INDIAN LABOUR JOURNAL

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Volume 54 December 2013 No. 12

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INDIAN LABOUR JOURNAL

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Vol.54 December, 2013 No 12

CONTENTS Page

SPECIAL ARTICLE

On Content & Extent of Coverage of Consumer Price Index for Industrial Workers

(CPI-IW) New Series

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LABOUR ACTIVITIES

Labour Situation 1218

Industrial Disputes 1221

NEWS IN BRIEF

(a) INDIAN LABOUR

Job Creation by Corporate India Hits Three-Year Low 1223

The Invisible Workers 1223

30% Indian IT Engineers Lack Basic Skills, Says Report 1224

Karnataka Exempts IT from Labour Law for Another 5 Years 1224

Workers at 5 Major Ports to Get Higher Wages 1224

Insurance Cover for Expatriate Workers in Gulf on the Anvil 1225

Industries/Services declared Public Utility Services under the Industrial Disputes Act 1947 1225

Consumer Price Index Numbers for Industrial Workers 1226

Consumer Price Index Numbers for Agricultural Labourers and Rural Labourers 1226

( b) FOREIGN LABOUR

ILO Director-General Calls on Countries to Boost Efforts to Fight Child Labour 1227

Unions Continue to Put UN under Fire for Not Respecting Workers‟ Rights 1227

New Global Index Exposes 'Modern Slavery' Worldwide 1227

Spain Jobless Rate Down A Tad Despite Recovery 1228

US Jobless Claims Fall Less Than Expected 1228

Asia Failing to Protect Rights of Domestic Workers 1228

Latin American and Caribbean Unemployment Rate Could Fall to 6.2% in 2013 1229

LABOUR DECISIONS

For Seeking Voluntary Retirement as per Regulation (12 b) Three Months Notice is

Mandatory

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Indian Labour Journal, December 2013

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LABOUR LITERATURE

Important Articles of Labour Interest Published in the Periodicals Received in the Labour

Bureau

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STATISTICS

Section A- Monthly Statistics 1235

Section B- Serial Statistics 1277

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SPECIAL ARTICLE

On Content & Extent of Coverage of Consumer Price Index for Industrial

Workers (CPI-IW) New Series

By Daljeet Singh, Sunil Chaudhary and Amit Verma; Labour Bureau

“The consumer price index (CPI) is designed primarily to measure the changes over time in the

general level of prices of goods and services that a reference population acquires, uses or pays

for ”…………….. The Preamble ILO resolution concerning CPI.

1. Introduction:

1.1 The Consumer Price Index numbers for Industrial Workers [CPI (IW)] in India are being compiled and disseminated by the Labour Bureau since its inception on a monthly basis. The CPI numbers for industrial workers measure a change in the retail prices of fixed basket of goods and services being consumed by an average working class family. Amongst all the available population segment specific CPI series compiled at the National level, the CPI series for industrial worker is one of the important measure at the point of consumption and the most widely followed series as wages / salary of industrial workers as also of all salaried employees in public and private sectors, in services and trade etc., are indexed to the all India/centre specific series. 1.2 Basic Framework: There are two essential constituents of CPI (IW) namely; weighting diagram and retail prices. The weighting diagram is built up at the start of the series on the basis of Family Living Survey/Working Class Family Income & Expenditure Surveys (WCFI&ES) to determine the consumption pattern among the defined population group to which the index relates - Industrial workers in the instant case. The weighting diagram along with the prices of the item basket constitutes the basic framework on which the index series is compiled periodically.

1.3 Need for Base Updation: The consumption pattern of the working class population undergoes change over a period of time & therefore, it becomes necessary that the consumption basket is updated from time to time to account for these changes and to maintain the representative character of the index. The need for frequent revision of base (preferably in 5 years but not later than 10 years) on account of fast changing consumption pattern of the target group has been recommended by ILO, National Statistical Commission, National Commission on Labour and also Technical Advisory Committee on Statistics of Prices and Cost of Living. Therefore to update the base of CPI (IW) numbers, the first thing is the conduct of Family Living Survey/Working Class Family Income & Expenditure Survey (WCFI&ES) for computation of weighting system for the index series.

1.4 Historical Background: The Labour Bureau launched family living survey during 1958-59 in 50 important industrial centres all over the country on uniform and scientific lines laid down by the Technical Advisory Committee on Cost of Living Index Numbers. Based on the results of the survey and utilizing the retail prices regularly collected from the selected markets, the CPI (IW) on base 1960, for each of the 50 centres and all India had been compiled and published by the Labour Bureau. With the passage of time, to cater to the changing pattern of consumption of working class, the Income & Expenditure Survey in 70 industrially important centres was conducted during 1981-82 in accordance with the recommendations of the Technical Advisory Committee on Statistics of Prices and Cost of Living (TAC on SPCL) set up by the Government and the guidelines laid down by ILO for the 1982 series. A fresh Family Income & Expenditure Survey was undertaken at 78 centres in 1999-2000 on the basis of which CPI (IW) 2001 = 100 series was prepared and released.


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1.5 Scope and Coverage: For the scope of CPI, the reference/target population is industrial worker. In the name of industrial workers only factory workers were covered in the 1944 & 1949 series. The scope of industrial workers was further extended to by including plantation and mining workers with effect from 1960 series. Taking cognizance of the recommendations of Rath committee on consumer price index numbers - 1978, the scope and coverage under the 1981-82 and 1999-2000 survey was enlarged with the inclusion of manual workers in four more sectors viz. Railways, Public Motor transport undertakings, Electricity Generating & Distributing Establishments and Ports & Docks; in addition to those three sectors, mentioned ante, covered in the 1960 series. Therefore for the current series, the concept of industrial workers encompasses the following seven sectors i.e. Factories, Mines, Plantations, Railways, Public Motor Transport Undertakings, Electricity Generating & Distributing Establishments and Port & Docks under the relevant legislation viz. The Factories Act 1948, The Mines Act 1952, The Plantation Labour Act 1951, The Indian Railways Act 1890, The Motor Transport Workers Act 1961, The Indian Electricity Act 1910, The Dock Workers Act (Regulation of Employment) Act 1948 and The Indian Dock Labourers Act 1934. 1.6 While there has been a significant increase in the number of centres from 50 on base 1960 = 100 to 70 on base 1982 = 100 and 78 in the current series of 2001 = 100, there has also been an enhanced coverage of working class families surveyed under the above three series which were 23400, 34776 and 41040 respectively.

Details of various series of CPI (IW)

Sl. No.

Base Year Sectors covered Coverage of Centres

1. 1944=100 Factory Sector 24

2. 1949=100 Factory Sector 27

3. 1960=100 Factory, Mining & Plantation Sectors 50

4. 1982=100 Factory, Mining, Plantation , Electricity Generation & Distribution, Railways, Public Motor Transport And Ports & Docks Sectors

70 + 6 additional centres

5. 2001=100 …………..Do………………… 78

2 The Index Review Committee (IRC): 2.1 The Government constituted an Index Review Committee on 17th November 2006 under the chairmanship of Prof. G. K. Chadha to review the Consumer Price Index numbers for Industrial Workers. The committee has submitted its Report to the Ministry in 2009. The IRC has made several recommendations in its report for effecting overall improvements in the new series of CPI-IW. The Labour Bureau, Ministry of Labour & Employment has accepted all the recommendations made in the IRC. 2.2 The IRC has made several recommendations covering all the aspects of CPI (IW) such as Price Collection Machinery, Working Class Family Income & Expenditure Survey, Conduct of Repeat House Rent Survey and Index Compilation etc. Some of the major recommendations of IRC are:

1. Base year of the new series of CPI (IW) should not go beyond 10 years. 2. Consultation with various stakeholders should be there from very beginning till the

end. 3. Standing Tripartite Committee of all the stakeholders like Trade Unions‟,

Employers Organizations‟, Central/State Government Departments, Women‟s


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Organizations and representatives from the newly emerging sectors need to be constituted.

4. Coverage of sectors need to be extended beyond existing seven sectors, by adding at least one or two more sectors such as Handloom & Construction sectors.

5. Number of centers to be covered in the next WCFI&ES should be reviewed and new upcoming centers may be added in the next survey.

2.3 Pursuant to one of the crucial IRC recommendation, a Standing Tripartite Committee (STC) has also been constituted to widen the consultation base with Index users & State governments so as to arrive at conclusion on issues in a more filtered & coherent manner prior to placing it to Technical Advisory Committee on Statistics of Prices and Cost of Living (TAC on SPCL) – the apex (and one of the most important) advisory body on prices functioning in the country under M/O Statistics & Programme Implementation - for obtaining concurrence. The documentary support of IRC report & deliberations to take place in STC/TAC on SPCL would guide in ascertaining the technical & scientific aspects of CPI (IW) measurement for the new series. 2.4 As the Consumer Price Index for Industrial Workers [CPI-(IW)] is constructed from several sample-based sources, the base revision exercise would entail, inter alia, refreshment of all sample based components entering into the index. The foremost step is ascertaining content and extent of coverage – a) identifying industrial sectors which would form basis to define & cover the target population; and b) selecting industrially representative/important areas (centres) throughout the country in which WCFI&ES is to be carried out for generation of weights & recurring collection of prices will be done for compiling indices. 3 Content of Coverage: 3.1 As indicated in the introduction, the target population for the existing CPI (IW) series is working class family. At the time of collection of data for preparation of weighting diagram, a working class family has been defined as one (i) which was located within the center (industrial area), (ii) which had at least one member working as manual worker in an establishment in any of the seven sectors of employment covered viz., factories, plantations, mining, ports and docks, public motor transport undertakings, electricity generating and distributing establishments, and railways; and (iii) which derived 50 per cent or more of its income during the calendar month preceding the day of enquiry through any manual work. Thus, in sum, seven sectors are being covered for the scope of CPI-IW presently. 3.2 The IRC recommendations on coverage of sectors: The IRC deliberated on the issue of extended coverage in the CPI (IW) new series apart from these seven sectors. The major sectors discussed were Handloom, Textiles, Construction and Bidi sector. After discussion, the committee recommended that the coverage of sectors needs to be extended beyond the existing seven sectors, by adding at least one or two more sectors such as Handloom and Construction sectors, so that around 70% of the workers of non-agricultural sector get duly covered in the CPI (IW). The committee, while recognizing the fact that time has come to extend the scope of coverage under WCFIES, decided that the workers belonging to the newly recommended sectors should also fall within the ambit of definition of workers under the relevant legislation as is the case of workers belonging to seven existing sectors.

3.3 Pursuant to these recommendations a careful & comprehensive analysis has been made while exploring the feasibility of expansion of coverage to Handloom & Construction sectors. This includes a review of existing methodology with regard to sampling procedure etc., also endorsed by IRC and observations gathered through the field visit to Panipat, Haryana centre. We note numerous measurement issues in the expansion of coverage to the mentioned sectors as detailed in the following paragraphs.


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4 Issues involved in coverage of Handloom and Construction Sector 4.1 Handloom Sector (An Overview): There are about 43 lakh handloom workers in the country scattered in various villages of various States. The sector is basically decentralized in nature and the handloom weaving is a household activity. The sector is unorganized in nature, but there are Apex/Primary handloom cooperative societies, National/State level Handloom Corporations which engage handloom workers for various pre and post loom activities. There are about 21000 such Apex/Primary handloom cooperative societies of which about 16000 are functional. About 43 lakh handloom weavers/workers are involved in various activities connected with handloom weaving, dyeing, processing, marketing etc. These societies are registered under respective State Cooperative Societies Acts. Apart from cooperative societies, there are individual weavers, entrepreneurs, handloom exporters, who are part of the handloom sector. About 1500 exporters are also members of Handloom Export Promotion Council, Chennai. The Handloom Export Promotion Council is functioning under the administrative control of Office of the Development Commissioner for Handlooms and it is involved in handloom export promotion activities. 4.2 Office of the Development Commissioner (Handlooms), M/O Textiles has recommended the following centres to be covered under the sector in proposed series on the basis of concentration of weavers:

Sl. No. State Centre

1 Andhra Pradesh Dharamavaram

2 Assam Guwahati

3 Haryana Panipat

4 Karnataka Bagalkota

5 Tamil Nadu Salem

6 Uttar Pradesh Varanasi

4.3 Issues: At the outset it may be reiterated that the Index Review Committee had suggested “that the workers belonging to the newly recommended sectors should also fall within the ambit of definition of workers under the relevant legislation as is the case of workers belonging to seven existing sectors”. There is however no sector-specific legislation in respect of handloom sector. 4.4 There are numerous handloom co-operative societies in a district/state besides state/national level corporations. Many handloom units having 20 or more workers are registered under the Factories Act 1948. Secondly, for some “registered factories”, handloom is a subsidiary activity. Thus, such units are already represented through the Factory Sector in the CPI (IW). Rest of the units are predominantly household based &/or unregistered.

4.5 These may pose serious problems in uniquely identifying the reference population – working class families with in the sector- as for undertaking the WCFI&ES each sector is treated as an independent entity in a centre & therefore sampling frame for each sector is prepared separately. The issue is whether to treat the handloom workers employed in a “registered handloom factory”, as industrial workers within the ambit of factory sector or handloom sector. If the workers are treated as belonging to handloom sector then how to treat the handloom workers employed in a “registered factory with handloom as its subsidiary activity”, or how to apportion such workers between industrial workers and handloom workers. These definitional issues are difficult to resolve.

4.6 Frame construction and type of sampling to be adopted for the income & expenditure survey requires information on the concentration of working class families in each ward of the municipal area in a centre. The sector for which the 80% or more working class families could


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be identified through these wards tenement sampling method is adopted; alternatively, payroll sampling method is used. To meet this requirement the definitional scope of the industrial worker and working class family will have to appropriately modify so as to uniquely/precisely identify the sector specific reference population to determine centre boundaries. The reliability of the weighting diagram would be compromised if the sampling frame for drawing the sample is faulty.

4.7 While attempting to expand the definitional scope, it has to be borne in mind that “industrial handloom workers” (precisely falling under the factory sector) salaried & entitled to various benefits such as insurance cover, provident fund etc. and “handloom weavers” receiving wages on „piece rate‟ basis & deprived of social security benefits may form entirely different class of manual workers for the purpose of CPI (IW).

4.8 Handloom units, being predominantly household based activity, are scattered and relatively small in respect of size of employment. This may have a bearing on the other important element in the construction of CPI (IW), prices. It is necessary to collect price data on periodic basis from the markets representing purchases of large segment of the working class population in each of the selected centres, in respect of all the items. For the scattered target population selection of representative market(s) and subsequently selection of representative outlet(s) would be an uphill task. It may happen that the price behavior as collected through the sample price quotations may not be statistically representative of the entire universe of consumer transactions in respect of item(s). It is needless to mention that systematic discrepancy in the price data may result in the severe distortion of the index.

4.9 Field visit to the Panipat, Haryana centre revealed that most of the handloom co-operative societies have become dysfunctional. Those still serving, besides other registered handloom units, rely heavily on the migrant weavers from the nearby states rather than on the traditional local weavers. For large number of migrant workers engaged in large proportion of scattered, unorganized & relatively smaller units in respect of employment size, formation of cluster of blocks or cluster of establishments for the conduct of WCFI&ES would be difficult. Selected sample families are to be staggered evenly over a full twelve - month period for removal of seasonal effects. Migrant nature of the weavers in conjunction with the unorganized characteristic of the sector may lead to high degree of non-response thereby invalidating the results. It also follows that it would be difficult to keep index realistic if the concerned population group keep changing the outlet(s)/market(s). The nature of dispersed and migrant handloom may also affect the selection of houses for computing house rent index. 5 Construction Sector (An Overview): 5.1 The construction sector in India is the second largest economic activity after agriculture. This sector has grown at a Compounded Annual Growth Rate of about 11.1% over the last eight years on the back of massive infrastructure sectors such as ports, power plants, roads and rapid rise in housing demand. The construction industry remains largely unorganized. Organized industry segment comprises large firms in the corporate sector, class A contractors registered with various government construction bodies and thousands of small contractors, which compete for small jobs or work as subcontractors of prime or other contractors as detailed in the following table:

Organized Industry Segment No. of Employees No. of Firms

Small < 200 25,000-30,000

Medium 200-500 >500

Large >500 250

Unorganized Industry Segment (Standalone

Contractors)

120,000

[Source: Report of the Working Group on Construction Sector (Institutional Financing

Working) for the 12th five year plan, Dec 2011]


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5.2 Consultation with NBCC: National Buildings Construction Corporation Limited (NBCC) has been consulted on inclusion of Construction sector in new CPI (IW) series. The comments of NBCC are summarized below:

i. Construction sector workers employed through contractors only, figure is not available with NBCC.

ii. The workers belonging to construction sector are unorganized and fall within the ambit of definition of worker under Construction Labour Act/Building and Other Construction Workers (Regulation of Employment and Conditions of Service) Act etc.

iii. The workers in construction sector are usually engaged on casual basis directly by the contractor.

iv. The workers in construction sector do not reside permanently or at least 10-15 years at one place in the case of construction site.

v. Normally the workers in construction sector are not available for a longer period at their existing sites.

5.3 Issues: The workers engaged in the construction sector fall within the ambit of the Construction Labour Act/Building and Other Construction Workers (Regulation of Employment and Conditions of Service) Act, 1996 and thus the criteria laid down by the Index Review Committee as mentioned earlier is supposedly met. Identification of workers for the sector may not be a concern; however, for the scope of CPI (IW) indices the “construction sector” has to be precisely defined as which type of construction activity would represent the sector. Construction can be classified in various types of activities such as building, road, bridge etc. Inclusion of all such activities may cause difficulty in ascertaining the geographic boundaries of the centre. 5.4 For the sake of operational convenience, it may be presumed that building construction would represent the sector, which is by and large concentrated in the urban areas, or in the periphery of cities/towns. Housing/Building projects of “individual households/ Stand-alone Contractors” engaging large number of workers may be difficult to mark out for the scope of CPI (IW); hence “index area” can be identified with big construction projects of companies/builders. For the workers engaged in these projects usually labour hutments/colonies are created by the concerned company/builder within/nearby the site of construction in compliance to the provisions laid down in the Building and Other Construction Workers (Regulation of Employment and Conditions of Service) Act, 1996 to this extent. These settlements usually have relatively short (and variable) life span, in comparison to the life of the index series, which may depend upon the status of a particular project. After completion of the project these settlements are demolished and the workers engaged shift to another project situated at a different location. It follows that this will have consequences both for the WCFI&ES as well as for the price collection mechanism. 5.5 Construction of reliable weighting diagram is vital for an unbiased and realistic index series. As undertaking WCFI&ES requires full twelve – month period, the demolition of these sample settlements during the survey period may create bias in the data. Moreover, migrant workers constitute large proportion of construction workers and thus seasonal variations in the no. of workers engaged at the time of harvest, festival etc would be sharp. Thus the consumption expenditure data arrived at from WCFI&ES would carry seasonal effects. In a nutshell, chances for distorted weighting diagram are very high.

