(Base : 1982 = 100 upto December 2005 and 2001 = 100 for data from January 2006 onwards)

Centre

New Linking Factor (1)

1990-91

2005-06@

2006-07

2007

May

Jun.

Jul.

Aug.

Sep.

Oct.

Nov.

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

All India (2)

4.63

193

540

125

129

130

132

133

133

134

134

Ahmedabad

4.62

196

522

123

127

127

131

131

131

133

132

Alwaye(Ernakulam)

4.52

176

545

127

128

132

134

133

132

132

133

Asansol

4.37

189

515

128

135

136

140

142

143

144

143

Bangalore

4.51

183

538

128

134

135

138

138

137

138

138

Bhavnagar

4.76

198

540

122

127

127

134

133

133

133

131

Bhopal

4.83

196

566

130

133

134

136

138

136

137

137

Chandigarh

5.26

189

620

127

130

130

131

132

133

133

133

Chennai

4.95

189

567

119

123

125

126

126

125

126

126

Coimbatore

4.49

178

508

121

126

127

128

128

128

128

128

Delhi

5.6

201

652

124

128

128

130

131

132

131

130

Faridabad

4.79

187

550

124

128

127

128

135

135

136

135

Guwahati

4.8

195

541

117

118

118

119

120

121

121

123

Howrah

5.42

212

627

124

127

128

131

133

133

135

134

Hyderabad

4.79

182

536

118

122

123

124

124

124

124

125

Jaipur

4.25

190

498

130

132

134

135

137

136

137

137

Jamshedpur

4.23

187

514

128

130

130

133

134

136

136

135

Kolkata

5.12

203

593

123

130

130

133

135

136

138

137

Ludhiana

4.12

193

508

131

134

136

134

134

135

137

136

Madurai

4.51

192

512

117

121

122

123

122

121

121

124

Monghyr-Jamalpur

4.3

189

516

128

128

130

134

138

141

142

142

Mumbai

5.18

201

608

128

132

134

136

135

136

138

137

Mundakayam

4.37

184

516

126

130

131

132

131

129

130

131

Nagpur

4.68

201

556

134

137

138

142

142

143

145

142

Pondicherry

4.88

204

582

125

128

131

132

132

131

131

133

Rourkela

4.03

179

478

127

135

135

139

140

140

141

145

Saharanpur(Kanpur) *

4.50

195

510

127

130

131

132

133

134

134

133

Solapur

4.73

197

540

127

137

137

141

141

143

142

144

Srinagar

5.62

184

634

120

124

126

127

126

126

127

127

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* Data for Saharanpur has been replaced by data for Kanpur from January 2006 onwards.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