CURRENT STATISTICS

Prices

No. 35: Consumer Price Index Numbers for Industrial Workers All-India and Selected Centres
(Base : 2001 = 100)
Centre

New
Linking
Factor(1)

1990-91
@

2010-11

All India (2)

4.63

193

Ahmedabad

4.62

Alwaye (Ernakulam)

2011-12

2012
Feb.

Mar.

Apr.

May

Jun.

Jul.

Aug.

10

11

180

195

199

201

205

206

208

212

214

196

175

190

196

201

202

205

205

208

212

4.52

176

171

188

191

191

194

196

199

202

202

Asansol

4.37

189

199

215

219

220

226

226

230

231

238

Bengluru

4.51

183

185

197

204

206

209

212

211

215

210

Bhavnagar

4.76

198

178

193

198

198

203

204

205

208

210

Bhopal

4.83

196

190

208

212

213

216

217

218

223

229

Chandigarh

5.26

189

180

200

202

204

208

212

212

217

218

Chennai

4.95

189

163

176

186

187

190

192

197

200

201

Coimbatore

4.49

178

168

178

184

185

188

188

189

192

196

Delhi

5.60

201

166

179

182

185

188

189

188

194

195

Faridabad

4.79

187

186

196

197

199

206

205

205

213

213

Guwahati

4.80

195

158

171

174

176

178

183

185

189

187

Howrah

5.42

212

173

185

185

190

194

197

202

201

203

Hyderabad

4.79

182

167

177

183

184

185

186

189

192

192

Jaipur

4.25

190

183

195

201

204

212

212

213

217

221

Jamshedpur

4.23

187

189

217

222

224

227

228

232

237

237

Kolkata

5.12

203

176

187

186

190

196

197

200

202

202

Ludhiana

4.12

193

177

192

195

199

202

201

199

204

212

Madurai

4.51

192

165

177

181

182

190

194

199

200

199

Monghyr-Jamalpur

4.30

189

185

203

207

211

210

209

213

215

217

Mumbai

5.18

201

178

196

200

204

208

208

212

214

216

Mundakayam

4.37

184

179

194

196

202

209

211

212

216

217

Nagpur

4.68

201

207

224

229

230

234

236

239

244

247

Puducherry

4.88

204

174

188

200

199

201

205

212

214

213

Rourkela

4.03

179

192

207

210

212

216

220

222

223

230

Kanpur

4.50

195

187

202

203

206

210

209

211

216

221

Solapur

4.73

197

182

204

211

210

214

215

214

215

218

Srinagar

5.62

184

162

176

183

184

186

189

192

194

194

@ Base 1982=100.
Note: New series of Consumer Price Index for Industrial Workers with base 2001 = 100 was released in January 2006 by Labour Bureau, Shimla. Linking
Factors between old and new series as published by the Labour Bureau are reproduced in column 1.
For (1) and (2) See Notes on Tables.
Source: Labour Bureau, Ministry of Labour & Employment, Government of India.

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RBI Monthly Bulletin October 2012