(Year-on-year)

(Per cent)

Year/Month

Wholesale Price Index@

CPI for Industrial Workers#

CPI for Urban Non-manual Employees+

CPI for Agricultural
Labourers*

1

2

3

4

5

2001-02

1.6

5.2

4.8

3.0

(3.6)

(4.3)

(5.1)

(1.1)

2002-03

6.5

4.1

3.8

4.9

(3.4)

(4.0)

(3.8)

(3.2)

2003-04

4.6

3.5

3.4

2.5

(5.4)

(3.9)

(3.7)

(3.9)

2004-05

5.1

4.2

4.0

2.4

(6.4)

(3.8)

(3.6)

(2.6)

2005-06

4.1

4.9

5.0

5.3

(4.4)

(4.4)

(4.7)

(3.9)

2006-07

5.9

6.7

7.6

9.5

(5.4)

(6.7)

(6.6)

(7.8)

2007-08

7.7

7.9

6.0

7.9

(4.7)

(6.2)

(5.9)

(7.5)

2008-09

0.8

8.0

9.3

9.5

(8.3)

(9.1)

(8.9)

(10.2)

2007-08

April

6.0

6.7

7.7

9.4

May

5.2

6.6

6.8

8.2

June

4.4

5.7

6.1

7.8

July

4.7

6.5

6.9

8.6

August

3.9

7.3

6.4

8.8

September

3.4

6.4

5.7

7.9

October

3.1

5.5

5.5

7.0

November

3.1

5.5

5.1

6.2

December

3.8

5.5

5.1

5.9

January

4.8

5.5

4.8

5.6

February

5.7

5.5

5.2

6.4

March

7.7

7.9

6.0

7.9

2008-09

April

8.3

7.8

7.0

8.9

May

9.3

7.8

6.8

9.1

June

12.0

7.7

7.3

8.8

July

12.5

8.3

7.4

9.4

August

12.4

9.0

8.5

10.3

September

12.1

9.8

9.5

11.0

October

10.7

10.4

10.4

11.1

November

7.9

10.4

10.8

11.1

December

5.9

9.7

9.8

11.1

January

4.0

10.4

10.4

11.6

February

2.5

9.6

9.9

10.8

March

0.8

8.0

9.3

9.5

2009-10

April

1.7

8.7

8.8

9.1

May

0.9

8.6

9.7

10.2

June

-1.6 p

9.3

9.6

11.5

P : Provisional.              @ : End of the period, Base : 1993-94=100.
# : Base : 1982=100 up to December 2005 and Base : 2001=100 from January 2006.
+ : Base : 1984-85=100.            * : Base : 1986-87=100.
Note     : Figures in parentheses are on an average basis.
Source : 1. Office of the Economic Adviser, Ministry of Commerce and Industry, Government of India.
2. Labour Bureau, Ministry of Labour and Employment, Government of India.
3. Central Statistical Organisation, Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation, Government of India.