( Per cent )

Year/

Wholesale

CPI for

CPI for Urban

CPI for

Month

Price Index @

Industrial

Non-manual

Agricultural

Workers $

Employees +

Labourers*

1

2

3

4

5

1997-98

4.5

8.3

7.2

3.8

(4.4)

(6.8)

(6.9)

(3.4)

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)

2001-02

April

5.5

2.3

4.7

-2.0

May

5.6

2.5

4.9

-2.3

June

5.2

3.4

5.5

-1.3

July

5.2

4.0

5.7

-0.3

August

5.1

5.2

6.2

1.3

September

3.2

4.7

5.9

1.6

October

2.7

4.2

4.8

2.6

November

2.5

4.9

5.1

2.3

December

1.9

5.2

5.1

3.0

January

1.3

4.9

4.5

2.3

February

1.6

5.2

4.3

3.0

March

1.6

5.2

4.8

3.0

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 P

4.4

3.7

5.1

P Provisional.
@ Base : 1993-94=100.
$ Base : 1982=100.
+ Base : 1984-85=100.
* Base : 1986-87=100.
Note : Figures in brackets are on average basis.