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Date : Mar 03, 2006
Consumer Price Inflation (Average)
         

(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.

 


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