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Centre              Link-                                                                    1996                                    1997
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                    Factor    1990-91     1994-95     1995-96        Feb.        Jan.        Oct.        Nov.        Dec.        Jan.        Feb.
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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         284         313         316         315         346         349         350         350         350
Ahmedabad            4.78         196         285         309         312         311         345         347         348         348         353
Alwaye               5.19         176         283         320         334         333         353         358         361         362         362
Asansol              4.77         189         266         290         290         292         317         318         318         315         310
Bangalore            5.66         183         280         310         314         314         344         349         351         352         351
Bhavnagar            4.99         198         300         325         324         326         364         368         369         367         367
Bhopal               5.46         196         296         321         334         332         367         368         371         367         368
Mumbai               5.12         201         314         346         349         346         371         374         380         381         386
Calcutta             4.74         203         286         319         314         322         356         358         356         345         342
Chandigarh             ..         189         277         299         299         303         328         329         329         330         329
Coimbatore           5.35         178         280         308         310         309         338         344         344         355         354
Delhi                4.97         201         306         331         327         327         365         372         366         364         368
Faridabad              ..         187         275         302         307         304         345         343         347         351         351
Guwahati               ..         195         287         320         326         325         352         352         351         349         348
Howrah               4.12         212         299         329         324         331         362         365         361         353         348
Hyderabad            5.23         182         264         290         296         296         318         319         319         323         325
Jaipur               5.17         190         274         296         300         300         332         336         344         342         341
Jamshedpur           4.68         187         264         290         305         300         337         340         337         333         333
Ludhiana               ..         193         267         288         282         286         318         319         314         316         316
Chennai              5.05         189         297         336         337         332         367         370         377         378         376
Madhurai             5.27         192         288         325         326         324         359         367         371         379         363
Monghyr              5.29         189         271         293         293         298         336         344         341         339         339
Mundakayam           4.67         184         287         324         341         334         358         362         369         362         371
Nagpur               4.99         201         296         320         325         321         360         359         361         366         374
Pondicherry            ..         204         320         353         360         360         407         414         428         423         411
Rourkela             3.59         179         258         284         292         290         310         312         309         310         332
Saharanpur           5.06         195         276         293         295         289         317         318         319         316         318
Solapur              5.03         197         296         337         345         336         368         370         372         373         375
Srinagar             5.47         184         281         307         308         308         325         330         331         337         342

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