Year / Month

Apr.

May

Jun.

Jul.

Aug.

Sep.

Oct.

Nov.

Dec.

Jan.

Feb.

Mar.

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

13

Industrial Worker

(Base 2001=100)

2005-06

5.0

3.7

3.3

4.1

3.4

3.6

4.2

5.3

5.6

4.7

4.9

4.9

2006-07

5.0

6.3

7.7

6.7

6.3

6.8

7.3

6.3

6.9

6.7

7.6

6.7

2007-08

6.7

6.6

5.7

6.5

7.3

6.4

5.5

5.5

5.5

5.5

5.5

7.9

2008-09

7.8

7.8

7.7

8.3

9.0

9.8

10.4

10.4

9.7

10.4

9.6

8.0

2009-10

8.7

8.6

9.3

Industrial workers Food group

(Base 2001=100)

2005-06

2.6

2.0

1.6

4.0

3.1

3.5

4.1

6.6

6.7

5.4

5.1

4.9

2006-07

5.7

8.0

10.0

7.3

8.6

8.9

9.8

7.8

9.6

10.3

12.2

12.2

2007-08

11.1

9.2

8.1

10.6

9.6

8.7

7.8

7.0

6.2

7.0

7.0

9.3

2008-09

10.8

10.7

10.5

10.3

11.7

13.1

14.4

15.2

13.1

13.9

13.0

10.6

2009-10

10.4

11.7

Urban Non-manual employees

(Base : 1984-85= 100)

2005-06

4.2

4.2

3.9

4.8

4.3

4.8

4.5

5.5

5.7

5.0

4.8

5.0

2006-07

5.0

5.8

6.5

5.7

6.1

6.6

7.2

6.7

6.9

7.4

7.8

7.6

2007-08

7.7

6.8

6.1

6.9

6.4

5.7

5.5

5.1

5.1

4.8

5.2

6.0

2008-09

7.0

6.8

7.3

7.4

8.5

9.5

10.4

10.8

9.8

10.4

9.9

9.3

2009-10

8.8

9.7

Agricultural labourer

(Base :1986-87=100)

2005-06

3.0

3.0

2.7

3.6

3.2

3.2

3.2

4.7

4.7

4.7

5.0

5.3

2006-07

5.6

6.4

7.2

6.3

6.5

7.3

8.4

8.3

8.9

9.5

9.8

9.5

2007-08

9.4

8.2

7.8

8.6

8.8

7.9

7.0

6.2

5.9

5.6

6.4

7.9

2008-09

8.9

9.1

8.8

9.4

10.3

11.0

11.1

11.1

11.1

11.6

10.8

9.5

2009-10

9.1

10.2

11.5

Note : Data for industrial worker prior to January 2006 are at Base 1982=100; the conversion factor is 4.63 for the General Index and 4.58 for the Food Group.
Source :1. Labour Bureau, Ministry of Labour and Employment, Government of India.
2. Central Statistical Organanisation, Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation, Government of India.