The Sensitive Price Indicator (SPI), for the week ended on March, 17 for the lowest income
group up to Rs.3,000 has registered increase of 0.08 percent over the previous week. The SPI for the week
under review in the above mentioned group was recorded at 299.61 points as against 299.36 points
registered in the previous week, according to provisional figures of Federal Bureau of Statistics (FBS). The
weekly SPI has been computed with base 2000 2001=100 covering 17 urban centers and 53 essential items
for all income groups and combined. SPI for the combined group registered decrease of 0.16 percent as it
went down from 285.59 points in the previous week to 285.12 points in the week under review