The sample price quotations for the purpose of index series have to be collected on periodic basis from the markets patronized by the target population group. Because of a moving/shifting reference population, outlet(s)/market(s) have to be changed frequently, it may however induce severe bias in the indices as new outlet(s)/market(s) will often be distinctive in their pricing and service policy. For the same reasons, compiling house rent index would be difficult for this sector.

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feasible and therefore the coverage of the new series in respect of sectors may desirably be kept limited to the existing seven sectors only.

6 Extent of coverage: Selection of Centres- 6.1 Background: The number of centres to be surveyed during the period 1999-2000 was primarily decided on the basis of increase in employment of industrial workers vis-a vis the last survey, inclusion of States/Union Territories not represented earlier, the requirement for building up a representative all-India average Consumer Price Index Series, operational feasibility and resources available. Based on the above criteria, 78 centres were selected covering about 55% of the total All India employment of industrial workers in the seven sectors as against the 47% covered by 70 centres in the last survey. The allocation of 78 centres amongst Factory, Mining and Plantation sectors in various State/Union Territories was done on the basis of following three stage process/criteria laid down by the TAC on SPCL:-

i. The sectors that are covered were divided into three groups. They are Mining, Plantations and remaining sectors. The total number of centres (78) was allocated among these in proportion of employment in each group to the total employment in the country as a whole. This was done mainly to ensure that the number of Mining and Plantation centres covered during the last survey is retained.

ii. The number of centres allocated to each sector was then distributed amongst States on the

basis of industrial employment in a State subject to a maximum of 5 centres being allotted to a State in a sector , so that the smaller States get at least one centre.

iii. The name and location of centres were then selected on the basis of centre-wise industrial

employment in consultation with the respective State Governments, wherein centres likely to be important in the coming years are also considered.

Table I reports the list of 78 centres and sector wise break-up thereof is as under: Factory (Other five sectors) centres = 60

Plantation centres = 10

Mining centres = 8

6.2 The IRC recommendations on Selection of Centres:

6.2.1 The Committee felt that there was no need for suggesting any change at this stage in the procedure for the selection of centres. However, it recommended that the number of centres to be covered in the next WCFIES should be reviewed by the Labour Bureau and the new upcoming centres may be added in the next survey. The Committee further recommended that considering the pace and pattern of development in individual States in the coming few years the number of centres to be covered under the new Working Class Family Income & Expenditure Survey need to be increased and the new emerging sectors of employment need to be adequately represented.

6.2.2 The Committee observed that the total population of industrial workers has increased due to the thrust of economic growth process in the direction of non-agricultural sectors to which the XIth Five Year Plan Document also refers. Though services sector is having a formidable share in GDP, yet manufacturing, an important sector of the economy in its own right, is likely to provide future thrust of India‟s economic growth. It is high time that the CPI for industrial workers should take cognizance of such future changes.

6.3 Proposed Centres:

6.3.1 The coverage of centres for the fresh WCFIES has been thoroughly reviewed on the basis of employment data furnished by the States/U.T‟s for different sectors covered in the States. Lists of centres having concentration of workers and total employment details in the State/U.T‟s relating to these sectors were obtained from various State Governments. Employment data pertaining to seven existing sectors have been used to work out the total


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centres to be covered in the new series. The employment of industrial workers in these seven sectors has registered an increase of 15% since the last survey of 1999-2000 in which 78 centres were covered. On the basis of this increase the number of centres to be covered in the new series works out to 90 centres.

Description Mining Plantation Other Five

Sectors

All Seven

Sectors

Total employment @ the

time of last survey 820987 961983 9928701 11711671

Total employment as on

reference date for the

proposed survey

744946 1118227 11620548 13483721

Change in % -9 16 17 15

Centres Allotted in 2001

series 8 10 60 78

Total Centres for the proposed new series of CPI-IW on the basis of

total increase in employment in seven existing sectors 90

Proportionate allocation of

centres on the basis of sector

wise employment

5 7 78 90

Actual Unadjusted Allocation 8 12 70 90

6.3.2 Allocation/selection of centres has been done in the following manner:

i. The total no. of centres i.e. 90 has been allocated to (a) plantation (b) mining and (c) other five sectors (viz. factories, railways, port & docks, public motor transport undertakings electricity generating and distributing establishments) keeping in view the proportion of their respective employment in the country and sector-specific growth in employment since last survey. Since mining sector has registered a negative growth in employment, therefore the number of centres presently covered in the sector, i.e., 8 has been retained. Plantation has been allotted 12 centres after taking into account increase in employment & remaining centres i.e. 70 have been allocated to the other five sectors.

ii. The number of centres allocated to a particular sector among the States/UT‟s has been

distributed on the basis of their industrial employment subject to a maximum allotment of 5 centres per state in a sector so as to provide representation to the smaller States. Once a centre is selected, working class families belonging to all seven sectors are covered. Therefore, in cases of centres common to more than one sector in a State have been duly adjusted. Moreover, few centres have been merged as proposed by the respective State Government or as per existing practice. The adjusted allocation of centres amongst the sectors on the above lines is as follows:

Description Mining Plantation

Other

Five

Sectors

All Seven

Sectors

Actual adjusted Allocation 8 12 68* 88#(87+1)

*Two centres have been merged - Bangalore (R+U); Kolkata+24 North Parganas+24 South

Parganas.

# includes an additional centre given to the State of Maharashtra


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iii. The actual selection of centres has been done on the basis of industrial importance of the centre as ascertained by the centre wise employment data. There are 65 common Centres & 23 new centres while 13 centres have been dropped. The proposed centres cover approximately 60% of total employment in the seven sectors. (Table II & III)

6.4 Mention needs to be made that as per established practice, the Labour Bureau had also sought the views of all the State Governments/ Union Territory Administrations on the centres proposed for the new series of CPI-IW. In this regard, the comments have been received from most of the States/Union Territories. The States/Union Territories have largely agreed to the centres proposed by the Labour Bureau. Recommendations, to replace/add some of the centres which the respective State/UT government considered to be of industrially more important &/or regionally more representative than the proposed one, have been duly incorporated. CONCLUSION: The twofold agenda points on determination of content and extent of coverage has been discussed in detail, on the lines as described in this paper, in the first meeting of STC held on 2

nd July 2013, and subsequently in the first meeting of the Group of Technical Advisory

Committee on Statistics of Prices and Cost of Living under the Chairmanship of Shri Vijay Kumar, DG & CEO, NSSO held on 22

nd October, 2013 in the Ministry of Statistics & PI. The

members were apprised about the issues likely to come up in covering Handloom & Construction sector. The STC & Group of TAC on SPCL appreciated the aforementioned operational difficulties and was in broad agreement with the views expressed by the Labour Bureau.

However, several members in the first STC meeting spoke in favor of exploring feasibility to expand the scope to the aforementioned additional sectors and finally, after deliberations held in the first meeting of Group of TAC on SPCL, it emerged that Labour Bureau shall cover both Construction and Handloom sectors on pilot/experimental basis. Two centres from each Handloom & Construction sector shall be covered separately without forming the part of all-India series. The expertise gained during the pilot exercise would facilitate decision making for inclusion of these two sectors in the subsequent series.

The STC broadly agreed on the detailed methodology followed for arriving at the no. of centres to be covered in the new series with some suggestions such as relaxing the norm of five centres per sector per State in case of Maharashtra because of large employment share and to hold further consultation for few a centre with respective State Governments, which has been duly acceded to. After incorporating the changes, as suggested by the STC, the Group of TAC on SPCL accorded its approval on the list of 88 centres for the new series as proposed by the Bureau (Table II). Thus, seven sectors & 88 centres determine the scope and coverage for the new centre wise/all India CPI (IW) series.

With regard to coverage of Construction and Handloom sectors on pilot/experimental

basis so as to facilitate decision on inclusion of these sectors for coverage in the subsequent series of CPI (IW) series, especially in the backdrop of limitations in their coverage as envisioned and spelled out in the preceding notes following centres in respect of each of the additional sector have been approved, as was proposed, based on some implicit criterion (Annexure I):

Sl.

No. Centre Sector Region

1 Guwahati Handloom Eastern India

2 Salem Handloom Southern India

3 Mumbai Construction Western India

4 Ghaziabad/G.B.Nagar Construction Northern India


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Table-I

List of Selected Centres under Consumer Price Index for Industrial Workers (2001=100)

Andhra Pradesh Jharkhand Pondicherry

1. Hyderabad 25. Ranchi-Hatia 51. Pondicherry

2. Guntur 26. Jamshedpur Punjab

3. Visakhapatnam 27. * Bokaro 52. Amritsar

4. Warrangal 28. Jharia 53. Ludhiana

5. * Vijayawada 29. * Giridih 54. * Jalandhar

6. * Godavarikhani 30. Kodarma Rajasthan

Assam Jammu & Kashmir 55. Ajmer

7. Guwahati 31. Srinagar 56. Jaipur

8. Doom-Dooma-Tinsukia Karnataka 57. Bhilwara

9. Mariani-Jorhat 32. Bangalore Tamil Nadu

10. Rangapara-Tezpur 33. Hubli-Dharwar 58. Chennai

11. Labac-Silchar 34. Mysore* 59. Coimbatore

Bihar 35. Belgaum 60. Madurai

12. Monghyr-Jamalpur 36. Merccara 61. Tiruchirapally

Chattisgarh Kerala 62. Salem

13. Bhilai 37. Ernakulam/

Alwaye

63. Coonoor

Chandigarh 38. Quilon Tripura

14. Chandigarh 39. Mundakkayam 64. Tripura

Delhi Madhya Pradesh Uttar Pradesh 15. Delhi 40. Bhopal 65. Ghazibad

Goa 41. Jabalpur 66. Varanasi

16. Goa 42. Indore 67. Kanpur

Gujarat 43. Chindwara 68. Agra

17. Ahmedabad Maharashtra 69. * Lucknow

18. Vadodara 44. Mumbai West Bengal

19. Bhavnagar 45. Sholapur 70. Kolkata

20. Surat 46. Nasik 71. Howrah

21. Rajkot 47. Nagpur 72. Asansol

Haryana 48. Pune 73. Durgapur

22. Yamunanagar Orissa 74. Haldia

23. Faridabad 49. Rourkela 75. Raniganj

Himachal Pradesh 50. * Angul-Talchar 76. Darjeeling

24. Himachal Pradesh 77. Jalpaiguri

78. * Siliguri

* New Centres (9)

Common centres to 1981-82 and New Working Class Family Income & Expenditure

Survey (69 Centres)

Centre dropped in 1999-2000 from 1981-82 Survey;

1. Gudur 2.Noamundi 3. Trivandrum 4. Barbil 5. Saharanpur 6. Balaghat

7. Kothagudem


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Table-II

Statement Showing List of Proposed Centres for Working Class Family Income and

Expenditure Survey 2013-14=100

Sl.

No

State/U.T Name of Centre Proposed

for New CPI-IW

New Centre Dropped Centre

1 2 3 4 5

1. ANDHRA

PRADESH

1. Hyderabad

2. Vishakhapatnam

3. Warrangal

4. Manchiryal(M)

5. Nellore

6. Guntur

1. Manchiryal(M)

2. Nellore

1. Godavarikhani

2. Vijaywada

2. ASSAM 7. Doom-Dooma-

Tinsukia(P)

8. Labac Silchar(P)

9. Sibsagar(P)

10. Numaligarh -

Golaghat(P)

11. Biswanath Chariali(P)

12. Guwahati

3. Sibsagar(P)

4. Numaligarh(P)

5. Biswanath

Chariali(P)

3. Mariani- Jorhat

4. Rangapara

3. BIHAR 13. Patna

14. Monghyr-Jamalpur

6. Patna

4. GOA 15. Goa

5. GUJARAT 16. Surat

17. Ahmedabad

18. Vadodara

19. Rajkot

20. Bhavnagar

6. HARYANA 21. Faridabad

22. Gurgaon

23. Yamunanagar

7. Gurgaon

7. HIMACHAL

PRADESH

24. Himachal Pradesh

8. KARNATAKA 25. Bangalore

26. Belgaum

27. Mysore

28. Hubli-Dharwad

29. Mercara- Kodagu(P)

30. Davanagere

31. Gulbarga(P)

8. Davanagere

9. Gulbarga(P)


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9. KERALA 32. Idukki(P)

33. Kollam

34. Ernakulam/Alwaye

10. Idukki 5. Mundakyam-

Kottayam

10. MADHYA

PRADESH

35. Jabalpur

36. Indore

37. Bhopal

38. Chindwara(M)

11. MAHARASHTRA 39. Mumbai

40. Thane

41. Pune

42. Nagpur

43. Sholapur

44. Nasik

11. Thane

12. ORISSA 45. Cuttak

46. Keonjhar(M)

47. Angul-Tilcha

12. Cuttak

13. Keonjhar(M)

6. Rourkela

13. PONDICHERRY 48. Puducherry

14. PUNJAB 49. Amritsar

50. Ludhiana

51. Jallandhar

52. Sangrur

14. Sangrur

15. RAJASTHAN 53. Jaipur

54. Alwar

55. Bhilwara

15. Alwar

7. Ajmer

16. TAMIL NADU 56. Coimbatore

57. Salem

58. Virudhu Nagar

59. Chennai

60. Madurai

61. Triunelveli(M)

62. Conoor (P

16. Virudhu Nagar

17. Trirunelvelli

8. Tiruchirapally

17. TRIPURA 63. Tripura (P)

18. UTTAR

PRADESH

64. Ghaziabad/G.B.Nagar

65. Varanasi

66. Kanpur

67. Lucknow

68. Agra


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19. WEST BENGAL 69. Kolkata

70. Haldia

71. Durgapur

72. Raniganj(M)

73. Jalpaiguri(P)

74. Darjeeling(P)

75. Howrah

9. Asansol

10. Siliguri

20. JHARKHAND 76. Bokaro

77. Dhanbad-Jharia(M)

78. Jamshedpur

79. Ramgarh(M)

18. Ramgarh

11. Giridih

12. Koderma

13. Ranchi-Hatia

21. CHATTISGARH 80. Raipur

81. Korba(M)

82. Bhilai

19. Raipur

20. Korba (M)

22. DELHI 83. Delhi

23. UTTRAKHAND 84. Udham Singh Nagar 21. Udham Singh

Nagar

24. DADRA &

NAGAR HAVELI

85. Dadra & Nagar Haveli 22. Dadra & Nagar

Haveli

25. CHANDIGARH 86. Chandigarh

26. MEGHALAYA 87. Shillong 23. Shillong

27. JAMMU &

KASHMIR

88. Jammu & Kashmir

Common Centres: 65

New Centres: 23

Dropped Centres: 13


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Table-III

Statement Showing List of Proposed Centres for Working Class Family Income and Expenditure

Survey by Their Size of Employment

Sl.

No

State/U.T Name of Centre

Proposed for New

CPI-IW

EMPLOYMENT

Others Mining Plantation Total %

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 1 ANDHRA

PRADESH

1 Hyderabad 93204 93204

2 Vishakhapatnam 77917 77917 3 Warrangal 37995 37995

4 Manchiryal(M) -Adilabad

2813 28574 31387

5 Nellore 25901 4070 29971 6 Guntur 25196 1190 26386

263026 33834 0 296860 2.20 2 ASSAM 7 Doom-Dooma-

Tinsukia(P) 29047 149823 178870

8 Labac-Silchar(P) 10973 51338 62311 9 Sibsagar(P) 12834 75436 88270 10 Numaligarh-

Golaghat(P) 10305 62863 73168

11 Biswanath Chariali(P)

19371 55529 74900

12 Guwahati 57217 17805 75022 139747 0 412794 552541 4.10 3 BIHAR 13 Patna 86584 901 87485

14 Monghyr-Jamalpur 32425 232 32657

119009 1133 0 120142 0.89 4 GOA 15 Goa 53219 53219 0.39

5 GUJARAT 16 Surat 93044 93044

17 Ahmedabad 120786 120786

18 Vadodara 80770 80770

19 Rajkot 47821 47821

20 Bhavnagar 12394 12394 354815 354815 2.63 6 HARYANA 21 Faridabad 118690 118690

22 Gurgaon 118761 118761

23 Yamunanagar 47849 47849

285300 0 0 285300 2.12

7 HIMACHAL- PRADESH

24 Himachal Pradesh 108359 108359 0.80

8 KARNATAKA 25 Bangalore 772787 69 772856

26 Belgaum 65201 1900 67101

27 Mysore 78530 50 78580

28 Hubli-Dharwad 48026 600 48626


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29 Mercara-Kodagu(P)

9580 30624 40204

30 Davanagere 30100 70 2810 32980

31 Gulbarga(P) 27287 13801 5947 47035

1031511 16490 39381 1087382 8.06 9 KERALA 32 Idukki(P) 1134 37531 38665

33 Kollam 128110 5215 133325

34 Ernakulam/Alwaye 13720 1500 15220

142964 0 44246 187210 1.39

10 MADHYA PRADESH

35 Jabalpur 76624 1928 78552

36 Indore 77247 77247

37 Bhopal 32644 32644

38 Chindwara (M) 17067 8694 25761

203582 10622 214204 1.59 11 MAHARASHTRA 39 Mumbai 421493 69 421562

40 Thane 221824 221824

41 Pune 345245 35 345280

42 Nagpur 119033 9209 128242

43 Nasik 78675 0 78675

44 Solapur 38786 38786

1225056 9313 1234369 9.15

12 ORISSA 45 Cuttak 27089 120 27209

46 Keonjhar(M) 10416 18850 29266

47 Angul 22348 8402 30750 59853 27372 0 87225 0.65

13 PONDICHERRY 48 Puducherry 71449 71449 0.53

14 PUNJAB 49 Amritsar 38046 38046 50 Ludhiana 194352 194352 51 Jallandhar 55207 55207 52 Sangrur 53542 53542

341147 0 0 341147 2.53 15 RAJASTHAN 53 Jaipur 110330 110330

54 Alwar 86278 86278

55 Bhilwara 42504 42504

239112 0 0 239112 1.77 16 TAMIL NADU 56 Coimbatore 233435 93 20040 253568

57 Salem 137605 12000 2129 151734 58 Virudhu Nagar 104980 3230 401 108611

59 Chennai 118097 0 530 118627

60 Madurai 61249 4200 355 65804

61 Triunelveli(M) 44357 23510 67867

61 Conoor(P) 14794 0 55169 69963

714517 43033 78624 836174 6.20 17 TRIPURA 63 Tripura (P) 40772 16892 57664 0.43


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18 UTTAR PRADESH

64 Ghaziabad / G.B.Nagar

246331 246331

65 Varanasi 28328 28328

66 Kanpur 53125 53125

67 Lucknow 95713 95713

68 Agra 53220 53220

19 WEST BENGAL 69 Kolkatta 232811 3164 235975

70 Haldia 77677 94 77771

71 Durgapur 73906 73906

72 Raniganj(M) 28511 28511

73 Jalpaiguri(P) 22615 54 127166 149835 74 Darjeeling(P) 10414 434 71817 82665

75 Howrah 73563 73563 490986 32257 198983 722226 5.36

20 JHARKHAND 46 Bokaro 53769 17593 71362

77 Dhanbad(M) 2392 58941 61333

78 Jamshedpur 124833 56088 180921

79 Ramgarh (M) 7607 20048 27655

188601 152670 341271 2.53

21 CHATTISGARH 80 Raipur 77512 551 78063

81 Korba(M) 28351 13773 42124

82 Bhilai 37356 3411 40767

114938 21831 136769 1.01

22 DELHI 83 Delhi 173964 173964 1.29

23 UTTRAKHAND 84 Udham Singh Nagar

49548 49548 0.37

24 DADRA & NAGAR HAVELI

85 Dadra & Nagar Haveli

50000 50000 0.37

25 CHANDIGARH 86 Chandigarh 20590 20590 0.15

26 MEGHALAYA 87 Shillong 13863 13863 0.10

27 JAMMU &

KASHMIR

88 Jammu/Srinagar 38408 38408 0.28

8174713 60.63

13483721


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Annexure –A

Methodology for Identification of Centres for experimental coverage:

As emerged in STC, two centres from each of the Handloom & Construction Sectors (in total four) may be covered on experimental basis in the new series.

