Dataset Overview

This Dataset contains daily wholesale and retail prices of essential commodities in Puducherry

HFIPremium

Organisation

Ministry of Consumer Affairs Food and Public Distribution

Sectors

Agriculture and Allied,

Food

Update Frequency

Daily

Granularity

Daily, State, Commodity

Time Saved

4 hours

Number of rows

148918

Number of Columns

Sources

Department of Consumer Affairs

Time Period

2014 to 2024

Units

price in rupees per quintal

price in rupees per hundred litres

price in rupees per litre

Data Preview

date	state	market	commodity	price	unit
11-11-2024	Puducherry	Retail	Rice	65	price in rupees per kilogram
11-11-2024	Puducherry	Wholesale	Moong Dal	10000	price in rupees per quintal
11-11-2024	Puducherry	Wholesale	Groundnut Oil Packed	22527	price in rupees per hundred litres
11-11-2024	Puducherry	Retail	Groundnut Oil Packed	258	price in rupees per litre
11-11-2024	Puducherry	Wholesale	Milk	4800	price in rupees per hundred litres
11-11-2024	Puducherry	Retail	Milk	48	price in rupees per litre
11-11-2024	Puducherry	Wholesale	Sugar	4300	price in rupees per quintal
11-11-2024	Puducherry	Retail	Sugar	48	price in rupees per kilogram
11-11-2024	Puducherry	Wholesale	Masoor Dal	8500	price in rupees per quintal
11-11-2024	Puducherry	Retail	Masoor Dal	98	price in rupees per kilogram

Metadata

Name	Number of Distinct Values	Number of Unique Values	Type	Count
date	3407	0	Text	148918
state	1	0	Text	148918
market	2	0	Text	148918
commodity	22	0	Text	148918
price	803	40	Number	138777
unit	4	0	Text	148918
note	0	0	Unsupported	0

Citation

Ministry of Consumer Affairs Food and Public Distribution. Daily Wholesale and Retail Prices of Essential Commodities in Puducherry [Data set]. Dataful. https://dataful.in/datasets/19904

Daily Wholesale and Retail Prices of Essential Commodities in Puducherry