| Year | Percentage Variation |
| IW | IW – Food | AL | New CPI Rural | New CPI Urban | New CPI Combined (Rural+Urban) |
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 |
| (Base : 1960 = 100 For IW and 1960 - 61 = 100 For AL) |
| 1976-77 | -3.8 | -7.3 | -13.8 | - | - | - |
| 1977-78 | 7.7 | 8.8 | 10.5 | - | - | - |
| 1978-79 | 2.2 | 0.6 | -2.2 | - | - | - |
| 1979-80 | 8.5 | 7.5 | 9.4 | - | - | - |
| 1980-81 | 11.4 | 12.3 | 14.1 | - | - | - |
| 1981-82 | 12.5 | 13.6 | 12.4 | - | - | - |
| 1982-83 | 7.7 | 6.7 | 5.1 | - | - | - |
| 1983-84 | 12.7 | 14.4 | 11.4 | - | - | - |
| (Base : 1982 = 100 for IW and 1960-61 = 100 for AL) |
| 1984-85 | 6.4 | 4.3 | 0.3 | - | - | - |
| 1985-86 | 6.4 | 4.9 | 4.1 | - | - | - |
| 1986-87 | 8.8 | 10.2 | 4.7 | - | - | - |
| 1987-88 | 9.1 | 9.2 | 9.9 | - | - | - |
| 1988-89 | 9.1 | 7.1 | 12.5 | - | - | - |
| 1989-90 | 6.5 | 7.3 | 5.5 | - | - | - |
| 1990-91 | 11.2 | 12.5 | 7.6 | - | - | - |
| 1991-92 | 13.5 | 15.7 | 19.3 | - | - | - |
| 1992-93 | 9.8 | 10.1 | 12.4 | - | - | - |
| 1993-94 | 7.3 | 7.2 | 3.5 | - | - | - |
| 1994-95 | 10.3 | 11.7 | 11.9 | - | - | - |
| 1995-96 | 10.0 | 11.0 | 10.7 | - | - | - |
| (Base : 1986-87 = 100 for AL) | | |
| 1996-97 | 9.4 | 9.3 | 9.1 | - | - | - |
| 1997-98 | 6.8 | 5.2 | 3.4 | - | - | - |
| 1998-99 | 13.1 | 14.6 | 11.0 | - | - | - |
| 1999-00 | 3.4 | 0.3 | 4.4 | - | - | - |
| 2000-01 | 3.8 | 1.5 | -0.3 | - | - | - |
| 2001-02 | 4.3 | 2.9 | 1.1 | - | - | - |
| 2002-03 | 4.0 | 2.5 | 3.2 | - | - | - |
| 2003-04 | 3.9 | 3.7 | 3.9 | - | - | - |
| 2004-05 | 3.8 | 2.2 | 2.6 | - | - | - |
| 2005-06 | 4.4 | 4.1 | 3.9 | - | - | - |
| 2006-07 | 6.7 | 9.2 | 7.8 | - | - | - |
| (Base : 2001 = 100 for IW) | | |
| 2007-08 | 6.2 | 8.4 | 7.5 | - | - | - |
| 2008-09 | 9.1 | 12.3 | 10.2 | - | - | - |
| 2009-10 | 12.4 | 15.2 | 13.9 | - | - | - |
| 2010-11 | 10.4 | 9.9 | 10.0 | - | - | - |
| 2011-12 | 8.4 | 6.3 | 8.2 | - | - | - |
| (Base : 2012 = 100 for New CPI) |
| 2012-13 | 10.4 | 11.9 | 10.0 | 10.7 | 9.5 | 10.2 |
| 2013-14 | 9.7 | 12.3 | 11.6 | 9.6 | 9.1 | 9.3 |
| 2014-15 | 6.3 | 6.5 | 6.6 | 6.2 | 5.7 | 5.9 |
| 2015-16 | 5.6 | 6.1 | 4.4 | 5.6 | 4.1 | 4.9 |
| 2016-17 | 4.1 | 4.4 | 4.2 | 5.0 | 4.0 | 4.5 |
| 2017-18 | 3.1 | 1.5 | 2.2 | 3.6 | 3.6 | 3.6 |
Notes : 1. IW : Industrial Workers, AL : Agricultural Labourers
2. IW and IW - Food data since January 2006 are based on New Series (Base: 2001=100).
3. Inflation as per the New CPI is available from January 2012.
Also see Notes on Tables.
Sources : 1. Labour Bureau, Ministry of Labour and Employment, Government of India.
2. Central Statistics Office (CSO), Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation, Government of India. |