(Per cent)

Year

IW

UNME

AL

1

2

3

4

(Base : 1960 = 100)

1970-71

5.1

4.2

2.1

1971-72

3.2

3.4

1.0

1972-73

7.8

6.7

10.7

1973-74

20.8

15.1

21.2

1974-75

26.8

22.2

34.6

1975-76

-1.3

2.6

-4.0

1976-77

-3.8

0.0

-13.8

1977-78

7.6

6.9

10.6

1978-79

2.2

3.4

-2.2

1979-80

8.8

7.8

9.1

1980-81

11.4

11.8

14.2

1981-82

12.5

11.9

12.4

1982-83

7.8

8.0

5.2

1983-84

12.6

10.3

11.3

(Base : 1982 = 100)

(Base : 1984-85 = 100)

1984-85

6.3

8.7

0.2

1985-86

6.8

7.0

4.8

1986-87

8.7

7.5

4.8

1987-88

8.8

9.6

10.0

1988-89

9.4

7.9

12.6

1989-90

6.1

6.6

5.4

1990-91

11.6

11.0

7.6

1991-92

13.5

13.7

19.3

1992-93

9.6

10.4

12.3

1993-94

7.5

6.9

3.5

1994-95

10.1

9.7

11.9

1995-96

10.2

9.3

10.7

(Base : 1986-87 = 100)

1996-97

9.4

9.3

9.1

1997-98

6.8

6.9

3.4

1998-99

13.1

11.3

11.0

1999-00

3.4

4.5

4.4

2000-01

3.8

5.6

-0.3

2001-02

4.3

5.1

1.1

2002-03

4.0

3.8

3.2

2003-04

3.9

3.7

3.9

2004-05

3.8

3.6

2.6

IW : Industrial workers. UNME: Urban non-manual employees. AL :Agricultural labourers.
Source :1. Labour Bureau, Ministry of Labour, Government of India.
2. Central Statistical Organisation, Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation, Government of India.