Centre

New

1990-91

2005-06@

2006-07

2006

2007

Linking Factor (1)

Nov.

Dec.

Jan.

Feb.

Mar.

Apr.

May

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

All India (2)

4.63

193

540

125

127

127

127

128

127

128

129

Ahmedabad

4.62

196

522

123

126

124

126

126

127

127

127

Alwaye(Ernakulam)

4.52

176

545

127

127

128

127

129

127

127

128

Asansol

4.37

189

515

128

129

130

131

132

133

136

135

Bangalore

4.51

183

538

128

129

132

133

134

132

133

134

Bhavnagar

4.76

198

540

122

124

123

123

125

125

126

127

Bhopal

4.83

196

566

130

133

132

132

132

132

132

133

Chandigarh

5.26

189

620

127

128

128

130

130

129

130

130

Chennai

4.95

189

567

119

121

121

122

122

121

122

123

Coimbatore

4.49

178

508

121

122

122

123

126

125

125

126

Delhi

5.6

201

652

124

125

125

124

125

125

128

128

Faridabad

4.79

187

550

124

125

125

126

126

127

127

128

Guwahati

4.8

195

541

117

118

118

118

119

118

119

118

Howrah

5.42

212

627

124

126

125

124

125

126

127

127

Hyderabad

4.79

182

536

118

119

120

121

121

120

121

122

Jaipur

4.25

190

498

130

132

131

131

131

132

132

132

Jamshedpur

4.23

187

514

128

131

130

129

130

129

130

130

Kolkata

5.12

203

593

123

126

125

125

126

128

130

130

Ludhiana

4.12

193

508

131

135

132

134

133

132

133

134

Madurai

4.51

192

512

117

120

120

119

118

119

118

121

Monghyr-Jamalpur

4.3

189

516

128

132

131

128

128

130

130

128

Mumbai

5.18

201

608

128

130

130

131

131

130

132

132

Mundakayam

4.37

184

516

126

126

126

127

129

127

128

130

Nagpur

4.68

201

556

134

135

135

137

138

136

136

137

Pondicherry

4.88

204

582

125

126

126

128

128

127

127

128

Rourkela

4.03

179

478

127

130

129

130

129

130

131

135

Saharanpur(Kanpur)

4.50 *

195

510

127

130

128

129

130

129

130

130

Solapur

4.73

197

540

127

129

129

133

133

130

137

137

Srinagar

5.62

184

634

120

121

122

122

123

125

125

124

@ Represents average for Nine Months (April-December 2005).
* Data for Saharanpur has been replaced by data for Kanpur from January 2006 onwards.
Note :
New series of Consumer Price Index for Industrial Workers with base 2001 = 100 was released in
January 2006 by Labour Bureau, Shimla. Linking Factors betwen old and new series as published by the Labour Bureau are
reproduced in column 2. For (1) and (2) See ‘Notes on Tables’.
Source : Labour Bureau, Ministry of Labour, Government of India.