MDIDAY, AUGUST 27, 1979
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THE INDEX FOR FOODSTUFFS ADVANCED BY THREE POINTS IN BOTH C.P.I. (A) AND (B). RISES WERE RECORDED IN THE AVERAGE RETAIL PRICES OF FRESH VEGETABLES, FRESH-WATER FISH AND SALT-WATER FISH. THE COST OF MEALS BOUGHT AWAY FROM HOME ALSO WENT UP AS SOME RESTAURANTS AND EATING-PLACES RAISED THEIR PRICES. MOVEMENTS IN THE AVERAGE RETAIL PRICES OF OTHER FOOD ITEMS WERE INSIGNIFICANT.
AS MORE HOUSEHOLDS WERE AFFECTED BY THE INCREASE IN WATER CHARGES, THE INDEX FOR HOUSING ADVANCED BY ONE POINT IN BOTH C.P.I. (A) AND (B).
ON ACCOUNT OF HIGHER PRICES FOR KEROSENE AND LIQUEFIED PETROLEUM GAS, AND HIGHER CHARGES FOR PIPED GAS AND ELECTRICITY, THE INDEX FOR FUEL AND LIGHT INCREASED BY 11 POINTS IN C.P.I. (A) AND BY 10 POINTS IN C.P.I. (B).
HIGHER PRICES FOR CLOTHING MATERIALS AND MEN'S FOOTWEAR PUSHED THE INDEX FOR CLOTHING AND FOOTWEAR UP BY ONE POINT IN C.P.1. (B).
THE RISE OF ONE POINT IN THE INDEX FOR DURABLE GOODS IN BOTH C.P.!. (A) AND (B) WAS ATTRIBUTABLE TO HIGHER PRICES FOR WOODEN FURNITURE, WATCHES AND TRAVEL GOODS.
THE INDEX FOR MISCELLANEOUS GOODS WENT UP BY TWO POINTS EACH IN C.P.I. (A) AND (B) BECAUSE OF HIGHER PRICES FOR MEDICINES, TOILET REQUISITES, SOAP, DETERGENTS AND GENUINE JEWELLERY.
THE INDEX FOR TRANSPORT AND VEHICLES ROSE BY ONE POINT IN C.P.I. (A) AND BY TWO POINTS IN (B) AS A RESULT OF HIGHER PRICES FOR PETROL AND OIL AND HIGHER CHARGES FOR CAR INSURANCE.
THE RISE OF ONE POINT IN THE INDEX FOR SERVICES IN C.P.I. (B) WAS MAINLY BROUGHT ABOUT BY HIGHER CHARGES FOR MEDICAL TREATMENT.
PRICE MOVEMENTS IN OTHER COMMODITY SECTIONS WERE INSIGNIFICANT.
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