For generating diversified experimental indices, one centre each may be allocated to East,

West, South & North India ensuring thereby broad regional representation. To facilitate comparison, two sets of weighting system may have to be generated – with

existing seven sectors & with all the sectors (existing seven sectors + Handloom &/or Construction sector). Therefore, the centres for experimental study may be selected from the 88 centres itself proposed for the new series. It is also obvious to have the centres having large employment share so that the generated weighting estimates are robust.

For Handloom sector, six centres have been recommended by the Office of the

Development Commissioner (Handloom), M/O Textiles as mentioned in the para 5.2 of the Agenda note. Out of these six centres, three centres namely, Guwahati, Salem & Varanasi have found place in the list of 88 centres each falling in Eastern, Southern & Northern part of India respectively. As Assam & Tamil Nadu have substantial employment share (both these states are second largest by the size of employment in their respective Eastern & Southern region after West Bengal and Karnataka), Guwahati & Salem may be selected as “centres for Handloom sector”. Thus, it exhausts the allocation of one centre each to Eastern & Southern India.

No single reliable source may be available for the centre wise data on construction

workers, therefore a logical proxy proposition – Industrialization may consequence of/cause urbanization, which would require/generate construction activity in the area - leads to the most populous/ urbanized metropolitans as possible centres for construction sector. As remaining centres for Construction sector are to be identified from the Western and Northern India, Mumbai is a natural selection for the centre of construction sector from the western India being the most populous/urbanized as per the latest population census 2011 and having maximum share of employment of Industrial workers. Ghaziabad/G.B.Nagar may be taken as second centre for construction sector from the Northern India being a prominent & upcoming industrial centre of Uttar Pradesh having significant construction activity. The centre is also adjacent to the Delhi centre & therefore may facilitate implicit comparison of two sets of weighting diagrams with the Delhi centre as well.

Therefore, four centres for generating experimental weighting system with expanded coverage to Handloom & Construction sectors are as follows:

Sl. No. Centre Sector Region

1 Guwahati Handloom Eastern India

2 Salem Handloom Southern India

3 Mumbai Construction Western India

4 Ghaziabad/G.B.Nagar Construction Northern India


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LABOUR ACTIVITIES

LABOUR SITUATION

Information relating to Closures, Retrenchments and Lay-offs in respect of various

States/Union Territories in the country for the month of January to September 2013

(Provisional) received in the Bureau upto 31st October, 2013 is presented in the following

Tables:-

Table-I

State-wise Number of Permanent Closures and Workers Affected during January to September, 2013 (P)

States/Union Territories No. of Units No. of Workers Affected

1. Goa 3 151

2. Karnataka 1 36

3. Tripura

17

148

Total :State Sphere

Central Sphere

Grand Total

21

(-)

21

335

(-)

335

Table-II

Industry-wise Number of Permanent Closures and Workers Affected during January to September, 2013 (P)

Section

NIC-2008

Description No. of Units

No. of Workers

Affected

A Agriculture, Forestry and fishing

1 7

C Manufacturing 13 261

F Construction 1 36

G Wholesale and retail trade, Repair of motor vehicles and motorcycles

5 27

I Accommodation and Food

Service activities 1 4

Total : State Sphere Central Sphere Grand Total

21 (-) 21

335 (-)

335

(P): Provisional

- : Nil.

Note: Information within brackets relate to Central Sphere.


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Table-III

State-wise Number of Units affecting Retrenchments and Workers Retrenched thereby during

January to September, 2013 (P)

State/Union Territory No. of Units No. of Workers affected

1. Goa 3 8

(13) (373)

2. Gujarat 1 109

(-) (-)

3. Karnataka 1 8

(-) (-)

4. Odisha - -

(1) (794)

Total : State Sphere 5 125

Central Sphere (14) (1167)

Grand Total 19 1292

Table-IV

Industry-wise Number of Units affecting Retrenchments and Workers Retrenched during


Section

NIC-2008

Description No. of Units No. of Workers

affected

B Mining and quarrying 3 8

(6) (225)

C Manufacturing 1 109

(1) (27)

H Transportation - -

(4) (58)

J Information and Communication

1 8

(-) (-)

M Professional, scientific and technical activities

- -

(2) (63)

.. .. - -

(1) (794)

Total: State Sphere 5 125

Central Sphere (14) (1167)

Grand Total 19 1292

(P): Provisional

- : Nil.

.. : Not available.



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Table-V

State-wise Number of Units Affecting Lay-offs, Workers Laid-off and Mandays Lost during


States/Union Territories No. of Units No. of Workers Affected

Mandays Lost

1. Karnataka 2 (-)

191 (-)

1482 (-)

2. Kerala 4 (-)

119 (-)

10254 (-)

Total : State Sphere Central Sphere

Grand Total

6 (-) 6

310 (-) 310

11736 (-)

11736

Table- VI

Industry-wise Number of Units Affecting Lay-offs, Workers Laid-off and Mandays Lost during


Section NIC-2008

Description No. of Units

No. of Workers Affected

Mandays Lost

C Manufacturing 6 (-)

310 (-)

11736 (-)

Total : State Sphere Central Sphere Grand Total

6 (-) 6

310 (-)

310

11736 (-)

11736

Table-VII

Month-wise break-up of Mandays Lost due to Lay-off during January to September, 2013 (P)

Month Mandays Lost

January 1,805 (-)

February 3,925 (-)

March 2,737 (-)

April 2,975 (-)

May .. (..) June 294 (..) July .. (..) August .. (..) September .. (..)

Total: State Sphere Central Sphere Grand Total

11,736 (-)

11,736

(P): Provisional

- : Nil. .. : Not available.



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Industrial Disputes during January to September, 2013 (Provisional)

The statistics of work-stoppages due to Industrial Disputes during January to September

2013 based on the returns received from different State Labour Departments / Regional Labour

Commissioners (Central) are presented in the following tables:

As per available information 137 Industrial Disputes resulting in work-stoppages were

reported during January to September, 2013 in which 716106 workers were involved and

2469039 mandays lost were reported. Besides, there were 11 disputes which occurred due to

reasons other than Industrial Disputes also. In the said disputes 6142 workers were involved and

1226088 mandays were lost.

Table VIII

Number of Mandays Lost on Account of Work-stoppages during January to September,

2012 and 2013

Number of Mandays Lost on Account of

Month Industrial Disputes Reasons Other Than Industrial Disputes

2012 (P) 2013 (P) 2012 (P) 2013 (P)

1 2 3 4 5

January 955165 179512 699286 148100

February 1326852 1241898 686937 143127

March 775455 158125 726032 147595

April 1119591 294861 699142 148605

May 1062006 167528 722845 141180

June 979933 239959 724445 162239

July 928402 109008 724813 168062

August 1599532 78148 699172 167180

September 972328 - 709664 -

Total 9719264 2469039 6392336 1226088

(P) = Provisional and based on the returns /clarifications received in the Bureau till 31st October,

2013.

- = Nil

N.B:- Figures for 2013 are not comparable with those for 2012 due to non-receipt of data from

various States / Union Territories.


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Table IX

State-wise Major* Industrial Disputes in India including Industrial Disputes

Due to Reasons other than Industrial Disputes till September, 2013 (P)

Name of the State /

Union Territory /

Sphere / Sector /

Number of

Establishments affected

Strike/

Lockout

Cause No. of

Workers

involved

No. of

Mandays

lost

(in 000‟s)

Wages

lost

(Rs. In

Lakhs)

Production

loss

(Rs. in

Lakhs)

1 2 3 4 5 6 7

CENTRAL SPHERE NIL

STATE SPHERE

Andhra Pradesh

One Unit

(Private Sector)

Strike Personnel 600 156.0 508.00 731.90

One Unit

(Private Sector)

Strike Charter of Demands

728 120.8 250.92 502.04

Bihar

One Unit

(Private Sector)

Lockout Charter of Demands

227 407.9 .. ..

One Unit

(Private Sector)

Lockout Financial Stringency

160 321.8 .. ..

One Unit

(Private Sector)

Lockout Financial Stringency

70 142.5 .. ..

Rajasthan

One Unit

(Private Sector)

Strike Charter of Demands

300 73.2 .. ..


2013

.. = Not reported

* = All disputes in which there was a time loss of 50,000 or more mandays during the period

under review or beginning of the disputes are classified as Major disputes


1223

NEWS IN BRIEF

(a) INDIAN LABOUR The news items reported below have been gleaned from various official and unofficial

sources. Hence, the Labour Bureau is not in a position to vouchsafe the authenticity of the unofficial news items.

Job Creation by Corporate India Hits Three-Year Low - Job creation at Indian companies

has hit a three-year slump as economic gloom persists and a large number of development

projects remain stalled despite the government trying its best to get them moving again amid

efforts to drum up investment and get growth back on track. Employment growth slowed to

3.5% in FY13 from 5.7% in the year before and 6.4% in FY11, according to an ET Intelligence

Group analysis of close to 250 companies belonging to the S&P BSE 500 index that have

declared jobs data consistently over the past five years. Given the harsh environment, companies

are clearly holding off on recruitments as they pare costs to boost earnings. In absolute terms, the

total employee strength at the 250 companies was 36.47 lakh in FY13, up from the year-before

35.24 lakh and 33.33 lakh in FY11. This indicates that there were only 1.23 lakh net

recruitments in FY13 compared with 1.91 lakh in FY12 and 2.02 lakh in FY11. The decline in

hiring in FY13 was most marked in sectors such as automobiles, capital goods, tyres, shipping,

paper, construction, power generation and retail in FY13, in line with the manufacturing sector

being the worst hit by the slowdown and projects being stuck because various approvals have

not been received. A percentage point increase in GDP growth leads to the creation of nearly 7.5

lakh jobs, according to Balaji Ethirajan, managing director and chief executive officer at human

resource firm Randstand India. "Thus the drop in GDP (growth) from 9.53% in FY11 to 4.99%

in FY13 implies that almost 30 lakh jobs have not kicked off in the economy during this period,"

he said.

(The Economic Times, 04.10.2013)

The Invisible Workers - Household work has never been considered work in India. It has

always been the „duty‟ of the woman: wife, mother, daughter or sister to do the chores and

expect no pay. Any wonder then that the domestic worker is so blatantly underpaid. Cooking,

cleaning, caring for children, these are all skilled jobs but they fall under the unorganised sector,

with no law to protect rights, no health cover and no pension. The absence of a targeted law for

domestic workers also means that in the case of abuse or exploitation, they have no recourse to

justice. Some laws can be invoked for specific instances, such as the Sexual Harassment of

Women at Workplace Act, the Unorganised Workers‟ Social Security Act, 2008 and the Juvenile

Justice Act. But that‟s it. A National Policy on Domestic Workers has been formulated by the

Labour Ministry but is yet to be notified. Karnataka and Kerala have notified minimum wages

for domestic labour while Tamil Nadu includes domestic workers in the Manual Workers Act.

Some attempts were made to extend the Rashtriya Swasthya Bima Yojana to domestic workers

but they have fallen short of implementation. In 2011, the International Labour Organisation

(ILO) adopted the Domestic Workers Convention. India supports the Convention but is yet to

ratify it. Belonging to the unorganised sector means that in case of a dispute with the employer,

the worker cannot go to a labour court, as she is not technically recognised as a „worker‟. The

National Platform for Domestic Workers, which includes 20 organisations from 15 states,

recently submitted a petition demanding comprehensive legislation. They proposed an


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autonomous statutory body or Tripartite Board, with compulsory registration of employer,

employee and agency.

(The Hindu, 13.10.2013)

30% Indian IT Engineers Lack Basic Skills, Says Report - Indian computer engineers are

highly sought after, but a new report has revealed that computer science (CS) and information

technology (IT) graduates are not up to the mark on programming. Around 30% of CS/IT

graduates did not have basic theoretical concepts used in computer programming, while more

than 50% did not understand the subtleties of programming concepts, and more than 80% were

unable to apply them to real-world situations. The report, surveyed 55,000 students from all

engineering backgrounds across 250 engineering colleges in the country and the analysis was

based on the computer-programming module of the Aspiring Minds Computer Adaptive Test, a

standardised employability test. “The rate of production of engineers in India is much greater

than any other nation,” the report noted in its conclusion. “But the quality with regards to their

programming ability is a matter of deep concern. The results obtained are eye-opening.” The test

looked at graduates‟ basic knowledge, conceptual understanding and application skills. The

survey was conducted by Aspiring Minds, an employability solutions company whose tests are

used by companies for recruitment purposes.

(Hindustan Times, 14.10.2013)

Karnataka Exempts IT from Labour Law for Another 5 Years - Karnataka will exempt

information technology companies from an onerous labour law for a further five years, lifting a

weight off software firms which have been campaigning against the legislation. Top industry

executives welcomed the decision of the cabinet. The IT sector in Karnataka was exempt from

the Industrial Employment (Standing Orders) Act, 1946 for the past 11 years. But the state

moved to bring the sector under the law this March, causing dread and despair among the

software companies, which were just slowly recovering from a global economic slump. "The

cabinet approved the extension (of the IT sector being exempted from the law) and it will

continue for probably another five years," said SR Patil, the state's minister for information

technology and biotechnology. The state's information technology and business process

outsourcing sector employs close to a million professionals and is expected to clock export

revenues of around 1.5 lakh crore in the year to March 2014. The decision to prolong the

exemption was welcomed by IT experts. They said the decision will free the sector from

potential headaches. The experts pointed out that the complex and outdated labour laws were

originally designed and more suited for manufacturing sector. Under the law, companies were

required to define conditions of employment and details such as working hours, wages,

attendance, grounds of termination and so on. The companies also had to make these known to

employees by displaying the terms on a display board near the main entrance. The terms also

had to be approved by labour unions. Most executives in the industry feared this requirement

will lead to unionisation of employees in the sector, which contributes to nearly a quarter of the

state's GDP.

(The Economic Times, 21.10.2013)

Workers at 5 Major Ports to Get Higher Wages - Workers at five major ports are set to

receive higher wages following a new settlement between trade unions and the Indian Ports

Association, the governing body of major ports. The settlement for the port and dock workers is

effective from January 1, 2012. T. Narendra Rao, General Secretary of the Water Transport

Workers Federation of India, said that according to the agreement it was decided to give 10.5 per


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cent fitment on basic pay plus dearness allowance. Overall, the lowest-paid employee will get Rs

4,000 as additional wage. The maximum wage benefit will be Rs 8,000-9,000. Nearly 48,000

port and dock workers will gain, he said. For the first time, the agreement is for a five-year

period against the ten-year periodicity that is in force at several public sector enterprises. The

settlement was negotiated by the leaders representing the Water Transport Workers‟ Federation

of India, All India Port & Dock Workers‟ Federation, All India Port & Dock Workers‟

Federation (Workers), Indian National Port & Dock Workers‟ Federation, and Port, Dock &

Waterfront Workers‟ Federation of India. Paul Antony, Chairman of the bipartite wage

negotiating committee, represented the management of the major ports.

(The Hindu Business Line, 26.10.2013)

Insurance Cover for Expatriate Workers in Gulf on the Anvil - India is set to launch an

ambitious scheme that will provide insurance and financial cover to over a million blue-collar

expatriate workers residing in the Gulf countries. The scheme, billed as a major accomplishment

of the government, would be formally launched by Vayalar Ravi, the Minister of Overseas

Indian affairs. The Mahatma Gandhi Pravasi Suraksha Yojana is a pension and life insurance

fund that could benefit up to two million expatriate workers. Beefed up with a significant

government contribution, the scheme encourages expat employees to build up savings that they

can be used for their resettlement on their return to India. It would also contribute to their

pension and provide a life insurance cover against natural death during the period of coverage.

