APPENDIX TABLE 27 : ANNUALISED VARIATIONS IN PRICE INDICES

(Point-to-Point Basis)

( Per cent )

Year/ Month

Wholesale Price Index@

CPI for Industrial Workers#

CPI for Urban Non-manual Employees+

CPI for Agricultural Labourers*

1

2

3

4

5

2000-01

4.9

2.5

5.6

-2.0

(7.2)

(3.8)

(5.6)

(-0.3)

2001-02

1.6

5.2

4.8

3.0

(3.6)

(4.3)

(5.1)

(1.1)

2002-03

6.5

4.1

3.8

4.9

(3.4)

(4.0)

(3.8)

(3.2)

2003-04

4.6

3.5

3.4

2.5

(5.4)

(3.9)

(3.7)

(3.9)

2004-05

5.1

4.2

4.0

2.4

(6.4)

(3.8)

(3.6)

(2.6)

2005-06

4.1

4.9

5.0

5.3

(4.4)

(4.4)

(4.7)

(3.9)

2004-05

April

4.3

2.2

2.9

1.5

May

5.6

2.8

2.9

1.8

June

7.0

3.0

3.4

1.8

July

8.0

3.2

3.1

2.1

August

8.7

4.6

4.0

3.0

September

7.3

4.8

4.0

3.3

October

7.0

4.6

4.0

3.6

November

7.3

4.2

4.0

3.3

December

6.6

3.8

3.6

3.0

January

5.1

4.4

3.8

2.7

February

5.1

4.2

3.8

2.4

March

5.1

4.2

4.0

2.4

2005-06

April

5.7

5.0

4.2

3.0

May

5.3

3.7

4.2

3.0

June

4.3

3.3

3.9

2.7

July

4.2

4.1

4.8

3.6

August

3.3

3.4

4.3

3.2

September

4.3

3.6

4.8

3.2

October

4.8

4.2

4.5

3.2

November

4.5

5.3

5.5

4.7

December

4.6

5.6

5.7

4.7

January

4.0

4.7

5.0

4.7

February

4.2

4.9

4.8

5.0

March

4.1

4.9

5.0

5.3

2006-07

April

3.9

5.0

5.0

5.6

May

5.0

6.3

5.8

6.4

June

4.8 P

7.7

6.5

7.2

P : Provisional.
@ : Base : 1993-94=100.
# : Base : 1982=100 up to December 2005 and Base : 2001=100 from January 2006.
+ : Base : 1984-85=100.
* : Base : 1986-87=100.
Note : Figures in parentheses are on an average basis.
Source :
1. Office of the Economic Adviser, Ministry of Commerce and Industry, Government of India.
2. Labour Bureau, Ministry of Labour and Employment, Government of India.
3. Central Statistical Organisation, Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation, Government of India.