Centre

New Linking
Factor (1)

1990-91

2005-06@

2006-07

2007

Jun.

Jul.

Aug.

Sep.

Oct.

Nov.

Dec.

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

All India (2)

4.63

193

540

125

130

132

133

133

134

134

134

Ahmedabad

4.62

196

522

123

127

131

131

131

133

132

132

Alwaye(Ernakulam)

4.52

176

545

127

132

134

133

132

132

133

135

Asansol

4.37

189

515

128

136

140

142

143

144

143

144

Bangalore

4.51

183

538

128

135

138

138

137

138

138

139

Bhavnagar

4.76

198

540

122

127

134

133

133

133

131

130

Bhopal

4.83

196

566

130

134

136

138

136

137

137

136

Chandigarh

5.26

189

620

127

130

131

132

133

133

133

132

Chennai

4.95

189

567

119

125

126

126

125

126

126

127

Coimbatore

4.49

178

508

121

127

128

128

128

128

128

129

Delhi

5.6

201

652

124

128

130

131

132

131

130

129

Faridabad

4.79

187

550

124

127

128

135

135

136

135

134

Guwahati

4.8

195

541

117

118

119

120

121

121

123

123

Howrah

5.42

212

627

124

128

131

133

133

135

134

133

Hyderabad

4.79

182

536

118

123

124

124

124

124

125

125

Jaipur

4.25

190

498

130

134

135

137

136

137

137

137

Jamshedpur

4.23

187

514

128

130

133

134

136

136

135

134

Kolkata

5.12

203

593

123

130

133

135

136

138

137

136

Ludhiana

4.12

193

508

131

136

134

134

135

137

136

134

Madurai

4.51

192

512

117

122

123

122

121

121

124

125

Monghyr-Jamalpur

4.3

189

516

128

130

134

138

141

142

142

139

Mumbai

5.18

201

608

128

134

136

135

136

138

137

138

Mundakayam

4.37

184

516

126

131

132

131

129

130

131

134

Nagpur

4.68

201

556

134

138

142

142

143

145

142

142

Pondicherry

4.88

204

582

125

131

132

132

131

131

133

134

Rourkela

4.03

179

478

127

135

139

140

140

141

145

143

Saharanpur (Kanpur)*

4.50

195

510

127

131

132

133

134

134

133

133

Solapur

4.73

197

540

127

137

141

141

143

142

144

145

Srinagar

5.62

184

634

120

126

127

126

126

127

127

125

@ 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* Data for Saharanpur has been replaced by data for Kanpur from January 2006 onwards.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.