Overseas Indian workers between 18-50 years old who have Emigration Check Required status

stamped on their passport, and have migrated on employment or contract visa, are eligible to

enrol in the scheme. Enrolment is possible with the assistance of Service Providers appointed by

the Ministry of Overseas Indian Affairs. Subscribers then have to open a Non-Resident External

account that allows Non-Resident Indians to remit funds in any permitted foreign currency,

which is converted to Indian rupees and credited to their account. The participant‟s contribution

will be automatically deducted from this account and credited to the scheme. The Ministry has

devised an elaborate formula that governs the government‟s contribution to the holders of the

scheme. Under this arrangement, the government will make an annual contribution of Rs.1,000

for those who save between Rs.1,000-Rs.12,000 a year. Women workers are eligible for an

additional contribution of Rs. 1,000, which would be valid for a period of five years or the return

of the worker to India, whichever is earlier. Those who save more than Rs.4,000 a year are

eligible for an additional payment of Rs.900 by the government. It will be channelled to a corpus

to be used for resettlement at the time of return.

(The Hindu, 29.10.2013)

Industries/Services Declared/Granted Extension as Public Utility Services under the

Industrial Disputes Act, 1947– As per the information received in the Bureau, the Services in

Banking Industry has been declared Public Utility Services by the Central Government for a

period of six month with effect from 20th

October, 2013.


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Consumer Price Index Numbers for Industrial Workers (CPI-IW) on base 2001=100 and Agricultural and Rural Labourers on base 1986-87=100 for the month October, 2013

Consumer Price Index Numbers for Industrial Workers- All-India CPI-IW for October,

2013 rose by 3 points and pegged at 241 (two hundred and forty one). On 1-month percentage

change, it increased by 1.26 per cent between September and October compared with 0.93 per

cent between the same two months a year ago. The largest upward pressure to the change in

current index came from Food group contributing 2.53 percentage points to the total change. At

item level, Rice, Wheat Atta, Fish Fresh, Goat Meat, Milk (Cow & Buffalo), Pure Ghee, Onion,

Vegetable items, Tea Readymade, Electricity Charges, etc. are responsible for the rise in index.

However, this was compensated to some extent by Groundnut Oil, Ginger, Petrol, putting

downward pressure on the index. The year-on-year inflation measured by monthly CPI-IW stood

at 11.06 per cent for October, 2013 as compared to 10.70 per cent for the previous month and

9.60 per cent during the corresponding month of the previous year. Similarly, the Food inflation

stood at 15.02 per cent against 13.36 per cent of the previous month and 9.91 per cent during the

corresponding month of the previous year. At centre level, Bhavnagar recorded the highest

increase of 9 points followed by Ahmedabad, Labac Silchar and Kodarma (8 points each) and

Vadodara and Surat (7 point each). Among others, 6 points rise was registered in 8 centres, 5

points in 10 centres, 4 points in 8 centres, 3 points in 9 centres, 2 points in 10 centres and 1 point

in 11 centres. On the contrary, Belgaum and Chhindwada centres reported a decline of 3 points

each followed by Mercara (2 points) and Salem, Hubli Dharwar and Puducherry (1 point each).

Rest of the 15 centres‟ indices remained stationary. The indices of 39 centres are above All-India

Index and other 39 centres‟ indices are below national average.

(Labour Bureau)

Consumer Price Index Numbers for Agricultural Labourers and Rural Labourers – All-

India Consumer Price Index Numbers for Agricultural Labourers and Rural Labourers (Base:

1986-87=100) for October, 2013 increased by 7 points each to stand at 766 ( Seven hundred

and sixty six) points. The rise/fall in index varied from State to State. In case of Agricultural

Labourers, it recorded an increase which varied between 2 to 17 points in 18 States and a

decrease of 1 and 4 points in 2 States. Haryana with 846 points topped the index table whereas

Himachal Pradesh with the index level of 616 points stood at the bottom. In case of Rural

Labourers, it recorded an increase between 2 to 16 points in 18 States, a decrease of 2 points in

one State and remained stationary in 1 State. Haryana with 840 points topped the index table

whereas Himachal Pradesh State with the index level of 651 points stood at the bottom.

Agricultural Labourers index for Tripura State registered the maximum increase of 17 points

while Rural Labourers index for Gujarat & Orissa States registered the maximum increase of 16

points each mainly due to increase in the prices of rice, wheat atta, fish fresh, onion, vegetables

& fruits and bus fare. On the other hand, Maharashtra State registered a decline of 4 and 2

points respectively for Agricultural and Rural Labourers mainly due to decrease in the prices of

wheat, jowar, bajra, groundnut oil and fish fresh. Point to point rate of inflation based on the

CPI-AL decreased from12.78% to 12.65% in October, 2013 while for CPI-RL increased from

12.44% to 12.48% in October, 2013. Inflation based on food index of CPI-AL and CPI-RL are

13.62% and 13.11 % respectively during October, 2013.

(Labour Bureau)


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(b) FOREIGN LABOUR

ILO Director-General Calls on Countries to Boost Efforts to Fight Child Labour - ILO

Director-General, Guy Ryder, called on delegates to the third Global Conference on Child labour

at Brasilia to redouble their efforts so that the international community can reach the target it set

itself to eradicate the worst forms of child labour by 2016. The ILO‟s latest global estimates on

child labour, released in the run-up to the conference, show that since 2010, the number of child

labourers has dropped by one-third to 168 million. While the fall in numbers is good news, the

ILO chief warned that it is still a very large number - it is only 27 million fewer than the entire

population of Brazil. The ILO Director-General cautioned that the current rate of progress is not

fast enough. “Let us be clear. We will not meet the 2016 target and that is a collective policy

failure. We have to do better.” Ryder opened the conference alongside Brazilian President,

Dilma Rousseff, who said that “we owe all children a future without violence, without fear and

without exploitation.” Ryder stressed that child labour is not only a problem of poor or

developing economies but affects all countries. He urged participants to direct their efforts

towards policies and actions that have been successful. According to the latest global estimates,

child labour is predominant in agriculture, both formal and informal, and in other sectors of the

informal economy. The ILO chief highlighted the role of enterprises and trade unions that have

been taking up the challenges of the informal economy: trade unionism is growing among

informal economy workers and enterprises have been discussing with trade unions how to clean

up their value chains, protect and respect human rights at work and remedy the violations.

(ILO News, 08.10.2013)

Unions Continue to Put UN under Fire for Not Respecting Workers’ Rights - Recent

changes to how United Nations staff negotiate with management contradict the organisation‟s

own conventions and may jeopardise employees‟ security, unions warn. As of July this year

management must „consult‟ rather than enter mandatory negotiations with staff on issues such as

the distribution of budget cuts and rotation policy. The new rules replaced a prior agreement that

was introduced by secretary-general Ban Ki-moon in 2011. “There‟s no doubt that there was a

form of collective bargaining but it is now no longer in existence,” said Sharan Burrow, General

Secretary of the International Trade Union Confederation (ITUC). In an open letter to Ban,

General Secretary of the UK‟s Trades Union Congress (TUC), Frances O‟Grady noted the

International Labour Organisation – a UN agency – protects freedom of association and the right

to bargain collectively. Both rights are enshrined in the Declaration of Philadelphia, which

contains the aims and objectives of the ILO. In response, the UN‟s under-secretary-general for

management, Yukio Takasu, said it is the General Assembly that establishes workers‟ conditions

through the UN Staff Regulations, which do not include a right to collective bargaining. The

General Assembly voted in April to amend the rules on staff negotiations to reflect the less

stringent regulations.

(Equal Times, 15.10.2013)

New Global Index Exposes 'Modern Slavery' Worldwide – The Global Slavery Index 2013 says India

has the highest number of people living in conditions of slavery at 14 million. But Mauritania

has the highest proportional figure with about 4% of its population enslaved. The report's authors

hope it will help governments tackle what they call a "hidden crime". The index was compiled

by Australian-based rights organisation Walk Free Foundation using a definition of modern

slavery that includes debt bondage, forced marriage and human trafficking. "A lot of

governments won't like hearing what we have to say," WFF chief executive Nick Grono told.


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"Those governments that want to engage with us, we will be very open to engaging and looking

at ways in which we can better measure the issue of modern slavery." The organisation's

estimate of 29.8 million slaves worldwide is higher than other attempts to quantify modern

slavery. The International Labour Organisation estimates that almost 21 million people are

victims of forced labour. India, China, Pakistan and Nigeria have the highest numbers of people

enslaved, the charity said. Together with five other countries, they account for three-quarters of

the total estimated number of people in modern slavery worldwide. The report said India's

ranking was mostly due to the exploitation of Indians citizens within the country itself. While the

highest proportion of slaves is in Mauritania, with many people inheriting slave status from their

ancestors, Haiti is second in the index and Pakistan is third. The new survey has the backing of

world figures including former US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, ex-British Prime Minister

Tony Blair. Mrs Clinton said that although the index was not perfect, it provided a starting point,

according to the Associated Press.

(BBC News, 17.10.2013)

Spain Jobless Rate Down A Tad Despite Recovery - Spain‟s high jobless rate edged down

only modestly in the third quarter, to 26%, despite the country‟s emergence from a long

recession and a good tourism season. The unemployment rate for the July-September period fell

from 26.3% to 26.0%, leaving the total number of jobless at a rounded 5.9 million, the National

Statistics Institute said. Spain‟s rate often goes down during the summer tourism season, and the

country experienced a big tourism boost this year as travellers swarmed to the country.

Economists say it will take years to bring the jobless rate down to a more tolerable level.

(The Financial Express, 25.10.2013)

US Jobless Claims Fall Less Than Expected - The number of Americans filing new claims for

unemployment benefits fell less than expected as California continued to process a backlog of

applications caused by computer problems. Initial claims for state unemployment benefits fell

12,000 to a seasonally adjusted 350,000, the Labor Department said. Claims for the prior week

were revised to show 4,000 more applications filed than previously reported. Economists polled

by Reuters had expected first-time applications to fall to 340,000 last week. A Labour

Department analyst said claims from the backlog in California were still working their way

through the system. Technical problems as California converted to a new computer system have

distorted the claims data since September, making it difficult to get a clear read of labour market

conditions. A 16-day partial shutdown of the government also pushed up claims in recent weeks

as furloughed nonfederal workers applied for benefits. Claims filed by federal employees fell

25,939 in the week ended October 12. The four-week moving average for new claims,

considered a better measure of labour market trends, rose 10,750 to 348,250. The number of

people still receiving benefits under regular state programmes after an initial week of aid fell

8,000 to 2.87 million in the week ended October 12.

(The Financial Express, 25.10.2013)

Asia Failing to Protect Rights of Domestic Workers - The torture and abuse that the Vasant

Kunj domestic help was subjected to was not an exceptional case. About 40% of domestic

workers globally are employed in Asia, yet the region has been slow to enact reforms, the

International Domestic Workers Network (IDWN), the International Trade Union Confederation

(ITUC) and Human Rights Watch (HRW) said. The groups have documented many domestic


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workers within Asia and those migrating to West Asia experience a wide range of abuses,

including unpaid wages, restrictions on leaving the households where they work, and excessive

work hours with no rest days. Some may face psychological, physical, or sexual abuse and can

get trapped in situations of forced labour, including trafficking. "Domestic workers from India,

Nepal, Sri Lanka, Indonesia, and Cambodia experience horrific abuses," said Nisha Varia, senior

women's rights researcher at HRW. The groups released a new report assessing progress since

the 2011 adoption of the Domestic Workers Convention that showed more than 25 countries

have improved legal protections for domestic workers with many of the strongest reforms in

Latin America. In Asia, the Philippines adopted comprehensive legislation protecting domestic

workers in January 2013, and is the only Asian country to have ratified the Domestic Workers

Convention. The most active dialogue is taking place in Indonesia, India, Nepal, Australia, and

New Zealand. India has brought two important policy changes, including extending the

Rashtriya Swasthya Bima Yojana (RSBY), or the health insurance scheme, to domestic workers

in May 2012 and including domestic workers under a new law prohibiting sexual harassment at

workplace this year. However, it does not provide protection like reasonable wages, work hours

and rest time. There are an estimated 53 million domestic workers worldwide - the majority of

them women and girls, and many of them migrants.

(The Times of India, 29.10.2013)

Latin American and Caribbean Unemployment Rate Could Fall to 6.2% in 2013 - The

Latin American and Caribbean region could end the year with an urban unemployment rate of

between 6.2% and 6.3%, which would be slightly lower than 6.4% recorded in 2012, according

to the latest projections from the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean

(ECLAC) and the International Labour Organization (ILO). According to the document the

employment situation in Latin America and the Caribbean - No. 9, “the first half of 2013 was not

plain sailing for Latin America and the Caribbean”, due to a sluggish world economy, increased

financial market volatility and weakened internal demand. In the first six months of the year, the

regional economy only grew by 2.5% compared with the same period in 2012. The slowdown in

the region‟s economic growth in the first half of 2013 resulted in lower demand for labour. More

specifically, this took the form of lower generation of wage employment. While the latter grew

by 3.1% at the regional level in 2012, in the first half of 2013 estimated growth is just 1.6%

(based on 10 countries with data available). Less buoyant job creation did not mean higher

unemployment, as the first six months of 2013 saw a reversal in the relatively strong increase in

the labour participation rate from 2012. In the 10 countries with information available, this rate

stopped growing in the first six months. In addition, the gaps between men and women in terms

of labour participation, employment and unemployment continued to narrow – although there

were differences among countries. In terms of real wages, most countries saw a continued rise

during the first half of the year, although rates were slower than the average for 2012.

(ILO News, 30.10.2013)


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LABOUR DECISIONS

For seeking voluntary retirement as per regulation (12 b) three months notice is

mandatory - In this case, the petitioner, who was working with the erstwhile Indian Airlines

Limited, submitted an application on 7.11.94 seeking VRS w.e.f. 12.11.1994. Responding to the

said application, the petitioner was informed vide letter dated 11.11.1994 that he should continue

in service till the time decision is taken. The petitioner, however, did not attend the duty after

12.11.1994, instead joined the services of Blue Dart Ltd. and filed Writ Petition in the High

Court of Madras for issuance of a writ of mandamus directing the respondents to accept the

petitioner‟s application for voluntary retirement. During the pendency of the said petition, the

petitioner was informed by respondent that his application had been rejected. The petitioner

preferred another Writ Petition No. 21384 of 1994 challenging the order of the respondent as the

first writ petition filed by the petitioner had become infructuous. The learned Single Judge

dismissed the said writ petition vide order dated 12.3.2002. Aggrieved, the petitioner preferred

Writ Appeal No. 2415 of 2002 which has been dismissed vide impugned judgment and order.

Hence, these petitions. After hearing both the counsel appearing for the petitioner and

respondents and perused the record, the apex court noted that the High Court has examined all

the aspects of the matter. Admittedly, the petitioner did not ensure compliance of Regulation

12(b) of the Service Regulations which required a three months‟ notice as a condition for

applying for VRS. The stand taken by the petitioner that he had sufficient number of earned

leaves in his leave account which could be adjusted in lieu of three months‟ notice, had been

rightly rejected by the High Court as the fact that the respondents had adjusted the earned leave

in case of others that cannot be a ground for acceptance of VRS of the petitioner. More so, the

application is subject to approval of the Competent Authority, which the petitioner did not have.

In view of the above, the petitioner had voluntarily abandoned the services of the respondents.

Absence from duty in the beginning may be a misconduct but when absence is for a very long

period, it may amount to voluntarily abandonment of service and in that eventuality, the bonds

of service come to an end automatically without requiring any order to be passed by the

employer. In such a case, there is no need to hold an enquiry or to give any notice as it would

amount to useless formalities. Thus, in view thereof, the petitions are devoid of merits and

accordingly disposed of.

(Vijay S. Sathaye v. Indian Airlines Ltd. & Ors.; Current Labour Reports, November, 2013, pp.612-615)

Truth does not become more true by virtue of the fact that the entire

world agrees with it, nor less so even if the whole world disagrees with it.

-Maimonides


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LABOUR LITERATURE

IMPORTANT ARTICLES OF LABOUR INTEREST PUBLISHED IN THE PERIODICALS AND NEWSPAPERS RECEIVED IN THE LABOUR BUREAU

EMPLOYMENT AND UNEMPLOYMENT

Keith A BENDER, Athina ECONOMOU and Ioannis THEODOSSIOU

The Temporary and Permanent Effects of Unemployment on Mortality in Europe; International Labour Review; Vol. 152, June, 2013; pp.275-286.

Abhishek shaw Employment Trends in India: An Overview of NSSO‟s 68

th Round; Economic & Political

Weekly, Vol. XLVIII, No.42, October 19, 2013; pp. 23-25.

P.Shivalingappa SHGs and Its Impact on Rural Employment Generation; Southern Economist, Vol.52, No.12, October 15, 2013; pp. 13-15.

Mahendra Nath Pandey MGNREGA: Role in Employment of Women; ibid. pp. 29-34.

INDUSTRIAL RELATIONS

Theodoros PAPADOPOULOS and Antonios ROUMPAKIS

The Meta-Regulation of European Industrial Relations: Power Shifts, Institutional Dynamics and the Emergence of Regulatory Competition; International Labour Review; Vol. 152, June, 2013; pp.255-274.

LABOUR MARKET

Simon STURN Are Corporatist Labour Markets Different? Labour Market Regimes and Unemployment in OECD Countries; International Labour Review; Vol. 152, June, 2013; pp. 237-254.

LEAVE HOURS AND WORK

Akio Sato Teleworking and Changing Workplaces; Japan Labor Review; Vol.10, No.3, Summer 2013; pp. 56-69.

MINIMUM WAGES

Neetha N Minimum Wages for Domestic Work: Mirroring Devalued Housework; Economic & Political Weekly, Vol. XLVIII, No.43, October 26, 2013; pp. 77-84.

MIGRATION

Shruti Mehra and Gian Singh Determinants and Factors Related to Migration of Labourers to Industries in Ludhiana, Punjab; Arthshastra: Indian Journal of Economics & Research, Vol.2, No.5, September- October, 2013; pp. 35-42.

D Jayaraj Family Migration in India: „Push‟ or „Pull‟ or Both or What? Economic & Political Weekly, Vol. XLVIII, No.42, October 19, 2013; pp. 44-52.-

A Kavitha Migration of Women Labour- An Empirical Study; Southern Economist, Vol.52, No.12, October 15, 2013; pp. 21-23.


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Neha Wadhawan Living in Domestic-City: Women and Migration for Domestic Work from Jharkhand; Economic & Political Weekly, Vol. XLVIII, No.43, October 26, 2013; pp. 47-54.

