(Point-to-Point Basis)
(Per cent)
Year/
Wholesale
CPI for
CPI for Urban
Month
Price Index @
Industrial
Non-manual
Agricultural
Workers $
Employees +
Labourers*
1
2
3
4
5
1996-97
5.4
10.0
10.2
10.5
(4.6)
(9.4)
(9.3)
(9.0)
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)
1999-2000
6.5
4.8
5.0
3.4
(3.3)
(4.5)
April
8.2
7.8
4.6
May
5.8
9.2
7.0
June
6.6
12.4
July
7.1
14.8
13.1
10.7
August
6.9
15.0
12.7
11.8
September
5.9
16.3
13.0
12.9
October
18.6
14.5
15.6
November
7.3
19.7
15.5
18.3
December
5.2
15.3
15.1
January
9.4
9.3
9.1
February
8.6
March
3.9
8.4
7.9
8.1
3.1
7.7
7.5
8.0
2.2
6.1
6.7
2.0
3.2
4.2
2.8
5.1
2.1
4.4
0.9
2.9
3.6
0.0
1.9
3.3
0.5
2.6
2.7
3.0
2000-01
6.0
5.5
6.2
4.1
6.6 P
4.0
6.2 P
..
P Provisional.
.. Not Available.
@ Base: 1993-94=100.
$ Base: 1982=100.
+ Base: 1984-85=100.
* Base: 1986-87=100.
Note: