ALL INDIA CONSUMER PRICE INDEX NUMBERS
FOR INDUSTRIAL WORKERS ON BASE 1982=100 FOR THE MONTH OF AUGUST,
2003
All India Consumer
Price Index Number for Industrial Workers (CPI-IW) on base 1982=100
for the month of August, 2003 has decreased by 2 points to stand
at 499 (Four hundred & ninety nine). The decrease in index
is mainly due to decrease in the prices of Moong Dal, Groundnut
Oil, Mustard Oil, Fish Fresh, Vegetables & fruits, Kerosene
Oil etc. All India consumer Price Index Number for August 2002
had increased by 3 points.
The rise/fall
in index varies from centre to centre. In 43 centres decrease
in index was noticed between 1 to 20 points, in 5 centres it remained
constant and in 22 centres it recorded an increase of 1 to 10
points when compared to previous month.
During the month
Rajkot centre experienced the maximum decrease of 20 points on
account of decrease in prices of Rice, Wheat, Bajra, Moong Dal,
Groundnut Oil, Milk, Vegetables & Fruits, etc. Whereas, Labac-Silchar
centre experienced the maximum increase of 10 points. The increase
in index was due to rise in prices of Rice, Fish Fresh, Onion,
Vegetables & Fruits, Bidi, Barber Charges, etc. However, the
index remained stationary in 5 centres viz. Saharanpur, Nagpur,
Vadodara, Howrah and Barbil.
The index in
respect of six main centres during August, 2003 stood at the following
level:
- Ahmedabad 491
- Bangalore 476
- Kolkata 541
- Chennai 536
- Delhi 575
- Mumbai 583
The point to point
rate of inflation, based on the CPI-IW has decreased from 4.16%
in July 2003 to 3.10% in August, 2003. In August, 2002 it was
3.86%.
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CONSUMER
PRICE INDEX NUMBERS FOR INDUSTRIAL WORKERS ON BASE 1982=100
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State
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Sr.
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Centre
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Month
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State
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Sr.
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Centre
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Month
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No.
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July.' 2003
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Aug.' 2003
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No.
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July.' 2003
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Aug.' 2003
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Andhra
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1
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Gudur
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470
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471
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Maharastra
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38
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Mumbai
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589
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583
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Pradesh
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2
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Guntur
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512
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511
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39
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Nagpur
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510
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510
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3
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Hyderabad
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506
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501
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40
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Nasik
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537
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534
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4
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Visakhapatnam
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491
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492
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41
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Pune
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563
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557
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5
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Warangal
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533
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529
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42
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Solapur
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505
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502
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Assam
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6
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D.D.Tinsukia
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420
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419
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Orissa
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43
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Barbil
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439
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439
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7
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Guwahati
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494
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501
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44
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Rourkela
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438
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436
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8
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Labac-Silchar
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380
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390
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Punjab
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45
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Amritsar
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434
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436
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9
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Mariani-Jorhat
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435
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436
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46
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Ludhiana
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439
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441
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10
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Rangapara-Tezpur
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433
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432
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Rajasthan
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47
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Ajmer
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493
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486
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Bihar
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11
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Monghyr
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456
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459
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48
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Jaipur
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455
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454
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Chhattisgarh
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12
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Bhillai
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445
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442
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Tamil Nadu
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49
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Chennai
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538
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536
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Gujarat
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13
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Ahmedabad
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501
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491
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50
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Coimbatore
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497
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490
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14
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Bhavnagar
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513
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512
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51
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Coonoor
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508
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499
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15
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Rajkot
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476
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456
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52
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Madurai
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485
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482
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16
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Surat
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495
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489
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53
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Salem
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490
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487
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17
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Vadodra
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476
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476
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54
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Tiruchirapally
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577
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573
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Haryana
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18
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Faridabad
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505
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501
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Uttar
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55
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Agra
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457
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459
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19
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Yamunanagar
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468
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465
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Pradesh
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56
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Ghaziabad
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500
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501
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J & K
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20
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Srinagar
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582
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578
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57
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Kanpur
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473
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475
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Jharkhand
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21
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Jamshedpur
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459
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460
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58
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Saharanpur
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460
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460
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22
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Jharia
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401
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402
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59
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Varanasi
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509
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510
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23
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Kodarma
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409
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408
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West
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60
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Asansol
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476
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478
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24
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Noamundi
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434
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438
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Bengal
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61
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Darjeeling
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424
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429
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25
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Ranchi-Hatia
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439
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440
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62
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Durgapur
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562
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567
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Karnataka
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26
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Bangalore
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481
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476
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63
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Haldia
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592
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590
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27
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Belgaum
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544
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542
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64
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Howrah
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557
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557
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28
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Hubli-Dharwar
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498
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495
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65
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Jalpaiguri
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427
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424
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29
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Mercara
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484
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479
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66
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Kolkata
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545
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541
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Kerala
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30
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Alwaye
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490
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488
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67
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Raniganj
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433
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432
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31
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Mundakayam
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496
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490
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Chandigarh
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68
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Chandigarh
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529
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533
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32
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Quilon
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534
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519
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Delhi
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69
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Delhi
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577
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575
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33
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Thiruvananthapuram
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577
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571
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Pondicherry
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70
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Pondicherry
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546
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547
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Madhya
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34
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Balaghat
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449
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452
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ALL-INDIA
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501
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499
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Pradesh
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35
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Bhopal
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534
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532
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36
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Indore
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526
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514
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37
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Jabalpur
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502
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499
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