(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 | New CPI -Rural | (Base : 2012 = 100) | 2014-15 | 8.5 | 8.2 | 7.4 | 7.9 | 7.7 | 5.9 | 4.8 | 3.2 | 4.2 | 5.3 | 5.8 | 5.7 | 2015-16 | 5.3 | 5.5 | 6.1 | 4.4 | 4.5 | 5.0 | 5.5 | 5.9 | 6.3 | 6.5 | 6.1 | 5.7 | 2016-17 | 6.2 | 6.5 | 6.3 | 6.7 | 5.9 | 5.0 | 4.8 | 4.1 | 3.8 | 3.4 | 3.7 | 3.8 | 2017-18 | 3.0 | 2.3 | 1.5 | 2.4 | 3.2 | 3.1 | 3.4 | 4.8 | 5.3 | 5.2 | 4.4 | 4.4 | 2018-19 | 4.7 | 4.9 | 4.9 | 4.1 | 3.4 | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | New CPI -Urban | (Base : 2012 = 100) | 2014-15 | 8.5 | 8.4 | 6.1 | 6.7 | 6.4 | 5.3 | 4.5 | 3.5 | 4.5 | 5.0 | 5.0 | 4.7 | 2015-16 | 4.4 | 4.4 | 4.6 | 2.9 | 2.8 | 3.6 | 4.3 | 4.7 | 4.7 | 4.8 | 4.3 | 3.9 | 2016-17 | 4.7 | 4.9 | 5.3 | 5.4 | 4.2 | 3.6 | 3.5 | 3.1 | 2.9 | 2.9 | 3.6 | 4.0 | 2017-18 | 3.0 | 2.1 | 1.4 | 2.2 | 3.3 | 3.4 | 3.8 | 4.9 | 5.1 | 4.9 | 4.5 | 4.1 | 2018-19 | 4.4 | 4.7 | 4.8 | 4.3 | 4.0 | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | New CPI -Combined | (Base : 2012 = 100) | 2014-15 | 8.5 | 8.3 | 6.8 | 7.4 | 7.0 | 5.6 | 4.6 | 3.3 | 4.3 | 5.2 | 5.4 | 5.3 | 2015-16 | 4.9 | 5.0 | 5.4 | 3.7 | 3.7 | 4.4 | 5.0 | 5.4 | 5.6 | 5.7 | 5.3 | 4.8 | 2016-17 | 5.5 | 5.8 | 5.8 | 6.1 | 5.0 | 4.4 | 4.2 | 3.6 | 3.4 | 3.2 | 3.7 | 3.9 | 2017-18 | 3.0 | 2.2 | 1.5 | 2.4 | 3.3 | 3.3 | 3.6 | 4.9 | 5.2 | 5.1 | 4.4 | 4.3 | 2018-19 | 4.6 | 4.9 | 4.9 | 4.2 | 3.7 | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | Industrial Workers: General Index | (Base : 2001 = 100) | 2014-15 | 7.1 | 7.0 | 6.5 | 7.2 | 6.8 | 6.3 | 5.0 | 4.1 | 5.9 | 7.2 | 6.3 | 6.3 | 2015-16 | 5.8 | 5.7 | 6.1 | 4.4 | 4.3 | 5.1 | 6.3 | 6.7 | 6.3 | 5.9 | 5.5 | 5.5 | 2016-17 | 5.9 | 6.6 | 6.1 | 6.5 | 5.3 | 4.1 | 3.3 | 2.6 | 2.2 | 1.9 | 2.6 | 2.6 | 2017-18 | 2.2 | 1.1 | 1.1 | 1.8 | 2.5 | 2.9 | 3.2 | 4.0 | 4.0 | 5.1 | 4.7 | 4.4 | 2018-19 | 4.0 | 4.0 | 3.9 | 5.6 | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | Industrial Workers: Food Group | (Base : 2001 = 100) | 2014-15 | 7.8 | 7.7 | 5.9 | 8.1 | 7.6 | 6.5 | 4.5 | 2.6 | 5.7 | 7.8 | 7.4 | 7.0 | 2015-16 | 5.3 | 6.0 | 6.7 | 3.2 | 3.5 | 5.7 | 7.5 | 7.9 | 7.9 | 7.6 | 6.2 | 6.2 | 2016-17 | 7.6 | 8.5 | 8.3 | 9.3 | 6.2 | 4.1 | 3.0 | 1.7 | 0.7 | 0.3 | 1.7 | 1.7 | 2017-18 | 0.7 | -1.6 | -1.3 | -0.3 | 1.6 | 1.3 | 2.3 | 3.9 | 4.3 | 3.4 | 2.4 | 1.7 | 2018-19 | 1.3 | 1.7 | 1.0 | -0.3 | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | Agricultural Labourers | (Base : 1986-87 = 100) | 2014-15 | 8.4 | 8.1 | 7.7 | 8.0 | 7.2 | 6.9 | 6.1 | 4.6 | 5.5 | 6.2 | 6.1 | 5.2 | 2015-16 | 4.4 | 4.4 | 4.5 | 2.9 | 3.0 | 3.5 | 4.4 | 4.9 | 5.7 | 5.6 | 5.0 | 5.0 | 2016-17 | 5.3 | 6.0 | 6.0 | 6.7 | 5.3 | 4.1 | 3.2 | 2.9 | 2.7 | 2.5 | 3.1 | 2.7 | 2017-18 | 2.6 | 1.4 | 0.9 | 0.8 | 2.1 | 2.3 | 2.9 | 3.1 | 2.7 | 2.9 | 2.3 | 2.4 | 2018-19 | 2.1 | 2.2 | 1.9 | 2.0 | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | Notes : 1. Inflation as per the Base: 2012=100 is available from January 2012. 2. In case of New CPI, data for the latest month is provisional. 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. Also see Notes on Tables. | |