SOCIAL SECURITY

Ashima Majumdar, Saundarjya Borbora Social Security System and the Informal Sector in India: A Review; Economic & Political Weekly, Vol. XLVIII, No.42, October 19, 2013; pp. 69-72.

WAGES

Neetha N Paid Domestic Work: Making Sense of the Jigsaw Puzzle; Economic & Political Weekly, Vol. XLVIII, No.43, October 26, 2013; pp. 35-38.

Karen Coelho, T Venkat, R. Chandrika Housing, Homes and Domestic Work: A Study of Paid Domestic Workers from a Resettlement Colony in Chennai; ibid. pp. 39-46.

Nilanjana Sengupta, Samita Sen Bargaining Over Wages: Part-time Domestic Workers in Kolkata; ibid. 55-62.

Kamala Sankaran Domestic Work, Unpaid Work and Wage Rates; ibid. pp. 85-89.

MISCELLANEOUS

Ikuko Mizushima Workplace Harassment, Mental Health, and the Law; Japan Labor Review; Vol.10, No.3, Summer 2013; pp. 40-55.

Kiran Moghe Organising Domestic Workers in Pune City; Economic & Political Weekly, Vol. XLVIII, No.43, October 26, 2013; pp. 63-68.

Roopa Patavardhan and D.S. Leelavathi Dynamics of Indian Rural Labour Supply: Causes and Consequences of Farm Labour Shortage on Agricultural Development; Arthshastra: Indian Journal of Economics & Research, Vol.2, No.5, September- October, 2013; pp. 43-49.

Sonia George Towards Recognition Through Professionalisation: Organising Domestic Workers in Kerala; ibid. pp. 69-76.

You must learn to be still in the midst of activity and to be

vibrantly alive in repose.

-Indira Gandhi


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STATISTICS

Section A

MONTHLY STATISTICS

Pages

Notes 1235

1. Prices and Price Indices

1.1. Industrial Workers’ Consumer Price Index

Table A.1.1.1. Labour Bureau‟s Series of All-India Consumer Price Index Numbers

for Industrial Workers (Base : 2001=100)

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Table A.1.1.2. Labour Bureau‟s Series of Consumer Price Index Numbers for

Industrial Workers in respect of 78 constituent centres (Base:

2001=100)

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Table A.1.1.3. Average Monthly Consumer Prices of Selected Articles for

Industrial Workers

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1.2. Consumer Price Index Numbers for Agricultural and Rural

Labourers

Table A.1.2.1-

(a) and (b)

Labour Bureau‟s Series of All-India Average Consumer Price Index

Numbers for Agricultural and Rural Labourers (Base : 1986-

87=100) Group- wise and General

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Table A.1.2.2-

(a) and (b)

Average Monthly Consumer Prices of Selected Articles for

Agricultural and Rural Labourers (Base : 1986-87 =100)

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2. Wages and Earnings

Table A 2.1.-

(a) and (b)

Average Daily Wage Rates for Agricultural & Non-Agricultural

Occupations in Rural India

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3. Industrial Disputes

Table A 3.1.- Sector/Sphere-wise Number of Disputes, Workers Involved and

Mandays Lost due to Industrial Disputes

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Table A 3.2.- State-wise Industrial Disputes (All Strikes and Lockouts) 1276


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Section B

SERIAL STATISTICS

Pages

Notes 1277


1.1. Industrial Workers Consumer Price Index

Table B.1.1.1 All India Average Consumer Price Index Numbers for Industrial

Workers (Base 2001=100)

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Table B.1.1.2 Labour Bureau‟s Series of Consumer Price Index Numbers for

Industrials Workers (Base : 2001=100)

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1.2. Agricultural Labourers Consumer Price Index

Table B. 1.2.1

(a) and (b)

All-India Average Consumer Price Index Numbers for

Agricultural Labourers (General & Food) (Base 1986-87=100)

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Table B.1.2.2

(a) and (b)

Labour Bureau‟s Series of Consumer Price Index Numbers for

Agricultural Labourers (General Index on Base : 1986-87=100)

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1.3. Urban Non-Manual Employees’ Consumer Price Index

Table B. 1.3. All India Consumer Price Index Numbers for Urban Non-Manual

Employees/ Consumer Price Index for Urban and Rural Areas

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1.4. Wholesale Price Index

Table B.1.4. All-India Index Numbers of Wholesale Prices- New Series 1300

2. Wages And Earnings

Table B.2.1. Earnings (Basic Wage and Dearness Allowances) of the Lowest-

Paid Workers/Operatives in Cotton Textile Mills

1303


Table B. 3.1. Industrial Disputes (All Strikes and Lockouts) 1305


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SECTION A

MONTHLY STATISTICS

N o t e s


1. 1. Industrial Workers Consumer Price Index

A.1.1.1. Labour Bureau’s Series of All India Consumer Price Index Numbers for Industrial Workers (Base: 2001=100) – The All-India Consumer Price Index Numbers for Industrial Workers on Base : 2001=100 General and Group-wise along with Linking Factors with previous base: 1982=100 are presented in Table A.1.1.1. The All India Index is a weighted average of 78 constituent centre Indices compiled by the Labour Bureau. The current series of the Index Numbers has been introduced with effect from January, 2006 index replacing the series on base: 1982=100. The All India General Index as well as Group Indices for previous series on base:1982=100 can be obtained by multiplying the current series indices by the respective Linking Factors. A note on the scope and methods of construction of these index numbers was published in April 2006 issue of the “Indian Labour Journal”. The All India Consumer Price Index Number for the month of September, 2013 increased by 1 point and stood at 238. A.1.1.2. Labour Bureau’s Series of Consumer Price Index Numbers for Industrial Workers in respect of 78 constituent centres on Base: 2001=100 – The Consumer Price Index Numbers for industrial workers on Base: 2001=100 for 78 centres compiled by the Labour Bureau are presented group wise in Table A.1.1.2 for the months of August, 2013 and September, 2013.

The Index Numbers measure the extent to which the overall levels of retail prices of goods and services consumed by Industrial Workers has changed when compared with the base period viz., 2001=100. As compared to the previous month the magnitude of rise/fall in the General Index varies from centre to centre. During September, 2013, the index recorded an increase of 9 points in Labac Silchar followed by Varanasi and Vishakhapathnam (7 points each), and Bhilwara, Tripura and Darjeeling (6 Points each). Among others, 3 centres have recorded rise of 5 points followed by 4 points in 2 centres, 3 points in 7 centres, 2 points in 14 centres, and 1 point in 15 centres. Goa centre reported a decline of 8 points, 7 points in Godavarikhani, 5 points in Bhavnagar, 4 points in Nagpur and Ahmedabad, 3 points in 2 centres, 2 points in 3 centres and 1 point in 6 centres. The remaining 15 centres‟ indices remained stationary. A 1.1.3. Average Monthly Consumer Prices of Selected Articles for Industrial Workers – The average monthly consumer prices of selected articles based on individual quotations obtained from the selected outlets which are utilised in the compilation of Consumer Price Index Numbers (Base: 2001=100) for Industrial Workers for 78 centres for the month of September, 2013 are set out in Table A.1.1.3. The prices reported in the table are averages of open markets prices of specified varieties of an item prevailing in the selected outlets in the selected market(s) in a given centre during the month in case of non-rationed items. So far as rationed items are concerned, the prices for the centres covered under informal rationing are the weighted average prices, the weights being the proportion of the quantity available through Public Distribution System and quantity procured from the open market in different centres in relation to base year requirements of an average family. In case of centres covered under Statutory Rationing the prices are average of the fair prices of variety (ies) of an item distributed through Fair Price Shops.

1.2 Consumer Price Index Numbers for Agricultural and Rural Labourers: A.1.2.1 (a) and (b) Labour Bureau’s Series of Consumer Price Index Numbers for Agricultural and Rural Labourers on Base: 1986-87=100 - All-India Consumer Price Index Numbers for Agricultural and Rural Labourers on Base: 1986-87=100 replacing the earlier series on base 1960-61=100 were released with effect from November, 1995. The all-India index is a weighted average of 20 constituent State indices compiled by the Labour Bureau for Agricultural and Rural Labourers separately. A detailed note on the scope and method of construction of these indices was published in February, 1996 issue of the Indian Labour Journal.


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The Consumer Price Index Numbers (Base: 1986-87=100) for Agricultural and Rural Labourers for 20 States and All-India are presented group-wise in Tables A.1.2.1 (a) and (b) for the months of August, 2013 September, 2013. These index numbers measure the extent of change in the retail prices of goods and services consumed by Agricultural and Rural Labourers as compared with the base period viz., 1986-87. The All-India Consumer Price Index Numbers for Agricultural Labourers and Rural Labourers on base 1986-87=100 for September, 2013 increased by 5 points and 6 points respectively to stand at 759 (Seven hundred and fifty nine) points for both the series.

A.1.2.2 (a) and (b) Monthly Consumer Prices of Selected Articles for Agricultural and Rural Labourers – The monthly consumer prices of selected articles of index basket of agricultural and rural labourers utilised in the compilation of Consumer Price Index Numbers (Base: 1986-87=100) for 20 States separately for Agricultural and Rural Labourers for the month of September, 2013 are given in Tables A.1.2.2. (a) and (b). Though the spatial coverage and the individual sample village price quotations in both the series relating to the Agricultural and Rural Labourers are the same, the weighted prices of items at the State level will be slightly different from each other due to difference in the regional weights in each of the series.

2 Wages and Earnings A.2.1 (a) and (b) Average Daily Wage Rates for Agricultural and Non-agricultural Occupations - As a part of Rural Labour Enquiry, daily wage rates in respect of eighteen agricultural and non-agricultural occupations from a fixed set of 600 sample villages spread over 66 N.S.S. regions in 20 States are being collected alongwith rural retail price data in Schedule 3.01 (R) by the Field Operations Division of the National Sample Survey Organisation since 1986-87. On the recommendations of the Governing Council of the National Sample Survey Organisation in its 61

st

meeting, Labour Bureau started the compilation and analysis of Wage Rate Data w.e.f. April, 1998. State-wise and all-India average daily wage rates by occupation and sex for the month of September,2013 have been presented in Table A.2.1 (a) for agricultural occupations and Table A.2.1 (b) for non- agricultural occupations.

The average wage rates at all-India level are derived by dividing the sum total of wages of all the 20 States by the number of quotations. State-wise averages have been restricted only to those occupations where the number of quotations are five or more in order to avoid inconsistency in wages paid to different categories of workers on account of difference in number of quotations. However, for working out all-India averages all the quotations have been taken into account to arrive at total number of quotations at all-India level. At all-India level also, the number of quotations for working out occupation-wise averages have been restricted to five or more. 3 Industrial Dispute A.3.1. Sector / Sphere-wise Number of Disputes, Workers Involved and Mandays Lost due to Industrial Disputes during January to September 2013 – These statistics are received in the Bureau from the State Labour Departments and Regional Labour Commissioners (Central) in the prescribed format in the shape of monthly voluntary returns covering State and Central Spheres separately. Information on Strikes and Lockouts is collected by the concerned authorities and sent to the Bureau every month. Consolidated information for the year 2013 (As on 31-10-2013) is presented in Table A.3.1. A.3.2. Industrial Disputes (All Strikes and Lockouts) during January to September, 2013- State-wise scenario of Industrial Disputes during January to September, 2013 is presented in Table A.3.2..

NOTES -1. Labour Bureau takes every care to ensure correctness of the information presented in Sections A and B of the Journal. However, any error, if noticed, may kindly be brought to the notice of the Labour Bureau.

2. The indices given in Sections A and B measure the relative change in Consumer Prices over time at each Centre and as such these cannot be used for comparison of costliness among the different Centres.


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1. PRICES AND PRICE INDICES

1.1. Industrial Workers Consumer Price Index

Table A.1.1.1. Labour Bureau‟s Series of All India Consumer Price Index Numbers for

Industrial Workers on base 2001=100 (Group-wise and General)

Index Linking Factor August, 2013 September, 2013

General 4.63 237 238

I-A Food 4.58 262 263

I-B Pan, Supari, Tobacco and

Intoxicants

6.16 249 250

II Fuel and Light 4.77 226 230

III Housing 6.18 255 255

IV Clothing, Bedding and

Footwear

3.22 180 181

V Miscellaneous 4.55 194 196

Linking Factor: The All-India General Index as well as Group Indices for previous series on

base: 1982=100 can be obtained by multiplying the current series indices by

the respective Linking Factors.

Think of all the beauty still left around you and be happy.

-Anne Frank


1238

Table A.1.1.2 – Labour Bureau‟s Series of Consumer Price Index Numbers for Industrial

Sl.

No

State/Union

Territory/ Centre

Linking factor for

General Index with

previous base

1982=100

General Index Food Index

Aug,

2013

Sept.,

2013

Aug,

2013

Sept.,

2013

1 2 3 4 5 6 7

ANDHRA PRADESH

1 Godavarikhani N 250 243 275 261

2 Guntur 4.57 241 243 271 273

3 Hyderabad 4.79 211 211 260 257

4 Vijayawada N 239 239 277 278

5 Visakhapatnam 4.64 240 247 275 288

6 Warrangal 4.75 252 252 295 296

ASSAM

7 Doom-Dooma

Tinsukia

4.04 198 200 204 208

8 Guwahati 4.80 202 204 215 220

9 Labac-Silchar 3.65 216 225 230 244

10 Mariani-Jorhat 4.01 196 197 198 200

11 Rangapara-Tezpur 4.17 188 190 208 213

BIHAR

12 Monghyr-Jamalpur 4.30 242 244 253 257

CHANDIGARH

13 Chandigarh 5.26 236 239 260 265

CHHATTISGARH

14 Bhilai 4.20 274 272 279 274

DELHI

15 Delhi 5.60 215 216 243 245

GOA

16 Goa 5.59 255 247 302 285

GUJARAT

17 Ahmedabad 4.62 241 237 285 276

18 Bhavnagar 4.76 228 223 241 231

19 Rajkot 4.38 233 231 255 251

20 Surat 4.54 224 224 267 267

21 Vadodra 4.39 227 226 261 255


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Workers (Group-wise & General 2001=100)

Pan. Supari,

Tobacco and

Intoxicants Index

Fuel & Light

Index

Housing Index Clothing, Bedding

& Footwear Index

Misc. Index

Aug,

2013

Sept.,

2013

Aug,

2013

Sept.,

2013

Aug,

2013

Sept.,

2013

Aug,

2013

Sept.,

2013

Aug,

2013

Sept.,

2013

8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17

191 191 169 169 370 370 188 186 183 183

302 305 243 261 185 185 180 180 190 191

256 256 147 157 184 184 147 147 179 181

290 290 157 157 214 214 220 220 191 192

230 231 152 166 320 320 220 223 183 185

225 225 158 158 260 260 170 170 210 211

209 209 164 165 184 184 177 177 198 198

211 208 191 190 187 187 192 198 194 194

208 218 182 182 176 176 183 183 201 199

220 220 249 249 125 125 164 164 215 216

146 146 154 154 101 101 239 239 200 193

269 255 255 265 285 285 186 186 213 213

236 237 206 209 297 297 199 199 158 160

266 270 203 203 510 510 156 157 193 194

225 225 220 223 192 192 192 190 183 188

194 195 185 186 245 245 209 210 210 211

263 365 163 163 203 203 171 171 214 215

189 189 154 154 250 250 193 194 200 200

275 260 158 158 248 248 158 158 201 200

314 317 149 149 202 202 154 154 195 196

292 294 165 166 227 227 134 134 203 207


1240

Table A.1.1.2. Contd.

Sl.

No

State/Union Territory /

Centre

Linking factor for

General Index with

previous base

1982=100


Aug,

2013

Sept.,

2013

Aug,

2013

Sept.,

2013

1 2 3 4 5 6 7

HARYANA

22 Faridabad 4.79 217 218 258 260

23 Yamunanagar 4.34 230 231 266 267

HIMACHAL PRADESH

24 Himachal Pradesh 4.53 214 215 233 235

JAMMU & KASHMIR

25 Srinagar 5.62 205 208 213 218

JHARKHAND

26 Bokaro N 232 232 230 229

27 Giridih N 292 293 272 272

28 Jamshedpur 4.23 255 260 239 252

29 Jharia 3.72 267 269 254 257

30 Kodarma 3.89 270 270 259 258

31 Ranchi-Hatia 4.20 272 275 255 259

KARNATAKA

32 Bangalore 4.51 243 243 280 281

33 Belgaum 5.02 252 249 291 284

34 Hubli-Dharwar 4.71 256 255 274 270

35 Mercara 4.47 245 247 271 274

36 Mysore N 247 252 283 289

KERALA

37 Ernakulam 4.52 227 229 269 271

38 Mundakayam 4.37 258 255 286 281

39 Quilon 4.61 239 242 260 262


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Pan, Supari,

Tobacco and

Intoxicants Index

Fuel & Light

Index


& Footwear Index

Misc. Index

Aug,

2013

Sept.,

2013

Aug,

2013

Sept.,

2013

Aug,

2013

Sept.,

2013

Aug,

2013

Sept.,

2013

Aug,

2013

Sept.,

2013

8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17

267 267 192 192 230 230 168 168 140 140

284 288 191 191 246 246 188 188 168 170

264 264 217 217 193 193 211 212 182 182

318 318 255 255 169 169 238 238 184 185

199 199 341 341 321 321 211 211 185 187

163 163 735 737 367 367 240 240 203 204

241 241 253 256 436 436 183 183 180 182

269 269 353 354 482 482 230 233 211 212

227 227 447 447 354 354 204 204 210 210

229 229 249 254 486 486 197 199 212 214

231 239 176 177 215 215 147 144 237 240

243 241 198 199 228 228 161 163 215 216

239 242 198 202 322 322 148 151 222 223

219 217 346 352 102 102 172 171 234 235

268 271 192 195 254 254 158 159 203 209

231 229 158 161 199 199 177 179 212 216

294 285 397 401 124 124 195 195 210 210

268 274 247 247 227 227 173 169 205 210


1242

Table A.1.1.2. Contd.

Sl.

