2nd December, 2002
Ministry of Labour & Empowerment  


INFLATION RATE FALLS BUT CONSUMER PRICE INDEX FOR INDUSTRIAL WORKERS RISES


The Rise/ Fall in index varied from centre to centre during October 2002. In 43 centres, the index increased between 1 to 16 points and in 5 centres it remained constant whereas in another 22 centres it recorded a decrease of 1 to 9 points when compared to the previous month. The CPI-IW in 70 Ciites/ Towns across the country during Sept & October 2002, has been as follows :

State

Sr.

Centre

Month

State

Sr.

Centre

Month

No.

Sept.' 2002

Oct.' 2002

No.

Sept.' 2002

Oct.' 2002

Andhra

1

Gudur

458

463

Maharastra

38

Mumbai

563

563

Pradesh

2

Guntur

481

484

39

Nagpur

499

500

3

Hyderabad

471

476

40

Nasik

518

518

4

Visakhapatnam

473

475

41

Pune

532

534

5

Warangal

506

514

42

Solapur

499

497

Assam

6

D.D.Tinsukia

403

409

Orissa

43

Barbil

439

434

7

Guwahati

482

492

44

Rourkela

420

424

8

Labac-Silchar

381

383

Punjab

45

Amritsar

429

428

9

Mariani-Jorhat

417

425

46

Ludhiana

442

445

10

Rangapara-Tezpur

421

436

Rajasthan

47

Ajmer

478

478

Bihar

11

Monghyr

449

456

48

Jaipur

454

452

Chhattisgarh

12

Bhillai

426

431

Tamil Nadu

49

Chennai

523

526

Gujarat

13

Ahmedabad

482

481

50

Coimbatore

481

479

14

Bhavnagar

498

497

51

Coonoor

478

488

15

Rajkot

455

453

52

Madurai

464

470

16

Surat

491

493

53

Salem

464

472

17

Vadodra

472

473

54

Tiruchirapally

548

550

Haryana

18

Faridabad

492

491

Uttar

55

Agra

447

444

19

Yamunanagar

459

456

Pradesh

56

Ghaziabad

489

483

J & K

20

Srinagar

550

546

57

Kanpur

471

467

Jharkhand

21

Jamshedpur

443

445

58

Saharanpur

439

446

22

Jharia

378

388

59

Varanasi

499

498

23

Kodarma

399

399

West

60

Asansol

463

465

24

Noamundi

415

417

Bengal

61

Darjeeling

420

411

25

Ranchi-Hatia

440

445

62

Durgapur

567

571

Karnataka

26

Bangalore

458

457

63

Haldia

590

592

27

Belgaum

524

523

64

Howrah

550

554

28

Hubli-Dharwar

480

481

65

Jalpaiguri

427

429

29

Mercara

463

459

66

Kolkata

538

543

Kerala

30

Alwaye

483

486

67

Raniganj

425

424

31

Mundakayam

486

482

Chandigarh

68

Chandigarh

525

522

32

Quilon

498

501

Delhi

69

Delhi

562

563

33

Thiruvananthapuram

544

545

Pondicherry

70

Pondicherry

516

521

Madhya

34

Balaghat

432

445

ALL-INDIA

485

487

Pradesh

35

Bhopal

516

517

36

Indore

491

491

37

Jabalpur

472

488