All-India Average Consumer Price Index (CPI) Numbers for Industrial Workers
(source:  Ministry of Labour Site http://labour.nic.in)

CPI
All-India Average Consumer Price Index Numbers for Industrial Workers (Base 2001=100)
A new index base 2001 = 100 was introduced as of Jan 2006

  Aug
2006		 Jan
2006		 Dec
2005		 Jan
2005		 Jan
2004
Jan
2003
Jan
2002
General Index
 124 119
(100
=458)		 550 526 504
483
467

CPI Statistics
8mth change 4.20%
3 Yr Change
(2003-2005) 		13.87%
5 Yr Change
 (2000-2005) 		21.54%
10 Yr Change
 (1996-2005) 		60.48%


ROI
Point to Point Increase in Consumer Price Index Numbers for Industrial Workers (Base 1982=100) 
 
January
2003
December
2002
January
2002
Rate of Inflation

3.4%
3.20%
4.94%

CPI - 8 Months as of Aug 06
A new index base 2001 = 100 was introduced as of Jan 2006
 
CPI 1 mth +- Cum
Aug 06 124 0.00% 4.20%
July 124 0.81% 4.20%
June 123 1.65% 3.36%
May 121 0.83% 1.68%
April 120 0.84% 0.84%
March 119 0.00% 0.00%
Feb 119 0.00% 0.00%
Jan 119 New  
Average 121.1    
CPI - Last 17 Years
 Year CPI Year CPI
1989 171 1998 405
1990 186 1999 424
1991 212 2000 441
1992 237 2001 458
1993 252 2002 477
1994 278 2003 496
1995 306 2004 514
1996 334 2005 536
1997 358 2006 new index adopted from 06
 
CPI - Details
Jan Feb March April May June July August Sept Oct Nov Dec Average
1989 165 165 166 167 169 170 172 174 176 176 176 175 171
1990 174 175 177 180 182 185 189 190 191 195 198 199 186
1991 202 202 201 202 204 209 214 217 221 223 225 225 212
1992 228 229 229 231 234 236 242 242 243 244 244 243 237
1993 241 241 243 245 246 250 253 256 259 262 265 264 252
1994 263 265 267 269 272 277 281 284 288 289 291 289 278
1995 289 291 293 295 300 306 313 315 317 319 321 317 306
1996 315 316 319 324 328 333 339 343 344 346 349 350 334
1997 350 350 351 354 352 355 358 359 361 365 366 372 358
1998 384 382 380 383 389 399 411 413 420 433 438 429 405
1999 420 415 414 415 419 420 424 426  429 437 438 431  423
2000 431 430 434 438 440 442 445 443 444 449 450 446 441
2001 445 443 445 448 451 457  463  466  465  468  472  469 448
2002 467 466  468  469  472  476  481  484 485   487  489  484 467
2003 483 484  487  493  494  497  501  499  499  503  504  502 496
2004 504 504 504 504 508 512 517 522 523 526 525 521 514
2005 526 525 525 529 527 529 538 540 542 548 553 550 536
 

ROI - Details

Jan Feb March April May June July August Sept Oct Nov Dec
1993 5.7 5.7 6.1 6.1 5.1 5.9 4.5 5.8 6.6 7.4 8.6 8.6
1994 9.1 9.5 9.9 9.8 10.6 10.8 11.1 10.9 11.2 10.3 9.8 9.5
1995 9.9 9.8 9.7 9.7 10.3 10.5 11.4 10.9 10.1 10.4 10.3 9.7
1996 9 8.6 8.9 9.8 9.3 8.8 8.3 8.9 8.5 8.5 8.7 10.4
1997 11.1 10.8 10 9.3 7.3 6.6 5.6 4.7 4.9 5.5 4.9 6.3
1998 9.7 9.1 8.3 8.2 10.5 12.4 14.8 15 16.3 18.6 19.7 15.3
1999 9.38 8.64 8.95 8.36 7.71 5.26 3.16 3.15 2.14 0.92 0 0.47 
2000 2.62 3.61 4.83 5.54 5.01 5.24 4.95 3.99 3.5 2.75 2.74 3.48
2001 3.25 3.02 2.53 2.28 2.5  3.39  4.04  5.19  4.73  4.23  4.89  5.16
2002 4.94  5.19  5.17  4.69  4.66  4.16  3.89  3.86 4.30   4.06  3.60  3.20
2003 3.43 3.86 4.06 5.12 4.66 4.41 4.16 3.1 2.89 3.29 3.07 3.72
2004 4.35 4.13 3.49 2.23 2.83 3.02 3.19 4.61 4.81 4.57 4.17 3.78
2005 4.37 4.17 4.17 4.96 3.74 3.32 4.06 3.45 3.63 4.18  5.33  5.57