No

State/Union Territory/

Centre Linking factor for

General Index

with previous

base 1982=100


Aug,

2013

Sept.,

2013

Aug,

2013

Sept.,

2013

1 2 3 4 5 6 7

MADHYA PRADESH

40 Bhopal 4.83 244 245 265 268

41 Chhindwara 4.03 250 251 286 287

42 Indore 4.73 227 227 266 261

43 Jabalpur 4.53 236 237 269 272

MAHARASHTRA

44 Mumbai 5.18 244 244 265 262

45 Nagpur 4.68 278 274 304 291

46 Nasik 4.94 248 247 269 262

47 Pune 4.96 244 242 288 282

48 Solapur 4.73 244 245 258 259

ORISSA

49 Angul-Talcher N 246 245 248 246

50 Rourkela 4.03 251 254 270 275

PUDUCHERRY

51 Pondicherry 4.88 243 243 304 305

PUNJAB

52 Amritsar 4.09 244 246 268 270

53 Jalandhar N 229 230 259 261

54 Ludhiana 4.12 227 228 266 269

RAJASTHAN

55 Ajmer 4.78 238 238 276 276

56 Bhilwara 4.62 240 246 278 289

57 Jaipur 4.25 233 232 256 255

TAMIL NADU

58 Chennai 4.95 221 221 259 256

59 Coimbatore 4.49 218 220 252 256


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Pan, Supari,

Tobacco and

Intoxicants Index

Fuel & Light

Index


& Footwear Index

Misc. Index

Aug,

2013

Sept.,

2013

Aug,

2013

Sept.,

2013

Aug,

2013

Sept.,

2013

Aug,

2013

Sept.,

2013

Aug,

2013

Sept.,

2013

8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17

274 274 218 218 290 290 155 155 198 201

268 268 346 346 212 212 156 163 191 192

266 266 229 228 177 177 154 154 211 218

295 295 224 225 295 295 124 124 192 193

259 261 254 270 228 228 189 190 217 218

286 286 217 230 374 374 181 181 198 199

237 238 210 221 320 320 174 174 187 191

261 261 207 222 211 211 211 211 216 217

271 271 221 230 266 266 207 207 208 208

265 264 246 246 359 359 188 188 191 193

202 202 203 202 353 353 194 194 175 178

244 241 241 241 154 154 169 169 207 208

246 246 220 220 295 295 185 187 182 183

221 232 234 234 225 225 180 181 195 196

240 240 205 205 182 182 218 218 193 193

295 295 232 237 253 253 184 184 189 191

284 284 273 275 189 189 160 162 187 188

244 244 208 206 224 224 182 182 212 214

286 286 181 182 188 188 165 172 195 196

246 249 183 183 184 184 167 167 200 200


1244

Table A.1.1.2. Concld.

Sl.

No

State/Union Territory

Centre

Linking factor for

General Index

with previous

base 1982=100


Aug,

2013

Sept.,

2013

Aug,

2013

Sept.,

2013

1 2 3 4 5 6 7

60 Coonoor 4.58 226 228 243 245

61 Madurai 4.51 218 220 258 260

62 Salem 4.45 221 223 247 249

63 Tiruchirapally 5.01 237 236 275 273

TRIPURA

64 Tripura 4.17 197 203 207 216

UTTAR PRADESH

65 Agra 4.36 243 247 251 255

66 Ghaziabad 4.78 240 241 267 270

67 Kanpur 4.50 246 246 274 274

68 Lucknow N 229 233 259 265

69 Varanasi 4.96 235 242 269 280

WEST BENGAL

70 Asansol 4.37 265 265 262 262

71 Darjeeling 3.80 216 222 237 243

72 Durgapur 5.13 268 273 240 249

73 Haldia 5.64 233 236 237 242

74 Howrah 5.42 218 219 248 249

75 Jalpaiguri 3.96 230 230 247 248

76 Kolkata 5.12 228 230 260 263

77 Raniganj 4.02 217 220 246 246

78 Siliguri N 224 225 258 260


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Pan, Supari,

Tobacco and

Intoxicants Index

Fuel & Light

Index


& Footwear Index

Misc. Index

Aug,

2013

Sept.,

2013

Aug,

2013

Sept.,

2013

Aug,

2013

Sept.,

2013

Aug,

2013

Sept.,

2013

Aug,

2013

Sept.,

2013

8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17

241 241 229 232 299 299 156 156 182 183

290 291 174 173 150 150 179 182 196 197

310 310 178 178 151 151 159 159 206 206

282 277 180 180 262 262 154 154 179 179

275 274 242 248 123 123 156 156 186 186

260 270 225 228 364 364 178 185 180 183

256 256 216 216 262 262 204 204 197 198

247 248 223 223 341 341 189 189 173 174

246 246 218 222 303 303 183 193 160 161

219 222 249 245 290 290 159 162 175 183

234 234 404 402 392 392 203 203 187 188

174 183 279 294 107 107 185 191 177 180

251 257 237 237 654 654 194 197 185 189

270 270 216 219 295 295 155 155 157 162

286 287 252 254 200 200 176 176 156 157

223 223 314 315 104 104 186 186 189 189

279 280 239 240 190 190 209 209 176 180

172 176 251 250 191 191 172 187 158 163

164 164 267 267 103 103 156 156 171 171

N- New Centre in the New Series on base: 2001=100.


1246

Table A.1.1.3-Average Monthly Consumer Prices of Selected Articles for Industrial Workers,

September, 2013

Sl.

No

Article Unit Godavri

khani

Guntur Hydera

bad

Vijayawada Vishakha

patnam

Warran

gal

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9

1 Rice Kg. 25.48 42.45 29.48 37.79 37.22 29.97

2 Wheat:

a. Wheat Whole Kg. 25.76 - 30.06 - 27.88 27.25

b. Wheat Atta Kg. 26.25 40.00 24.07 30.50 43.75 40.50

3 Jowar Kg. - - 28.08 - - -

4 Arhar Dal Kg. 77.00 69.25 71.17 71.00 81.75 76.25

5 Moong Dal Kg. 80.25 - 82.63 82.32 90.75 82.75

6 Masur Dal Kg. 56.50 - 65.13 - - 61.50

7 Groundnut oil Litre 97.96 96.35 95.62 81.22 126.70 89.66

8 Mustard Oil Litre - - - - - -

9 Vanaspati Litre - - - - 67.50 -

10 Goat Meat/Mutton Kg. 340.00 415.00 383.33 440.00 440.00 410.00

11 Fish Fresh Kg. 90.00 130.00 121.14 135.00 105.00 -

12 Milk Litre 30.00 44.00 50.18 40.00 39.00 40.00

13 Dairy Milk Litre - 36.00 32.66 34.00 36.00 -

14 Pure Ghee Litre - 330.00 373.33 286.66 200.20 -

15 Onion Kg. 40.00 56.00 50.46 41.25 55.00 48.75

16 Chillies Dry 100 gms. 8.00 8.00 8.18 15.25 10.50 9.13

17 Sugar Kg. 36.99 35.60 34.00 36.17 39.21 35.50

18 Gur Kg. - - 44.71 49.00 47.50 -

19 Tea Leaf 100gms 29.75 41.50 34.43 42.50 43.00 42.00

20 Fire Wood 40 Kg. 200.00 300.00 220.00 400.00 280.00 200.00

21 Soft Coke 40 Kg. - - - - - -

22 Kerosene Oil Litre 15.00 15.00 15.00 15.00 15.00 15.00

23 Toilet Soap 75gms. 15.19 15.38 15.50 12.30 16.50 12.45

24 Washing Soap 225 gms.. 9.56 18.00 12.58 13.95 14.06 13.50


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Doom

Dooma

Tinsukia

Guwa

hati

Labac

Silchar

Mariani

Jorhat

Rangapara

Tezpur

Monghyr

Jamalpur Chandigarh

Bhilai

10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17

14.23 24.28 13.41 13.43 13.78 27.89 30.00 21.43

0.00

- - - - - 16.96 - 22.38

5.05 28.42 4.79 4.60 4.31 20.00 22.00 22.00

- - - - - - - -

69.33 78.00 67.00 74.60 - 77.75 74.67 70.76

90.00 78.00 87.00 84.00 75.00 80.00 80.00 77.76

68.00 56.00 80.00 73.50 74.00 58.00 65.67 60.00

- - - - - - - 139.58

100.00 107.00 107.00 105.00 105.00 87.02 85.20 86.62

90.67 100.00 - 98.50 - 75.00 72.00 70.00

293.33 300.00 350.00 280.00 290.00 340.00 320.00 300.00

180.00 160.00 185.00 260.00 175.00 118.75 110.00 200.00

33.33 40.00 41.50 36.00 33.50 35.00 34.00 38.00

- - - - - - 35.00 -

- - - - - 325.00 325.00 310.00

66.07 60.63 65.00 61.33 65.00 60.00 68.00 60.63

10.67 15.00 17.00 10.60 12.00 25.00 26.67 15.50

40.00 38.00 39.57 40.00 40.00 36.00 35.33 31.86

60.00 - 62.50 - 50.00 40.00 44.67 44.25

16.00 22.00 23.00 21.00 30.00 33.20 34.00 32.00

113.34 160.00 150.00 150.00 120.00 360.00 - 260.00

- - - - - 480.00 - -

16.00 15.00 15.00 15.00 16.00 16.41 14.75 14.95

12.60 11.54 12.60 12.60 12.60 16.50 16.50 15.00

25.20 24.37 12.50 13.23 13.23 12.50 8.33 10.47


1248

Table A.1.1.3 Contd.

Sl.

No

Article Unit Delhi Goa Ahmedabad Bhav-

nagar

Rajkot Surat

1 2 3 18 19 20 21 22 23

1 Rice Kg. 18.15 24.89 31.45 33.64 33.58 33.75

2 Wheat: 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00

a. Wheat Whole Kg. 7.98 20.60 22.26 20.82 20.83 21.40

b. Wheat Atta Kg. 16.89 24.83 25.78 30.00 25.00 25.00

3 Jowar Kg. - 36.17 0.00 0.00 0.00 32.00

4 Arhar Dal Kg. 76.25 77.79 72.58 70.00 69.67 70.90

5 Moong Dal Kg. 79.76 88.67 70.26 80.00 70.00 74.20

6 Masur Dal Kg. 63.00 65.42 66.66 65.00 0.00 62.00

7 Groundnut oil Litre 160.00 170.00 99.99 98.00 116.67 111.48

8 Mustard Oil Litre 110.00 147.42 90.04 0.00 97.07 104.65

9 Vanaspati Litre 71.00 87.88 66.00 73.17 67.28 65.00

10 Goat Meat/Mutton Kg. 329.38 364.58 302.22 200.00 340.00 315.00

11 Fish Fresh Kg. 124.38 320.42 - 100.00 160.00 165.00

12 Milk Litre 36.75 39.67 39.30 35.00 38.00 43.60

13 Dairy Milk Litre 32.00 38.00 40.00 44.00 36.00 40.00

14 Pure Ghee Litre 311.09 325.00 310.00 320.01 289.60 315.00

15 Onion Kg. 65.19 57.40 66.75 60.00 60.00 62.00

16 Chillies Dry 100 gms. 25.00 22.13 23.95 25.00 20.00 24.00

17 Sugar Kg. 35.01 34.02 35.80 34.83 34.75 34.70

18 Gur Kg. 41.00 45.81 49.43 40.00 40.00 50.00

19 Tea Leaf 100gms 33.70 27.20 31.20 31.20 31.20 32.00

20 Fire Wood 40 Kg. 537.50 343.32 314.00 160.00 200.00 300.00

21 Soft Coke 40 Kg. - 0.00 - 0.00 0.00 -

22 Kerosene Oil Litre 14.94 15.65 14.00 14.45 14.51 14.05

23 Toilet Soap 75gms. 14.25 15.75 15.75 15.75 15.00 15.75

24 Washing Soap 225 gms. 13.00 25.20 10.47 23.40 8.14 22.50


1249

Vadodara Himachal

Pradesh

Faridabad Yamuna

nagar

Srinagar Bokaro Giridih Jamshedpur

24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31

30.24 17.92 30.00 32.50 16.59 24.00 24.15 26.94

0.00

20.19 15.55 17.63 17.96 - 18.00 24.00 19.13

26.17 13.38 18.70 20.55 19.99 20.00 22.00 21.25

24.33 - - - - - - -

64.83 76.79 77.50 71.50 - 70.00 86.00 72.38

70.00 77.61 84.00 80.00 81.42 80.00 82.00 80.00

55.00 62.75 66.00 65.00 75.00 54.75 55.00 56.00

104.35 154.88 - - - - - 154.75

0.00 108.72 77.35 81.90 110.33 100.00 95.55 88.38

80.00 70.98 70.00 71.50 74.50 80.00 82.00 72.00

340.00 269.29 250.00 316.25 340.00 340.00 360.00 352.50

140.00 163.00 125.00 97.50 161.67 120.00 130.00 134.06

41.33 31.36 45.00 36.00 31.33 30.00 32.00 36.00

40.00 36.58 32.00 35.00 - 30.00 - 34.00

318.33 308.57 289.60 300.00 295.64 310.00 316.75 325.80

70.00 63.04 63.75 62.50 63.75 61.25 50.00 63.75

23.00 24.71 23.00 20.00 27.00 14.00 22.00 24.00

34.86 22.83 31.80 33.18 13.50 36.00 38.00 36.00

48.00 40.52 42.50 40.00 - 40.00 39.00 42.00

32.00 34.63 33.00 32.00 35.20 40.00 39.20 33.00

320.00 225.00 400.00 320.00 161.67 240.00 280.00 200.00

0.00 - - - 370.00 350.00 275.00 445.63

14.32 14.54 14.00 14.02 17.50 15.14 14.49 14.42

15.75 15.38 14.44 16.50 15.00 15.75 16.50 15.75

19.80 11.54 10.13 10.80 9.00 14.07 22.50 12.50


1250


Sl.

No

Article Unit Jharia Kodar-

ma

Ranchi

Hatia

Bangalore Belgaum Hubli

Dharwar

Mercara

1 2 3 32 33 34 35 36 37 38

1 Rice Kg. 25.57 19.98 22.64 38.67

33.55 34.78 28.48

2 Wheat:

a. Wheat Whole Kg. 19.00 16.00 24.08 27.08 25.11 27.45 28.82

b. Wheat Atta Kg. 20.20 20.00 21.75 25.17 0.00 0.00 40.75

3 Jowar Kg. - - - - 26.00 22.75 -

4 Arhar Dal Kg. 71.90 70.00 73.67 72.38 70.25 73.38 .81.88

5 Moong Dal Kg. 81.70 75.00 82.83 83.17 69.00 71.63 86.58

6 Masur Dal Kg. 60.00 55.00 61.22 .- 62.25 59.88 -

7 Groundnut oil Litre - - - 86.86 93.79 81.68 105.00

8 Mustard Oil Litre 80.37 81.90 95.00 - - - -

9 Vanaspati Litre 70.00 76.50 77.00 66.90 78.75 72.76 85.75

10 Goat Meat/ Mutton Kg. 352.00 300.00 321.00 381.17 352.50 332.50 327.50

11 Fish Fresh Kg. 123.90 130.00 148.67 139.25 105.00 84.38 196.50

12 Milk Litre 34.00 38.00 33.73 28.56 42.00 45.00 28.23

13 Dairy Milk Litre - - 30.00 28.00 28.00 28.84 -

14 Pure Ghee Litre 322.18 325.00 310.00 323.00 328.00 324.00 -

15 Onion Kg. 58.24 55.63 55.33 52.86 53.13 61.38 49.75

16 Chillies Dry 100 gms. 27.00 16.00 25.00 11.63 14.50 20.00 8.61

17 Sugar Kg. 36.00 36.00 37.67 34.39 32.49 33.20 35.82

18 Gur Kg. 43.44 42.00 46.20 54.58 40.00 41.38 45.13

19 Tea Leaf 100gms 34.00 27.60 40.00 33.00 30.00 25.00 32.00

20 Fire Wood 40 Kg. 200.00 260.00 331.67 208.28 248.00 280.00 160.00

21 Soft Coke 40 Kg. 200.00 383.75 352.17 - - - -

22 Kerosene Oil Litre 14.26 15.00 14.77 16.20 16.20 16.20 16.58

23 Toilet Soap 75gm 15.75 12.60 16.50 16.50 15.75 15.75 15.75

24 Washing Soap 225 gms. 22.50 22.50 8.04 14.40 14.40 7.97 14.40


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Mysore Erna-

kulam

Munda-

kayam

Quilon Bhopal Chhind-

wara

Indore Jabalpur Mumbai

39 40 41 42 43 44 45 46 47

41.73 27.47 33.17 27.57 32.75 25.01 25.38 22.20 35.52

0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 -

29.85 7.64 13.95 6.36 18.18 19.00 24.26 19.45 20.43

31.94 34.00 31.75 25.00 20.00 22.00 20.25 20.00 -

- - - - - - - - 33.97

80.00 78.00 80.00 50.50 70.00 70.00 71.12 67.60 80.42

80.50 77.50 83.21 74.25 76.00 80.00 81.00 82.48 84.98

62.07 - 66.17 58.00 53.00 61.76 55.40 65.20

124.75 116.00 145.00 168.50 111.76 152.00 139.77

- - - - 110.00 92.50 83.32 100.00 96.11

95.50 - - 67.00 78.00 70.25 70.00 102.20

340.00 400.00 410.00 440.00 340.00 280.00 351.25 292.00 358.44

80.00 125.00 105.83 135.00 206.67 100.00 178.33 144.40 577.34

31.00 35.00 34.33 36.00 45.00 41.00 34.00 44.72 53.03

29.00 35.00 35.00 38.00 32.00 36.00 36.00 32.00

324.00 345.00 320.00 307.70 320.00 322.18 320.00

58.75 63.00 58.83 58.75 56.67 50.00 53.44 58.20 60.25

11.50 9.25 10.00 10.50 15.00 15.00 15.88 15.00 21.34

34.87 34.00 34.47 34.75 32.69 35.00 32.10 34.52 37.67

54.38 49.75 50.88 54.63 45.00 34.00 43.88 39.20 57.83

31.10 29.50 22.33 27.00 35.20 32.80 34.40 32.80 38.29

220.00 80.00 216.00 176.00 300.00 240.00 240.00 182.00 -

- - - - - - - - -

16.20 16.50 16.83 15.50 15.51 16.56 15.19 15.30 15.05

16.13 17.25 12.60 18.00 16.50 15.75 15.00 15.75 17.50

16.20 13.95 16.90 14.06 24.30 9.00 23.40 25.20 23.18


1252


Sl.

