The SPI in the aforementioned category was 309.91 points for the week under review, compared to 308.52 points for the previous week, based on PBS data.
The SPI for the combined consumption group saw a 21.69 percent increase in the week under review compared to the same week the previous year.
51 basic goods for all expenditure groups and 17 urban centers are covered by the weekly SPI with the base year 2015–16 = 100.
From 298.82 points the previous week, the SPI for the lowest consumption category, up to Rs 17,732, increased by 0.81 percent to 301.25 points.
The SPI climbed by 0.70 percent, 0.56 percent, 0.51 percent, and 0.33 percent, respectively, for the consumption groups of Rs 17,732-22,888, Rs 22,889-29,517, Rs 29,518-44,175 and above Rs 44,175.
Nineteen (37.26%) of the fifty-one items had price increases over the week, fourteen (27.45%) had price decreases, and eighteen (35.29%) had unchanged prices.
A weekly average price drop was seen for the following items: bread (3.02%), garlic (2.00%), petrol (1.74%), pulse masoor (1.43%), diesel (1.42%), rice basmati broken (1.32%), chili powder (1.31%), eggs (0.94%), wheat flour (0.77%), and mustard oil (0.46%).
The commodities that experienced a weekly increase in average prices were onions (33.21%), tomatoes (15.34%), bananas (4.93%), potatoes (2.62%), georgette (1.57%), gur (1.45%), onions (33.21%), lawn (0.66%), cigarettes (0.41%), and energy saver (0.38%).
Chicken (29.00%), wheat flour (28.35%), bananas (25.69%), cooking oil (5 liters; 17.05%), vegetable ghee 2.5 kg (15.12%), vegetable ghee 1 kg (14.19%), mustard oil (9.73%), eggs (8.73%), and lpg (5.47%) were among the items that lost value year over year.
The following commodities saw an increase in average price year over year: gas for Q1 (570.00%), onions (100.37%), garlic (43.40%), chili powder (57.89%), tomatoes (36.23%), salt powder (31.30%), shirting (30.52%), men’s sandals (25.01%), pulse mash (25.00%), beef (21.86%), energy saver (20.53%), and sugar (19.85%).
