ALL INDIA AND SELECTED CENTRES(Base 1982=100)

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Centre              Link-                                                         1996                                  1997
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                    Factor    1990-91     1995-96     1996-97        Apr.        Nov.        Dec.        Jan.        Feb.        Mar.        Apr.
                    (1)
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     1                  2           3           4           5           6           7           8           9          10          11          12
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All India(2)          4.93         193         313         342         324         349         350         350         350         351         354
Ahmedabad             4.78         196         309         343         321         347         348         348         353         353         352
Alwaye                5.19         176         320         355         341         358         361         362         362         363         363
Asansol               4.77         189         290         312         298         318         318         315         310         311         314
Bangalore             5.66         183         310         340         318         349         351         352         351         356         356
Bhavnagar             4.99         198         325         359         338         368         369         367         367         363         364
Bhopal                5.46         196         321         360         339         368         371         367         368         367         369
Calcutta              4.74         203         319         347         329         358         356         345         342         346         352
Chandigarh             ..          189         299         322         306         329         329         330         329         329         340
Chennai               5.05         189         336         367         341         370         377         378         376         375         380
Coimbatore            5.35         178         308         339         325         344         344         355         354         346         348
Delhi                 4.97         201         331         356         336         372         366         364         368         369         372
Faridabad              ..          187         302         337         311         343         347         351         351         354         355
Guwahati               ..          195         320         347         336         352         351         349         348         349         351
Howrah                4.12         212         329         353         336         365         361         353         348         356         364
Hyderabad             5.23         182         290         315         300         319         319         323         325         326         328
Jaipur                5.17         190         296         331         312         336         344         342         341         344         348
Jamshedpur            4.68         187         290         328         311         340         337         333         333         337         336
Ludhiana               ..          193         288         309         295         319         314         316         316         316         324
Madurai               5.27         192         325         356         327         367         371         379         363         358         363
Monghyr               5.29         189         293         326         298         344         341         339         339         340         326
Mumbai                5.12         201         346         372         357         374         380         381         386         383         396
Mundakayam            4.67         184         324         362         348         362         369         362         371         371         372
Nagpur                4.99         201         320         354         331         359         361         366         374         374         374
Pondicherry            ..          204         353         401         368         414         428         423         411         415         417
Rourkela              3.59         179         284         311         299         312         309         310         332         331         337
Saharanpur            5.06         195         293         312         299         318         319         316         318         319         325
Solapur               5.03         197         337         365         347         370         372         373         375         374         364
Srinagar              5.47         184         307         329         314         330         331         337         342         346         348

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                          Source: Labour Bureau, Ministry of Labour, Government of India.