No

Article Unit Nagpur Nasik Pune Sholapur Angul-

Talcher

Rourkela Puducherry

1 2 3 48 49 50 51 52 53 54

1 Rice Kg. 32.75 24.59 34.30 27.18 23.77 27.81 41.88

2 Wheat: 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00

a. Wheat

Whole

Kg. 22.59 19.32 23.57 16.27 7.51 - 0.00

b. Wheat Atta Kg. 24.00 24.00 - 24.75 19.19 19.07 40.50

3 Jowar Kg. - 25.00 32.00 24.00 - - -

4 Arhar Dal Kg. 71.08 71.33 76.25 71.00 71.00 78.00 77.50

5 Moong Dal Kg. 80.00 80.00 86.33 79.00 80.00 86.00 82.00

6 Masur Dal Kg. 60.00 63.33 62.83 60.50 70.00 64.50 -

7 Groundnut oil Litre 100.10 111.48 136.98 94.64 120.00 - 81.90

8 Mustard Oil Litre 120.00 134.00 - - 90.00 85.54 -

9 Vanaspati Litre 84.00 66.60 81.84 90.00 80.00 90.00 74.25

10 Goat

Meat/Mutton

Kg. 380.00 350.00 360.00 340.00 375.00 320.00 420.00

11 Fish Fresh Kg. 200.00 573.33 641.67 142.50 160.00 150.00 700.00

12 Milk Litre 40.00 46.67 44.00 40.00 28.00 30.00 28.00

13 Dairy Milk Litre 33.00 34.00 30.00 32.00 - 26.00 26.00

14 Pure Ghee Litre 325.00 325.00 355.00 0.00 316.75 - 309.40

15 Onion Kg. 60.00 67.50 70.42 55.00 53.00 58.50 49.50

16 Chillies Dry 100

gms. 16.00 38.89 21.50 24.50 15.00 15.00 9.75

17 Sugar Kg. 34.42 33.89 32.65 30.83 39.00 37.25 33.47

18 Gur Kg. 50.00 48.00 47.92 40.00 42.00 - 52.50

19 Tea Leaf 100gms 38.78 36.00 27.70 22.23 44.80 30.00 40.38

20 Fire Wood 40 Kg. 300.00 240.00 293.32 280.00 240.00 240.00 240.00

21 Soft Coke 40 Kg. - - - - 200.00 - -


23 Toilet Soap 75gms 18.33 15.75 16.50 15.75 15.75 16.50 16.88

24 Washing Soap 225

gms. 22.50 18.00 7.50 25.20 22.50 18.00 13.73


1253

Amritsar Jalandhar Ludhiana Ajmer Bhilwara Jaipur Chennai Coimba-

tore

Coonoor Madurai

55 56 57 58 59 60 61 62 63 64

22.00 25.00 25.00 34.10 35.19 38.50 26.56 22.17 `14.98 23.82

0.00 0.00

- 10.21 - 19.95 17.99 19.90 18.46 21.85 11.66 21.13

18.25 19.00 20.00 22.00 24.50 22.00 39.07 41.88 38.00 40.00

- - _ - - - - - - -

75.60 75.00 70.00 78.75 78.50 72.54 76.84 82.45 73.50 82.31

80.00 80.00 80.00 79.00 80.00 76.50 82.11 81.70 78.25 80.44

69.80 70.00 68.50 60.00 58.50 60.00 - - 68.75 -

- - - 150.00 147.50 157.50 101.50 104.42 118.22 108.60

98.80 105.00 102.50 110.00 120.00 108.54 - - -

70.00 70.00 67.00 70.00 - 65.75 75.54 - - 75.00

300.00 310.00 320.00 300.00 290.00 315.83 440.00 410.00 390.00 400.00

200.00 150.00 140.00 250.00 195.00 - 502.79 600.00 155.00 132.50

35.00 35.00 38.00 40.00 35.38 40.00 - 28.00 31.00 30.00

- 36.00 35.00 32.00 30.00 30.00 27.00 32.00 36.00 30.00

330.00 315.00 295.00 305.00 310.00 295.00 290.00 340.50 285.74 327.60

68.00 57.50 62.81 70.00 68.75 62.50 53.44 56.82 65.00 60.00

25.00 25.00 25.00 22.50 21.75 20.00 16.29 10.63 11.00 7.50

35.00 35.00 34.50 35.00 35.88 35.16 21.78 26.62 28.78 27.51

- - - 42.00 39.88 40.00 51.86 60.70 - 52.63

32.00 34.80 34.80 34.00 30.00 34.69 42.00 42.75 43.00 39.13

380.00 280.00 240.00 290.00 220.00 320.00 331.20 300.00 280.00 200.00

- - - - - - - - - -

14.65 14.90 14.31 15.25 17.25 15.25 13.70 13.90 14.10 14.00

13.50 14.25 15.75 16.50 16.50 16.50 16.69 16.97 17.44 16.60

11.25 11.25 13.50 12.15 10.29 10.80 13.90 22.50 14.07 24.30


1254

Table A.1.1.3 Concld.

Sl.

No

Article Unit Salem Tiruchira

pally

Tripura Agra Ghaziabad Kanpur Lucknow

1 2 3 65 66 67 68 69 70 71

1 Rice Kg. 29.57 19.53 17.35 25.81 30.00 37.02 29.97

2 Wheat:

a. Wheat Whole Kg. 19.31 18.78 - 15.49 6.65 11.57 15.81

b. Wheat Atta Kg. 36.50 39.00 12.76 19.25 20.40 20.00 22.00

3 Jowar Kg. - - - - - - -

4 Arhar Dal Kg. 71.75 72.00 - 72.00 70.00 70.67 72.75

5 Moong Dal Kg. 78.60 78.75 79.00 79.00 80.00 81.92 80.00

6 Masur Dal Kg. - 66.50 79.08 60.00 70.00 60.00 60.00

7 Groundnut oil Litre 85.98 90.50 - - - - -

8 Mustard Oil Litre - - 95.00 68.71 90.00 78.91 90.00

9 Vanaspati Litre - - - 68.00 65.00 65.83 66.25

10 Goat Meat/Mutton Kg. 380.00 437.50 404.40 300.00 350.00 321.67 360.00

11 Fish Fresh Kg. 500.00 80.00 197.50 120.00 120.00 137.92 160.00

12 Milk Litre 30.00 35.00 36.49 36.00 42.00 39.67 40.00

13 Dairy Milk Litre 27.00 36.00 - 34.56 38.40 31.34 36.32

14 Pure Ghee Litre - 360.00 - 310.00 320.00 310.00 324.00

15 Onion Kg. 53.75 55.00 59.00 60.00 65.00 71.67 70.00

16 Chillies Dry 100 gms 10.25 9.05 23.20 25.00 24.00 16.00 26.00

17 Sugar Kg. 15.10 20.80 22.30 34.91 35.00 35.40 35.36

18 Gur Kg. - 60.75 51.38 40.00 40.00 40.00 44.81

19 Tea Leaf 100gms 42.00 42.50 20.00 34.80 34.00 32.40 34.80

20 Fire Wood 40 Kg. 144.00 160.00 121.00 280.00 320.00 379.79 320.00

21 Soft Coke 40 Kg. - - - - - 520.00 -


23 Toilet Soap 75gms 16.50 16.88 12.60 15.00 15.00 15.25 16.31

24 Washing Soap 225gms. 14.18 13.95 13.33 25.20 11.25 10.13 25.20

# Items do not feature in index basket of respective centres.

Notes 1. “The prices are average prices based on individual quotations obtained from

selected outlets in a given centre and are not comparable between centres as they

relate to different varieties of varying specifications”.


1255

Varanasi Asansol Darjee-

ling

Durga-

pur

Haldia Howrah Jalpai

guri

Kolkata Rani-

ganj

Sili-

guri

72 73 74 75 76 77 78 79 80 81

30.99 29.04 19.04 27.68 31.88 28.73 20.86 28.49 30.89 18.05

17.71 8.48 14.12 6.73 6.86 6.75 11.62 6.73 - 12.67

20.00 22.39 2.30 15.76 10.87 15.95 2.82 18.76 16.91 4.68

- - - - - - - - - -

72.00 80.00 80.00 76.00 80.00 80.20 80.30 80.13 80.00 85.00

80.00 90.00 88.90 100.00 118.33 95.00 80.00 100.00 100.00 95.00

57.60 74.80 69.75 75.00 79.33 79.93 79.58 79.80 75.00 80.00

- - - - 131.33 - - - - -

81.90 91.00 87.13 85.54 86.45 90.39 91.00 91.00 86.45 95.55

70.80 90.00 77.50 90.00 - 90.00 86.50 90.00 90.00 95.00

300.00 374.00 300.00 360.00 380.00 383.33 382.50 402.00 340.00 400.00

160.00 197.50 157.50 280.00 200.00 220.00 205.00 215.88 206.67 200.00

41.00 32.00 25.00 30.00 30.00 30.00 35.00 30.00 30.00 34.00

40.00 26.00 - 19.00 26.00 26.00 - 26.00 - -

323.28 380.10 355.00 443.45 472.11 362.00 - 377.39 289.60 -

75.50 60.00 70.00 70.00 60.00 63.00 60.00 70.00 60.00 58.17

20.00 16.25 12.00 22.00 24.00 15.50 12.00 15.80 16.00 16.00

35.41 37.92 36.84 37.00 38.00 37.88 39.01 37.70 37.00 38.00

40.00 45.00 49.50 46.00 45.00 45.00 49.50 44.80 40.00 45.00

32.80 32.80 24.00 33.00 33.60 32.80 34.00 44.32 34.00 28.00

400.00 260.00 456.67 220.00 240.00 280.00 200.00 302.00 140.00 240.00

560.00 400.00 620.00 420.00 480.00 480.00 - 480.00 150.00 -

15.87 14.95 15.39 15.00 16.00 25.63 15.15 24.94 15.30 14.72

15.75 16.50 13.20 16.50 16.50 16.50 16.67 16.50 16.50 9.45

25.20 22.50 22.50 18.00 18.76 20.45 22.50 18.00 19.80 18.76

2. Besides these articles, retail prices of a large number of articles (including House Rent)

being paid by working class families and utilized in the compilation of CPI Nos. (on base:

2001=100) for industrial workers are not being published due to resource constraint.

3. The price data of the remaining articles for any particular centre can be made available to

the users on their specific demand.


1256

1.2.Consumer Price Index Numbers for Agricultural and Rural Labourers

Table A.1.2.1 (a) – Labour Bureau‟s Series of Consumer Price Index Numbers for Agricultural

Sl.

No.

State

Linking factor

for General

Index a


Aug,

2013

Sept.,

2013

Aug,

2013

Sept.,

2013

1 2 3 4 5 6 7

1 Andhra Pradesh 4.84 812 819 833 838

2 Assam b 710 723 708 724

3 Bihar 6.22 661 671 620 629

4 Gujarat 5.34 769 778 799 806

5 Haryana * 817 836 861 883

6 Himachal Pradesh * 591 608 608 633

7 Jammu & Kashmir 5.98 708 721 743 749

8 Karnataka 5.81 838 832 875 865

9 Kerala 6.56 745 754 748 758

10 Madhya Pradesh 6.04 730 733 724 720

11 Maharashtra 5.85 808 809 843 843

12 Manipur * 687 697 601 611

13 Meghalaya * 740 752 736 755

14 Orissa 6.05 699 701 666 667

15 Punjab c 814 826 856 873

16 Rajasthan 6.15 807 814 797 806

17 Tamil Nadu 5.67 758 764 701 706

18 Tripura * 629 647 631 656

19 Uttar Pradesh 6.60 719 721 736 738

20 West Bengal 5.73 715 722 676 681

All-India 5.89 754 759 747 751

a = The indices for a given month of old base (1960-61) can be obtained by multiplying the

index number of new base (1986-87) of that month by the relevant linking factors which

are applicable to Agricultural Labourers only.


1257

Labourers (Group-wise and General) (Base: 1986-87=100)

Pan, Supari, Tobacco

& Intoxicants Index

Fuel & Light Index Clothing, Bedding &

Footwear Index

Miscellaneous Index

Aug,

2013

Sept.,

2013

Aug,

2013

Sept.,

2013

Aug,

2013

Sept.,

2013

Aug,

2013

Sept.,

2013

8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15

1007 1017 816 815 743 764 701 709

920 911 710 713 704 711 582 582

804 813 913 926 813 823 668 672

1101 1109 604 633 612 624 701 709

811 813 1020 1042 738 748 576 590

992 1002 363 364 540 539 654 657

1155 1170 417 499 666 675 717 718

1086 1089 611 609 719 721 791 801

1197 1203 690 700 695 699 653 661

1022 1017 840 856 686 696 611 652

941 947 856 863 632 638 676 678

1002 1012 1447 1477 704 712 604 604

838 817 720 720 764 764 682 689

961 920 938 966 798 804 605 607

948 956 1129 1126 602 605 609 619

1176 1177 1051 1063 672 672 725 726

1239 1256 866 876 702 700 861 866

902 900 451 456 662 667 603 603

864 858 777 782 690 694 582 581

781 786 891 903 991 1026 758 762

1000 1004 827 837 719 728 689 696

b & c = To obtain linking factors for Assam and Punjab, please consult article in February, 1996

issue of the Indian Labour Journal.

* = Indices compiled and published for the first time w.e.f. November, 1995.


1258

Table A.1.2.1 (b) – Labour Bureau‟s Series of Consumer Price Index Numbers for Rural

Sl.

No

State General Index Food Index Pan, Supari,

Tobacco &

Intoxicants Index

Aug,

2013

Sept.,

2013

Aug,

2013

Sept.,

2013

Aug,

2013

Sept.,

2013

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8

1 Andhra Pradesh 809 815 832 837 1012 1022

2 Assam 716 728 717 734 914 905

3 Bihar 666 675 618 628 807 816

4 Gujarat 765 775 800 807 1092 1100

5 Haryana 811 830 866 889 838 840

6 Himachal Pradesh 625 640 636 657 1096 1096

7 Jammu & Kashmir 705 721 737 744 1232 1246

8 Karnataka 831 824 863 850 1088 1094

9 Kerala 742 751 740 750 1194 1200

10 Madhya Pradesh 739 745 725 719 1013 1008

11 Maharashtra 802 802 835 833 946 953

12 Manipur 690 700 601 611 1000 1010

13 Meghalaya 734 745 732 750 848 827

14 Orissa 699 702 666 667 956 918

15 Punjab 804 815 854 870 938 944

16 Rajasthan 793 800 786 796 1152 1154

17 Tamil Nadu 749 755 709 715 1255 1271

18 Tripura 624 643 622 647 905 903

19 Uttar Pradesh 718 720 739 742 863 859

20 West Bengal 722 731 679 684 784 789

All India 753 759 748 752 1009 1013


1259

Labourers (Group wise and General) (Base: 1986-87=100)

Fuel & Light Index Clothing, Bedding &

Footwear Index

Miscellaneous Index

Aug,

2013

Sept.,

2013

Aug,

2013

Sept.,

2013

Aug,

2013

Sept.,

2013

9 10 11 12 13 14

809 809 734 750 703 711

705 709 716 722 574 574

916 928 822 829 671 678

605 634 617 631 697 708

1020 1043 704 713 572 588

374 374 625 631 652 657

413 499 663 678 699 703

614 611 699 699 830 841

687 698 706 710 670 679

837 854 761 801 623 668

847 854 688 694 672 674

1450 1481 714 723 594 594

719 719 670 670 683 690

935 963 795 801 605 607

1118 1115 663 666 608 617

1054 1066 693 695 696 696

859 869 656 655 776 781

449 453 660 665 598 597

779 784 714 719 549 548

923 933 936 992 769 782

824 834 725 737 683 691


1260

Table A.1.2.2 (a) - State-wise monthly consumer prices of selected articles of Agricultural

Sl.

No.

Item Unit Andhra Pradesh Assam Bihar Gujarat

1 2 3 4 5 6 7

1. Rice Kg. 16.12 20.16 15.56 18.00

2. Wheat:

(a) Wheat whole Kg. - - 12.69 5.78

(b) Wheat Atta Kg. - 22.93 17.90 21.67

3. Jowar Kg. 22.65 - - -

4. Bajra:

(a) Bajra whole Kg. 19.32 - - 15.75

(b) Bajra Atta Kg. - - - 18.97

5. Maize:

(a) Maize whole Kg. - - 13.10 15.53

(b) Maize Atta Kg. - - - 19.12

6. Ragi Kg. 26.62 - - -

7. Arhar Dal Kg. 66.91 69.85 71.03 65.55

8. Groundnut Oil Litre 97.98 - - 119.70

9. Mustard Oil Litre - 109.86 91.55 -

10. Goat Meat/Mutton Kg. 369.74 291.21 309.65 290.50

11. Fish Fresh Kg. 139.23 239.07 133.84 87.42

12. Milk Litre 34.20 39.94 29.26 38.19

13. Onion Kg. 47.72 61.28 54.49 31.30

14. Chillies Dry 100Gms 10.04 17.19 10.37 12.57

15. Potato Kg. 20.85 17.40 12.27 18.52

16. Sugar Kg. 17.67 22.48 35.99 29.12

17. Gur Kg. 46.60 50.17 38.40 42.73

18. Tea Leaf 100Gms 38.46 20.56 27.19 22.60

19. Firewood 40 Kg. 144.38 125.02 211.10 70.52

20. Kerosene Oil Litre 15.00 16.31 16.81 14.38


1261

Labourers for the month September, 2013 (Base: 1986-87=100)

Haryana Himachal

Pradesh

Jammu &

Kashmir

Karnataka Kerala Madhya Pradesh

8 9 10 11 12 13

24.88 18.86 22.11 8.78 22.60 17.61

- - - - 4.03 8.18

18.18 8.89 19.72 25.76 32.04 18.54

- - - 20.64 - 16.55

- - - - - -

- - - - - -

15.21 - - - - -

- - - - - -

9.00 - 15.91 - - 14.67

- 15.00 - - - -

- - - 21.67 - -

73.81 77.14 - 71.90 68.51 69.70

- - - 98.80 - 130.96

76.83 106.80 105.48 - - 81.71

295.59 255.56 293.93 328.13 409.66 285.90

95.00 148.00 174.17 277.08 72.34 118.47

37.82 31.56 27.64 27.88 34.09 28.88

56.15 60.56 54.69 47.79 62.15 56.51

13.82 14.67 20.02 10.70 9.40 10.50

16.36 17.22 19.10 19.09 22.57 14.85

30.01 13.50 21.41 23.08 30.13 15.67

38.36 40.56 42.02 42.70 52.77 37.04

21.28 29.22 33.34 30.10 24.75 20.14

242.40 N.A. 174.41 92.81 147.39 153.02

14.13 14.75 14.46 16.26 16.01 15.97


1262

Table A.1.2.2 (a) concld.

