(Per cent)

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 workers #                                                             (Base : 1982 = 100)

1990-91

7.8

7.7

8.8

9.9

9.2

8.5

10.8

12.5

13.7

16.1

15.4

13.6

1991-92

12.2

12.1

13.0

13.2

14.2

15.7

14.4

13.6

13.1

12.9

13.4

13.9

1992-93

14.4

14.7

12.9

13.1

11.5

10.0

9.4

8.4

8.0

5.7

5.7

6.1

1993-94

6.1

5.1

5.9

4.5

5.8

6.6

7.4

8.6

8.6

9.1

9.5

9.9

1994-95

9.8

10.6

10.8

11.1

10.9

11.2

10.3

9.8

9.5

9.9

9.8

9.7

1995-96

9.7

10.3

10.5

11.4

10.9

10.1

10.4

10.3

9.7

9.0

8.6

8.9

1996-97

9.8

9.3

8.8

8.3

8.9

8.5

8.5

8.7

10.4

11.1

10.8

10.0

1997-98

9.3

7.3

6.6

5.6

4.7

4.9

5.5

4.9

6.3

9.7

9.1

8.3

1998-99

8.2

10.5

12.4

14.8

15.0

16.3

18.6

19.7

15.3

9.4

8.6

8.9

1999-00

8.4

7.7

5.3

3.2

3.1

2.1

0.9

0.0

0.5

2.6

3.6

4.8

2000-01

5.5

5.0

5.2

5.0

4.0

3.5

2.7

2.7

3.5

3.2

3.0

2.5

2001-02

2.3

2.5

3.4

4.0

5.2

4.7

4.2

4.9

5.2

4.9

5.2

5.2

2002-03

4.7

4.7

4.2

3.9

3.9

4.3

4.1

3.6

3.2

3.4

3.9

4.1

2003-04

5.1

4.7

4.4

4.2

3.1

2.9

3.3

3.1

3.7

4.3

4.1

3.5

2004-05

2.2

2.8

3.0

3.2

4.6

4.8

4.6

4.2

3.8

4.4

4.2

4.2

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

Industrial workers : Food group #

1990-91

7.1

7.5

8.0

10.2

8.9

8.2

11.5

14.4

16.9

20.6

20.6

16.3

1991-92

13.7

12.9

15.9

15.5

17.9

18.8

16.3

15.9

15.5

14.7

14.2

16.4

1992-93

17.4

17.6

14.6

15.2

12.2

10.3

9.3

7.1

7.1

4.1

4.6

5.0

1993-94

4.1

3.2

4.4

3.1

4.7

6.6

6.6

10.5

9.8

9.9

11.1

11.1

1994-95

12.3

12.9

12.2

13.2

12.6

12.4

13.1

10.2

10.7

11.6

11.1

10.7

1995-96

10.6

11.5

12.6

13.0

12.8

11.7

11.9

12.1

10.6

8.7

7.7

9.0

1996-97

10.2

9.7

9.1

7.6

8.2

7.8

7.5

8.0

10.5

11.9

11.9

10.0

1997-98

9.0

5.7

4.2

3.8

2.7

3.0

3.5

2.1

4.2

9.0

8.5

7.5

1998-99

7.7

12.1

14.9

16.8

17.1

19.1

23.3

25.3

17.7

8.3

6.6

7.5

1999-00

6.2

4.8

1.4

-0.2

0.2

-1.1

-3.2

-4.8

-3.4

0.0

1.8

3.5

2000-01

4.4

3.4

3.7

3.2

1.6

0.7

-0.6

-0.4

0.7

1.1

0.7

0.0

2001-02

0.0

0.7

2.2

2.4

4.2

3.3

3.3

4.1

4.4

3.3

3.4

3.6

2002-03

2.9

2.6

1.9

2.4

1.9

3.2

2.5

1.7

1.3

2.2

3.3

3.7

2003-04

5.4

4.9

4.4

4.2

2.5

1.9

2.9

2.9

3.5

4.6

4.2

3.1

2004-05

1.2

1.8

2.0

1.2

3.4

3.9

3.4

2.6

1.8

1.6

1.2

1.6

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

Urban Non-manual employees                                        (Base : 1984-85 = 100)

