( Per cent )
Year/ Month
Wholesale
CPI for
CPI for Urban
Price Index@
Industrial
Non-manual
Agricultural
Workers #
Employees+
Labourers*
1
2
3
4
5
1998-99
5.3
8.9
9.0
8.8
(5.9)
(13.1)
(11.3)
(11.0)
1999-00
6.5
4.8
5.0
3.4
(3.3)
(3.4)
(4.5)
(4.4)
2000-01
4.9
2.5
5.6
-2.0
(7.2)
(3.8)
(5.6)
(-0.3)
2001-02
1.6
5.2
3.0
(3.6)
(4.3)
(5.1)
(1.1)
2002-03
4.1
3.8
(4.0)
(3.2)
2003-04
4.6
3.5
(5.4)
(3.9)
(3.7)
April
1.8
4.7
4.5
2.7
May
1.4
4.2
2.6
June
July
3.9
2.3
August
3.6
2.2
September
3.3
4.3
3.2
October
3.1
2.9
November
December
2.8
January
February
5.5
March
6.7
5.1
5.7
4.4
3.7
5.4
5.9
4.0
2004-05
1.5
6.1 P