2010 from its
peak of 16.22 per cent in January 2010 (Table 15). CPI-IW food inflation (weight 46.20%)
has also declined to 5.35 per cent in November, 2010 from its peak of 21.29 per cent in
December 2009. Overall inflation in Consumer Price Index for Rural Labor (CPI-RL) has
declined to 6.95 per cent in November, 2010 from its peak of 17.35 per cent in January
2010. CPI-RL food inflation (weight 66.77%) has also declined to 5.85 per cent from its
peak of 20.78 per cent in January, 2010.
Table 15: Year-on-Year inflation based on WPI and CPI (per cent)
WPI CPI-IW CPI-UNME CPI-AL CPI-RL
Base 2004-05 2001 1984-85 1986-87 1986-87
Aug-09 0.31 11.72 12.88 12.89 12.67
Sep-09 1.09 11.64 12.39 13.19 12.97
Oct-09 1.48 11.49 12.02 13.73 13.51
Nov-09 4.50 13.51 13.91 15.65 15.65
Dec-09 6.92 14.97 15.47 17.21 16.99
Jan-10 8.53 16.22 16.90 17.57 17.35
Feb-10 9.68 14.86 15.83 16.45 16.45
Mar-10 10.23 14.86 14.90 15.77 15.52
Apr-10 11.00 13.33 14.41 14.96 14.96
May-10 10.60 13.91 14.09 13.68 13.68
June-10 10.28 13.73 14.12 13.02 13.02
July-10 10.02 11.25 11.54 11.02 11.24
Aug-10 8.82 9.88 10.30 9.65 9.66
Sep-10 8.93 9.82 10.39 9.13 9.34
Oct-10 9.12 9.70 9.64 8.43 8.45
Nov-10 7.48 8.33 - 7.14 6.95
Dec-10 8.43
Note: WPI-inflation: November and December, 2010 are provisional and CPI_UNME
is linked index from April, 2008 onward.

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 TABLE 16: WORLD COMMODITY PRICE DATA
Monthly Averages Y-o-Y variation in
prices (%)
Sep Sep Nov
Commodity Unit Mar-09 Jun-09 Dec-09 Mar-10 Jun-10 Oct-10 Dec-10
-09 -10 -10
Oct Nov Dec
2009 2009 2009 2009 2010 2010 2010 2010 2010 2010
-10 -10 -10
Energy
Coal, Australia $/mt 61 71 68 83 94 98 95 97 107 115 37.1 36.0 38.4
Crude oil, avg, spot $/bbl 47 69 68 75 79 75 76 82 85 90 10.3 9.0 20.2
Crude oil, Brent $/bbl 47 69 68 75 79 75 78 83 86 92 13.3 11.2 22.9
Crude oil, Dubai $/bbl 46 69 68 75 77 74 75 80 84 89 9.6 7.8 18.0
Natural gas, US $/mmbtu 4 4 3 5 4 5 4 3 4 4 -14.7 1.0 -21.0
Agriculture 72
Coffee, robusta c/kg 168 163 163 154 148 170 179 188 203 206 16.0 32.5 34.0
Tea, auctions (3), average c/kg 219 278 316 297 262 272 300 303 303 305 0.3 -0.9 2.5
Coconut oil $/mt 625 747 701 768 921 993 1275 1412 1512 1715 100.0 107.4 123.3
Groundnut oil $/mt 1214 1154 1120 1192 1380 1342 1270 1331 1728 1753 15.9 54.8 47.1
Palm oil $/mt 598 726 674 792 832 798 912 987 1109 1228 45.1 53.0 55.1
Palmkernel oil $/mt 587 741 704 829 995 1051 1260 1412 1626 1820 94.1 124.0 119.5
Soybean meal $/mt 344 446 425 401 329 338 396 409 429 433 -0.8 1.7 8.0
Soybean oil $/mt 727 896 846 935 915 859 1042 1157 1247 1322 29.0 33.9 41.4
Maize $/mt 165 180 150 165 159 153 206 236 238 250 40.9 38.8 52.2
Rice, Thailand, 5% $/mt 588 575 519 591 502 440 477 486 515 532 -1.4 -5.2 -10.0
Wheat, US, HRW $/mt 231 257 191 206 191 158 272 270 274 307 35.9 29.9 48.6
Wheat US SRW $/mt 184 202 158 206 190 183 276 267 279 309 52.3 36.1 49.5
Oranges $/mt 847 816 1031 1014 955 1201 1047 1086 823 724 -5.8 -28.7 -28.6
Sugar, world c/kg 30 36 51 52 41 35 50 54 58 62 8.7 18.4 18.9
Raw Materials
Logs, Malaysia $/cum 289 279 281 265 250 261 311 316 313 307 14.4 15.2 15.7
Plywood c/sheets 571 564 561 557 557 567 575 578 581 582 3.4 4.0 4.5
Woodpulp $/mt 538 566 658 731 814 897 907 915 897 890 32.0 24.3 21.7
Cotton A Index c/kg 114 135 141 168 189 205 231 279 341 370 89.4 115.4 121.0
Rubber, US c/kg 162 188 249 310 357 371 376 423 464 490 59.7 66.2 58.2
Rubber, Singapore c/kg 143 167 217 280 334 357 353 392 431 475 66.9 69.7 69.4
Fertilizers
DAP $/mt 368 278 317 360 476 448 525 575 588 594 91.6 102.6 64.8
Phosphate rock $/mt 158 97 90 90 105 125 125 140 140 140 55.6 55.6 55.6
Pottasium chloride $/mt 870 718 429 399 313 319 338 335 341 354 -23.0 -21.7 -11.3
Urea, E. Europe, bulk $/mt 265 237 234 261 279 229 315 329 366 375 37.8 49.7 43.7
Metals and Minerals
Aluminum $/mt 1336 1574 1834 2180 2206 1931 2162 2347 2333 2351 24.9 19.7 7.8
Copper $/mt 3750 5014 6196 6982 7463 6499 7709 8292 8470 9147 31.9 26.9 31.0
Gold $/toz 924 946 997 1135 1113 1233 1271 1342 1370 1391 28.6 21.5 22.5
Iron ore c/dmtu 141 101 101 101 101 167 212 182 182 182 80.3 80.3 80.3
Lead c/kg 124 167 220 233 217 170 218 238 238 241 6.2 2.9 3.6
Nickel $/mt 9696 14960 17473 17066 22461 19389 22643 23807 22909 24111 28.5 34.8 41.3
Silver c/toz 1312 1466 1648 1764 1715 1853 2061 2347 2657 2937 35.9 48.6 66.5
Steel cr coilsheet $/mt 900 700 700 700 775 850 850 850 850 850 21.4 21.4 21.4
Steel hr coilsheet $/mt 800 600 600 600 675 750 750 750 750 750 25.0 25.0 25.0
Tin c/kg 1068 1499 1487 1555 1755 1732 2270 2634 2552 2616 75.5 70.8 68.3
Zinc c/kg 122 156 188 238 228 174 215 237 229 228 14.5 4.5 -4.0
Source: World Bank – The Pink Sheet

