A: Consumer Prices Index Numbers for Agricultural Labourers
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                      (Base:July 1960-June 1961=100)                          (Base:July 1986-June 1987=100)
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State                                          Factor                    1996                          1997
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                         1990-91   1994-95      (1)      1995-96(6)     Jul.     Feb.     Mar.     Apr.      May      Jun     Jul.

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         1                     2           3           4           5        6        7        8        9       10       11       12
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All India                    830        1283        5.89         240      252      263      262      261      258      259      261

Andhra Pradesh               657        1062        4.84         243      254      270      269      269      269      271      271
Assam                        854        1330        (2)          244      254      259      257      259      261      263      266
Bihar                        858        1274        6.22         223      236      259      260      254      245      241      248
Gujarat                      742        1184        5.34         241      252      251      254      256      259      260      264
Haryana                                             (4)          235      248      269      273      272      266      269      271
Himachal Pradesh                                    (4)          220      229      242      245      246      240      242      246
Jammu & Kashmir              843        1268        5.98         226      241      252      255      259      255      252      253
Karnataka                    807        1281        5.81         251      264      267      265      267      269      270      268
Kerala                       939        1464        6.56         259      274      288      284      284      282      290      292
Madhya Pradesh               862        1346        6.04         237      253      264      263      260      261      261      264
Maharashtra                  801        1330        5.85         248      259      255      252      250      253      256      256
Manipur                                             (4)          244      246      247      248      252      256      254      260
Meghalaya                                           (4)          252      258      266      266      270      269      269      274
Orissa                       830        1298        6.05         236      243      254      255      257      256      259      263
Punjab                       930        1422        (3)          244      252      265      266      270      265      263      265
Rajasthan                    885        1415        6.15         238      251      265      264      265      264      266      267
Tamil Nadu                   784        1234        5.67         246      258      267      261      259      257      254      252
Tripura                                             (4)          220      231      241      242      244      251      241      241
Uttar Pradesh                960        1447       6.60          232      251      273      276      267      255      252      260
West Bengal                  842        1189        5.73         230      242      244      241      245      244      245      249
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                      B: Consumer Price Index Number for Rural Labourers
                             (Base: July1986-June1987 =100)
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State                                   1996                                               1997
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                     1995-96(6)        Jul.        Dec.        Jan.     Feb.     Mar.     Apr.      May      Jun     Jul.
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         1                    2            3           4           5        6        7        8        9       10       11
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All India                    240         253         264         263      264      262      262      260      260      263

Andhra Pradesh               244         255         272         271      270      269      270      270      272      272
Assam                        243         253         261         260      258      256      258      259      261      264
Bihar                        223         236         252         255      259      261      255      246      242      249
Gujarat                      241         252         254         251      252      254      257      259      260      264
Haryana                      237         250         269         269      270      274      274      268      271      273
Himachal Pradesh             221         229         242         244      242      246      246      241      244      248
Jammu & Kashmir              225         239         252         248      250      254      259      254      250      251
Karnataka                    250         263         266         269      267      266      267      269      271      269
Kerala                       260         277         285         287      290      286      286      284      292      294
Madhya Pradesh               239         255         267         265      266      264      262      262      262      266
Maharashtra                  247         258         256         257      255      252      251      253      256      256
Manipur                      245         246         255         254      248      249      252      256      255      261
Meghalaya                    250         256         262         262      265      265      268      268      269      273
Orissa                       236         243         258         253      254      255      256      256      259      263
Punjab                       247         254         267         266      267      269      273      269      267      269
Rajasthan                    239         252         266         267      266      265      266      265      267      267
Tamil Nadu                   244         256         267         268      267      260      259      258      255      253
Tripura                      219         227         239         238      237      238      240      248      237      238
Uttar Pradesh                231         249         268         268      272      275      266      255      252      259
West Bengal                  232         244         252         247      245      243      246      245      246      250
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                    Source: Labour Bureau, Ministtry of Labour, Governmment of India.