(Per cent)
Year / Month
Apr.
May
Jun.
Jul.
Aug.
Sep.
Oct.
Nov.
Dec.
Jan.
Feb.
Mar.
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
Industrial workers
(Base : 1982 = 100)
1990-91
7.8
7.7
8.8
9.9
9.2
8.5
10.8
12.5
13.7
16.1
15.4
13.6
1991-92
12.2
12.1
13.0
13.2
14.2
15.7
14.4
13.1
12.9
13.4
13.9
1992-93
14.7
11.5
10.0
9.4
8.4
8.0
5.7
6.1
1993-94
5.1
5.9
4.5
5.8
6.6
7.4
8.6
9.1
9.5
1994-95
9.8
10.6
11.1
10.9
11.2
10.3
9.7
1995-96
10.5
11.4
10.1
10.4
9.0
8.9
1996-97
9.3
8.3
8.7
1997-98
7.3
5.6
4.7
4.9
5.5
6.3
1998-99
8.2
12.4
14.8
15.0
16.3
18.6
19.7
15.3
1999-00
5.3
3.2
3.1
2.1
0.9
0.0
0.5
2.6
3.6
4.8
2000-01
5.0
5.2
4.0
3.5
2.7
3.0
2.5
2001-02
2.3
3.4
4.2
2002-03
3.9
4.3
4.1
2003-04
4.4
2.9
3.3
3.7
2004-05
2.2
2.8
4.6
3.8
2005-06
Industrial workers : Food group
7.1
7.5
10.2
16.9
20.6
15.9
15.5
17.9
18.8
16.4
17.4
17.6
14.6
15.2
8.1
12.3
12.6
10.7
11.6
12.8
11.7
11.9
7.6
14.9
16.8
17.1
19.1
23.3
25.3
17.7
6.2
1.4
-0.2
0.2
-1.1
-3.2
-4.8
-3.4
1.8
1.6
0.7
-0.6
-0.4
1.1
2.4
1.9
1.7
1.3
5.4
1.2
2.0
Urban Non-manual employees
(Base : 1984-85 = 100)
11.8
13.3
15.1
14.0
13.5
9.6
7.9
6.8
6.7
6.4
6.0
7.2
12.7
14.5
Agricultural labourers
(Base : 1986-87 = 100)
17.3
16.6
18.3
23.1
21.2
21.7
20.4
21.9
22.6
23.9
19.0
14.1
11.0
-0.7
-1.9
-1.0
-2.0
-2.3
0.1
6.5
12.0
1.5
0.8
7.0
15.6
-1.3
-2.6
-0.3
Source : 1. Labour Bureau, Ministry of Labour, Government of India. 2. Central Statistical Organanisation, Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation, Government of India.