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 FISCAL SITUATION

 As a proportion of budget estimate, fiscal deficit during April-November 2010-

11 was 48.9 per cent and revenue deficit was 50.7 per cent. The lower levels
reflect one-off nature of growth in non-tax revenue (from auction of
spectrum).

Table 17: Trends in Central Government Finances April–November 2010

Budget April-November Col.3 as Col. 4 as % Change over
Estimates % of % of proceeding year
2010-11 2009-10 2010-11 2009-10 2010-11 2009-10 2010-11
BE BE (4/3)
(Rs. Crore)
(1) (2) (3) (4) (5) (6) (7) (8)
1. Revenue Receipts 682,212 307,125 476,716 50.0 69.9 -2.5 55.2
Gross tax revenue 746,651 329,606 418,051 51.4 56.0 -7.8 26.8
Tax (net to Centre) 5,34,094 232,873 296,634 49.1 55.5 -8.2 27.4
Non Tax 148,118 74,252 180,082 52.9 121.6 20.9 142.5
2. Capital Receipts 426,537 314,547 213,971 77.4 50.2 75.6 -32.0
of which:
Recovery of loans 5,129 4,021 6,267 95.2 122.2 54.8 55.9
Other Receipts 40,000 4,305 21,182 384.4 53.0 392.0
Borrowings and other 381,408 306,221 186,522 76.4 48.9 73.5 -39.1
liabilities
3. Total Receipts (1+2) 1,108,749 621,672 690,687 60.9 62.3 25.8 11.1
4.Non-Plan Expenditure 735,657 447,995 479,771 64.4 65.2 25.1 7.1
(a)+(b)
(a) Revenue Account 643,599 416,587 438,015 67.3 68.1 22.7 5.1
of which:
Interest payments 248,664 119,504 134,544 53.0 54.1 7.0 12.6
Major Subsidies 108,667 90,766 90,137 86.0 82.9 -8.1 -0.7
Pensions 42,840 31,150 34,969 89.1 81.6 74.0 12.3
(b) Capital Account 92,058 31,408 41,756 40.9 45.4 70.3 32.9
5.Plan Expenditure (i)+(ii) 373,092 173,677 210,916 53.4 56.5 27.6 21.4
(i) Revenue Account 315,125 148,440 178,859 53.3 56.8 27.1 20.5
(ii) Capital Account 57,967 25,237 32,057 54.0 55.3 30.4 27.0
6.Total Expenditure 1,108,749 621,672 690,687 60.9 62.3 25.8 11.1
(4)+(5)=(a)+(b)
(a)Revenue Expenditure 958,724 565,027 616,874 63.0 64.3 23.8 9.2
(b)Capital Expenditure 150,025 56,645 73,813 45.8 49.2 49.9 30.3
7. Revenue Deficit 276,512 257,902 140,158 91.2 50.7 82.4 -45.7
8. Fiscal Deficit 381,408 306,221 186,522 76.4 48.9 73.5 -39.1
9. Primary Deficit 132,744 186,717 51,978 106.4 39.2 188.0 -72.2
Source: Review of Union Government Accounts, April- November 2010-11, Ministry of Finance.

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