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Centre              Link-                                                              1996                                    1997
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                    Factor    1990-91     1995-96     1996-97        Mar.        Oct.        Nov.      Dec.        Jan.        Feb.        Mar.
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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         319         346         349       350         350         350         351
Ahmedabad            4.78         196         309         343         314         345         347       348         348         353         353
Alwaye               5.19         176         320         355         335         353         358       361         362         362         363
Asansol              4.77         189         290         312         295         317         318       318         315         310         311
Bangalore            5.66         183         310         340         315         344         349       351         352         351         356
Bhavnagar            4.99         198         325         359         331         364         368       369         367         367         363
Bhopal               5.46         196         321         360         336         367         368       371         367         368         367
Mumbai               5.12         201         346         372         352         371         374       380         381         386         383
Calcutta             4.74         203         319         347         321         356         358       356         345         342         346
Chandigarh             ..         189         299         322         299         328         329       329         330         329         329
Coimbatore           5.35         178         308         339         319         338         344       344         355         354         346
Delhi                4.97         201         331         356         332         365         372       366         364         368         369
Faridabad              ..         187         302         337         312         345         343       347         351         351         354
Guwahati               ..         195         320         347         328         352         352       351         349         348         349
Howrah               4.12         212         329         353         328         362         365       361         353         348         356
Hyderabad            5.23         182         290         315         298         318         319       319         323         325         326
Jaipur               5.17         190         296         331         307         332         336       344         342         341         344
Jamshedpur           4.68         187         290         328         305         337         340       337         333         333         337
Ludhiana               ..         193         288         309         286         318         319       314         316         316         316
Chennai              5.05         189         336         367         337         367         370       377         378         376         375
Madhurai             5.27         192         325         356         331         359         367       371         379         363         358
Monghyr              5.29         189         293         326         299         336         344       341         339         339         340
Mundakayam           4.67         184         324         362         341         358         362       369         362         371         371
Nagpur               4.99         201         320         354         326         360         359       361         366         374         374
Pondicherry            ..         204         353         401         360         407         414       428         423         411         415
Rourkela             3.59         179         284         311         292         310         312       309         310         332         331
Saharanpur           5.06         195         293         312         297         317         318       319         316         318         319
Solapur              5.03         197         337         365         348         368         370       372         373         375         374
Srinagar             5.47         184         307         329         309         325         330       331         337         342         346

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