( Per cent )

Year/ Month

Wholesale

CPI for

CPI for Urban

CPI for

Price Index@

Industrial

Non-manual

Agricultural

Workers #

Employees+

Labourers*

1

2

3

4

5

1998-99

5.3

8.9

9.0

8.8

(5.9)

(13.1)

(11.3)

(11.0)

1999-00

6.5

4.8

5.0

3.4

(3.3)

(3.4)

(4.5)

(4.4)

2000-01

4.9

2.5

5.6

-2.0

(7.2)

(3.8)

(5.6)

(-0.3)

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)

2002-03

April

1.8

4.7

4.5

2.7

May

1.4

4.7

4.2

2.6

June

2.7

4.2

4.1

2.6

July

3.0

3.9

3.8

2.3

August

3.5

3.9

3.6

2.2

September

3.3

4.3

4.1

3.2

October

3.1

4.1

3.8

2.9

November

3.4

3.6

3.3

3.2

December

3.5

3.2

2.8

2.9

January

4.8

3.4

3.3

3.9

February

5.5

3.9

4.1

4.5

March

6.5

4.1

3.8

4.9

2003-04

April

6.7

5.1

4.3

5.5

May

5.7

4.7

4.3

5.1

June

5.3

4.4

3.7

5.1

July

4.3

4.2

3.7

4.7

August

3.9

3.1

3.2

3.8

September

5.4

2.9

2.9

3.4

October

5.1

3.3

3.7

3.4

November

5.5

3.1

3.4

3.1

December

5.9

3.7

4.0

3.4

January

5.9

4.3

4.4

3.8

February

5.2

4.1

3.9

3.1

March

4.6

3.5

3.4

2.5

2004-05

April

4.3

2.2

2.9

1.5

May

5.6

2.8

2.9

1.8

June

6.1 P

3.0

3.4

1.8