1990-91

8.6

9.3

9.2

9.7

8.9

8.2

9.5

11.6

13.0

15.0

15.0

13.4

1991-92

12.6

11.8

12.3

13.3

15.1

15.7

14.2

14.0

13.3

12.4

13.0

13.6

1992-93

13.5

14.0

13.2

12.8

10.9

10.9

10.8

9.6

9.6

7.9

7.3

6.8

1993-94

6.7

6.2

6.6

5.4

5.9

6.4

6.3

7.3

7.8

7.8

8.3

8.3

1994-95

8.7

9.7

9.5

9.9

9.8

9.7

10.1

9.1

8.6

9.5

9.5

9.9

1995-96

10.3

9.7

10.4

10.3

10.2

9.7

9.6

10.0

9.2

8.3

8.2

8.2

1996-97

8.1

8.8

7.9

8.9

8.8

8.8

8.7

9.1

10.3

10.7

10.6

10.2

1997-98

9.7

8.1

7.7

5.7

5.7

6.0

5.9

5.2

6.2

7.9

7.6

7.2

1998-99

7.8

9.2

10.5

13.1

12.7

13.0

14.5

15.5

12.4

9.3

8.6

9.0

1999-00

7.9

7.5

6.1

4.2

4.5

3.8

2.9

2.0

2.6

3.8

4.4

5.0

2000-01

6.2

5.8

5.8

5.7

5.1

4.8

5.0

5.3

5.9

5.9

5.9

5.6

2001-02

4.7

4.9

5.5

5.7

6.2

5.9

4.8

5.1

5.1

4.5

4.3

4.8

2002-03

4.5

4.2

4.1

3.8

3.6

4.1

3.8

3.3

2.8

3.3

4.1

3.8

2003-04

4.3

4.3

3.7

3.7

3.2

2.9

3.7

3.4

4.0

4.4

3.9

3.4

2004-05

2.9

2.9

3.4

3.1

4.0

4.0

4.0

4.0

3.6

3.8

3.8

4.0

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

Agricultural labourers                                                 (Base : 1986-87 = 100)

1990-91

3.2

3.3

3.1

4.6

4.6

2.9

3.5

8.4

10.0

13.9

17.3

16.6

1991-92

14.7

13.7

15.4

15.9

18.3

23.1

23.1

21.2

21.7

20.4

20.6

21.9

1992-93

22.6

23.9

21.9

20.6

19.0

14.1

11.0

8.6

5.9

5.0

1.9

0.7

1993-94

-0.7

-1.9

-1.0

-2.0

-2.3

0.1

3.2

6.5

9.3

9.4

10.2

11.6

1994-95

12.1

13.2

12.5

13.4

13.1

12.4

11.6

11.2

11.2

10.8

11.6

10.6

1995-96

12.1

12.0

12.4

14.5

14.1

12.9

11.5

10.0

8.1

7.6

6.8

7.4

1996-97

8.1

9.0

8.8

7.2

7.1

7.9

8.3

9.2

10.5

11.0

11.4

10.5

1997-98

8.7

6.2

4.9

3.6

2.3

1.5

1.2

0.0

0.8

4.6

3.8

3.8

1998-99

4.6

7.0

8.9

10.7

11.8

12.9

15.6

18.3

15.1

9.1

8.8

8.8

1999-00

8.1

8.0

6.7

5.2

5.1

4.4

3.6

1.9

2.0

2.7

3.0

3.4

2000-01

4.1

4.0

3.0

2.0

0.0

-1.3

-3.2

-3.2

-2.6

-2.0

-2.3

-2.0

2001-02

-2.0

-2.3

-1.3

-0.3

1.3

1.6

2.6

2.3

3.0

2.3

3.0

3.0

2002-03

2.7

2.6

2.6

2.3

2.2

3.2

2.9

3.2

2.9

3.9

4.5

4.9

2003-04

5.5

5.1

5.1

4.7

3.8

3.4

3.4

3.1

3.4

3.8

3.1

2.5

2004-05

1.5

1.8

1.8

2.1

3.0

3.3

3.6

3.3

3.0

2.7

2.4

2.4

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

# From January 2006, the base is 2001=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.