Sl.

No.

Item Unit Maharashtra Manipur Meghalaya Orissa

1 2 3 14 15 16 17

1. Rice Kg. 12.89 15.19 16.31 17.21

2. Wheat:

(a) Wheat whole Kg. 8.28 - - -

(b) Wheat Atta Kg. - - 23.78 18.78

3. Jowar Kg. 18.55 - - -

4. Bajra:

(a) Bajra whole Kg. 17.63 - - -

(b) Bajra Atta Kg. - - - -

5. Maize:

(a) Maize whole Kg. - - - -

(b) Maize Atta Kg. - - - -

6. Ragi Kg. - - - 17.32

7. Arhar Dal Kg. 71.28 86.50 75.88 71.71

8. Groundnut Oil Litre 124.64 - - 85.53

9. Mustard Oil Litre - 112.22 99.78 96.94

10. Goat Meat/Mutton Kg. 328.22 - - 308.15

11. Fish Fresh Kg. 145.10 172.11 175.56 124.93

12. Milk Litre 37.29 39.78 36.11 21.87

13. Onion Kg. 50.34 42.11 58.67 51.91

14. Chillies Dry 100 gm. 10.66 15.78 16.44 11.04

15. Potato Kg. 20.19 23.00 17.56 11.37

16. Sugar Kg. 24.84 40.78 24.00 30.00

17. Gur Kg. 21.23 - - 41.00

18. Tea Leaf 100 gm. 21.62 17.88 23.38 28.74

19. Firewood 40. Kg. 163.63 246.67 140.56 130.92

20. Kerosene Oil Litre 15.73 21.17 32.22 15.79

- = Items do not feature in the Index Basket.

N.A. = Not Available.


1263

Punjab Rajasthan Tamil

Nadu

Tripura Uttar

Pradesh

West Bengal

18 19 20 21 22 23

27.44 29.26 6.70 17.49 15.53 22.58

14.40 11.76 - - 7.22 -

18.05 19.16 34.45 24.67 16.66 10.68

- 21.69 22.24 - 19.83 -

- 14.60 21.30 - 13.98 -

- 14.07 - - 13.37 -

20.59 - - - - -

- - 25.55 - - -

- 72.01 72.53 - 71.35 71.63

- 130.97 105.14 - - -

94.92 84.01 - 109.44 81.57 88.81

301.59 297.60 396.91 394.44 295.84 352.47

- - 125.86 184.44 118.32 149.93

34.48 32.96 25.77 31.44 32.05 26.24

62.32 57.44 52.92 62.56 56.11 55.24

14.66 11.10 9.49 18.44 12.10 13.13

13.68 15.16 22.37 19.33 12.76 10.46

35.47 24.98 13.50 13.50 20.08 36.61

40.15 39.73 50.97 48.78 37.97 39.93

21.06 20.52 41.27 16.11 28.07 19.51

242.99 181.78 168.74 127.50 222.60 180.98

14.99 15.64 14.01 15.33 15.56 14.82

Note:- The prices are average prices based on individual quotations obtained from the selected

outlets of the sample villages of a given State and are not comparable with each other due

to their varying specifications. Besides, the prices of all the items utilised in compilation

of C.P.I. Numbers for Agricultural Labourers are not being published due to resource

constraints.


1264

Table A.1.2.2 (b) - State-wise monthly consumer prices of selected articles of Rural Labourers

Sl.

No.

Item Unit Andhra

Pradesh

Assam Bihar Gujarat Haryana Himachal

Pradesh

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9

1. Rice Kg. 16.11 20.45 15.60 18.14 24.89 19.99

2. Wheat:

(a) Wheat whole Kg. - - 12.68 5.78 - -

(b) Wheat Atta Kg. - 22.94 17.87 21.59 18.18 9.27

3. Jowar Kg. 22.65 - - - - -

4. Bajra:

(a) Bajra whole Kg. 19.35 - - 15.75 - -

(b) Bajra Atta Kg. - - - 18.92 14.44 -

5. Maize:

(a) Maize whole Kg. - - 13.10 15.53 9.00 -

(b) Maize Atta Kg. - - - 19.25 - 15.00

6. Ragi Kg. 26.62 - - - - -

7. Arhar Dal Kg. 67.00 69.78 71.15 65.56 73.86 77.14

8. Groundnut Oil Litre 97.89 - - 120.00 - -

9. Mustard Oil Litre - 109.81 91.52 98.28 76.95 106.80

10. Goat Meat/Mutton Kg. 369.80 289.04 311.37 289.52 295.97 255.56

11. Fish Fresh Kg. 139.62 240.99 133.85 87.37 95.00 148.00

12. Milk Litre 33.82 39.98 29.23 38.17 37.94 31.56

13. Onion Kg. 47.70 61.29 54.46 31.24 56.13 60.56

14. Chillies Dry 100Gms 10.03 17.20 10.37 12.57 13.81 14.67

15. Potato Kg. 20.91 17.44 12.28 18.48 16.47 17.22

16. Sugar Kg. 18.54 22.67 36.01 28.91 30.15 13.50

17. Gur Kg. 46.73 51.25 38.41 42.74 38.33 40.56

18. Tea Leaf 100gms. 38.30 20.55 27.23 22.52 21.28 29.22

19. Firewood 40. Kg. 144.47 123.83 212.54 70.15 242.40 N.A.

20. Kerosene Oil Litre 15.00 16.45 16.81 14.37 14.13 14.75


1265

for the month of September, 2013 (Base: 1986-87=100)

Jammu &

Kashmir

Karnataka Kerala Madhya

Pradesh

Maha-

rashtra

Manipur Megha-

laya

Orissa Punjab

10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18

20.70 8.95 22.59 17.35 13.61 15.16 16.45 17.22 27.44

- - 3.99 8.40 8.70 - - - 14.40

19.65 25.81 31.80 18.54 - 23.78 18.82 18.05

- 20.63 - 16.51 18.39 - - - --

- - - - 17.76 - - - -

15.61 - - 14.64 - - - - -

- - - - - - - - 20.61

- 21.55 - - - - - 17.31 -

- 71.90 68.93 69.45 71.46 86.50 75.88 71.90 -

- 98.79 - 131.56 124.48 - - 85.46 -

105.23 - - 82.03 - 112.22 99.78 97.17 94.66

294.60 329.39 407.63 284.90 329.36 - - 310.28 301.90

174.17 279.23 72.51 118.66 145.11 172.11 175.56 124.94 -

27.53 27.87 34.11 28.96 38.02 39.78 36.11 21.87 34.33

54.99 47.90 62.25 56.14 50.34 42.11 58.67 51.92 62.35

19.53 10.74 9.39 10.48 10.56 15.78 16.44 11.04 14.66

19.04 19.11 22.51 14.86 20.21 23.00 17.56 11.42 13.68

21.54 23.72 30.37 15.95 25.60 40.78 24.00 29.85 35.46

41.82 42.70 52.77 37.01 21.26 - - 41.01 40.21

32.07 30.08 24.90 20.24 21.65 17.88 23.38 28.72 21.06

173.66 92.98 147.28 152.82 163.07 246.67 140.56 131.44 244.06

14.90 16.24 16.01 15.97 15.51 21.17 32.22 15.78 14.97

- = Items do not feature in the Index Basket.

N.A.= Not available


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Table A.1.2.2 (b)-Concld.

Sl.

No.

Item Unit Rajasthan Tamil

Nadu

Tripura Uttar

Pradesh

West

Bengal

1 2 3 19 20 21 22 23

1. Rice Kg. 29.59 7.31 17.29 15.57 22.60

2. Wheat:

(a) Wheat whole Kg. 12.14 - - 7.57 -

(b) Wheat Atta Kg. 19.14 34.57 24.67 16.55 10.99

3. Jowar Kg. 21.71 21.88 - 19.59 -

4. Bajra:

(a) Bajra whole Kg. 14.83 21.30 - 13.96 -

(b) Bajra Atta Kg. - - - - -

5. Maize:

( a ) Maize whole Kg. 13.88 - - 13.37 -

(b) Maize Atta Kg. - - - - -

6. Ragi Kg. - 25.53 - - -

7. Arhar Dal Kg. 72.73 72.44 - 71.30 72.29

8. Groundnut Oil Litre 130.41 105.59 - - -

9. Mustard Oil Litre 84.69 - 109.44 81.59 88.78

10. Goat Meat/Mutton Kg. 296.57 398.37 394.44 295.80 353.14

11. Fish Fresh Kg. - 126.04 184.44 117.49 148.31

12. Milk Litre 32.98 25.77 31.44 32.26 26.33

13. Onion Kg. 57.40 52.92 62.56 55.81 55.27

14. Chillies Dry 100gm. 11.11 9.46 18.44 12.07 13.14

15. Potato Kg. 15.43 22.54 19.33 13.05 10.44

16. Sugar Kg. 27.89 13.63 13.50 19.03 36.58

17. Gur Kg. 39.78 50.93 48.78 37.95 39.96

18. Tea Leaf 100 gm. 20.55 41.21 16.11 27.83 19.54

19. Firewood 40. Kg. 181.43 168.58 127.50 223.72 182.22

20. Kerosene Oil Litre 15.66 14.01 15.33 15.50 14.82

Note:-The prices are average prices based on individual quotations obtained from the selected outlets of the

sample villages of a given State and are not comparable with each other due to their varying

specifications. Besides, the prices of all the items utilized in compilation of C.P.I. Numbers. for

Rural Labourers are not being published due to resource constraints.


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2. WAGES AND EARNINGS

Table A.2.1 (a) - Average Daily Wage Rates for Agricultural Occupations in Rural India during

September, 2013 (By States and Sex).

( in Rupees)

Sl.

No

States Ploughing Sowing

Men Women Children Men Women Children

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8

1 Andhra Pradesh 272.55 @ - 197.59 168.13 -

2 Assam 195.30 @ - 174.36 150.67 -

3 Bihar 196.84 - - 181.29 153.67 @

4 Gujarat 164.14 - - 142.17 119.38 -

5 Haryana 377.60 - - 296.67 @ -

6 Himachal Pradesh 317.50 - - 275.83 @ -

7 Jammu & Kashmir 280.56 - - 280.56 - -

8 Karnataka 251.61 @ - 206.04 139.58 @

9 Kerala 592.67 - - 511.60 @ -

10 Madhya Pradesh 146.67 @ - 133.90 108.33 -

11 Maharashtra 221.82 130.00 - 202.50 123.42 -

12 Manipur 240.00 @ - 228.33 @ -

13 Meghalaya @ @ - @ @ -

14 Orissa 143.33 - - 130.91 @ -

15 Punjab @ - - @ - -

16 Rajasthan 245.83 - - 208.00 @ -

17 Tamil Nadu 359.74 - - 253.21 173.33 -

18 Tripura 168.89 - - 168.89 - -

19 Uttar Pradesh 177.88 @ - 191.36 142.14 -

20 West Bengal 261.80 @ - 185.21 177.44 @

All India 228.99 138.77 - 197.02 153.76 @


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Table A.2.1 (a) Contd.

Sl. No States Weeding Transplantng


1 2 9 10 11 12 13 14

1 Andhra Pradesh 183.03 138.41 @ 193.81 158.65 -

2 Assam 167.92 @ - 167.56 165.56 -

3 Bihar 158.05 139.68 @ 172.50 146.16 @

4 Gujarat 128.04 121.35 - 122.00 117.00 -

5 Haryana 290.67 @ - 293.33 298.00 -

6 Himachal Pradesh @ @ - - - -

7 Jammu & Kashmir 326.67 - - 281.88 - -

8 Karnataka 196.40 137.79 @ 203.42 134.75 -

9 Kerala @ 341.96 - @ 320.85 -

10 Madhya Pradesh 124.20 109.36 @ 131.14 117.25 @

11 Maharashtra 176.00 125.13 @ 161.88 118.82 -

12 Manipur 225.00 @ - 231.43 216.00 -

13 Meghalaya 175.00 118.75 @ @ @ @

14 Orissa 155.93 132.33 - 169.12 143.59 -

15 Punjab @ - - - - -

16 Rajasthan 207.92 196.50 - @ @ -

17 Tamil Nadu @ 152.92 @ @ 163.49 @

18 Tripura 168.89 - - 168.89 - -

19 Uttar Pradesh 178.78 158.52 @ 164.57 146.19 @

20 West Bengal 185.96 177.58 @ 181.58 174.23 @

All India 175.43 151.42 112.81 179.42 160.30 114.23


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Harvesting Winnowing Threshing

Men Women Children Men Women Children Men Women Children

15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23

217.44 143.84 - @ @ - @ @ -

182.50 155.00 - - - - @ @ -

169.99 158.12 @ 154.89 131.67 - 134.44 123.13 -

134.62 125.83 - 129.12 128.33 - 138.57 157.00 -

302.00 @ - @ @ - 312.00 @ -

275.83 @ - - - - - - -

286.50 - - @ - - @ - -

202.25 136.32 @ 205.00 148.57 - 188.57 138.57 -

366.19 325.00 - - @ - @ @ -

152.14 134.75 @ - - - 211.00 @ -

218.00 145.33 - @ @ - 208.33 115.00 -

238.33 210.00 - 226.00 @ - @ @ -

@ @ - - - - - - -

@ @ - @ @ - @ @ -

@ @ - - - - @ - -

214.58 196.36 - - - - @ @ -

240.48 149.96 @ 210.37 140.63 - 150.56 116.00 -

168.89 - - 168.89 - - - - -

190.31 148.93 @ 149.17 @ - @ @ -

187.61 173.34 @ 182.24 165.00 - 184.13 162.33 -

199.50 163.70 115.02 182.25 151.84 - 193.57 161.22 -

- = Indicates that the particular category of workers, i.e. men/women/children were not engaged

in that operation either because of their non-availability; or the activity connected with the

occupation was not undertaken in the State; or the activity was out of season in the State, etc.


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Table A.2.1 (a) Concld.

Sl.

No

States Picking* Herdsman


1 2 24 25 26 27 28 29

1 Andhra Pradesh @ 161.68 @ 137.95 - @

2 Assam - - - - - @

3 Bihar @ @ - 114.40 @ 81.77

4 Gujarat 147.27 142.73 - 129.44 @ -

5 Haryana 284.00 @ - @ - -

6 Himachal Pradesh @ @ - - - -

7 Jammu & Kashmir

- - - - - -

8 Karnataka @ @ - 204.00 @ -

9 Kerala - - - - - -

10 Madhya Pradesh - - @ 90.17 72.20 62.49

11 Maharashtra @ @ - 133.92 104.17 123.75

12 Manipur - - - 198.57 - -

13 Meghalaya @ @ - @ - -

14 Orissa 140.00 @ - 100.00 @ @

15 Punjab @ @ - - - -

16 Rajasthan - @ - 171.11 @ -

17 Tamil Nadu @ @ - - - -

18 Tripura - - - - - -

19 Uttar Pradesh @ @ - @ - -

20 West Bengal @ - - @ - 76.67

All India 181.58 162.00 @ 120.73 88.26 74.87

* = Picking includes picking of cotton bolls/seed pods, jute stalks and tea leaves etc.

@ = Number of quotations are less than five.


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Well digging

Cane crushing


30 31 32 33 34 35

@ - - @ @ -

@ - - - - -

197.12 @ @ 140.83 - -

184.00 @ - @ - -

@ - - @ - -

- - - - - -

- - - - - -

244.44 @ - 201.43 @ -

662.08 - - - - -

140.00 124.17 - - - -

286.82 @ - @ @ -

@ - - @ - -

- - - - - -

206.50 - - @ - -

- - - - - -

335.83 @ - - - -

316.78 @ - 233.57 @ -

- - - - - -

@ - - @ @ -

369.92 - - - - -

301.19 144.00 @ 188.91 131.11 -


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A.2.1. (b) – Average Daily Wage Rates for Non-agricultural Occupations in Rural India during

Sl

No

States Carpenter Blacksmith Cobbler

Men Women Children Men Women Children Men Women Children

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11

1 Andhra Pradesh 252.18 - - 201.07 - @ 144.02 - -

2 Assam 282.04 - - 226.54 - - 196.00 - -

3 Bihar 252.69 - - 214.31 - - 152.33 - -

4 Gujarat 279.44 - - 258.00 - - @ - -

5 Haryana 397.17 - - 325.11 - - @ - -

6 Himachal Pradesh 403.33 - - 358.57 - - - - -

7 Jammu&Kashmir 405.95 - - 392.27 - - - - -

8 Karnataka 266.72 - - 209.38 - - 164.03 - -

9 Kerala 641.67 - - 494.44 - - @ - -

10 Madhya Pradesh 176.25 - - 157.69 - - 129.13 - -

11 Maharashtra 257.98 - - 236.47 - - 172.20 - -

12 Manipur 288.89 - - 230.00 - - 221.25 - -

13 Meghalaya 221.11 - - 205.00 - - 144.29 - -

14 Orissa 260.89 - - 153.57 - - 130.00 - -

15 Punjab 407.07 - - @ - - - - -

16 Rajasthan 351.84 - - 270.00 - - 193.75 - -

17 Tamil Nadu 437.32 - - 315.34 - - 209.44 - -

18 Tripura 210.14 - - 150.00 - - 150.00 - -

19 Uttar Pradesh 307.84 - @ 263.38 - @ 181.67 - -

20 West Bengal 240.36 - - 166.87 - - 150.93 - -

All India 295.18 - @ 225.15 - @ 162.15 - -

- = Indicates that the particular category of workers, i.e. men/ women /children were not

engaged in that operation either because of their non-availability; or the activity connected

with the occupation was not undertaken in the State; or the activity was out of season in the

State, etc.


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September, 2013 (By States and Sex)

( in Rupees)

Mason Tractor driver


12 13 14 15 16 17

303.47 @ - 244.93 - -

292.41 - - 284.00 - -

293.55 - - 188.72 - -

345.40 - - 167.19 - -

411.33 - - 344.67 - -

403.33 - - @ - -

406.19 - - - - -

289.39 - - 213.37 - -

634.38 - - 585.00 - -

223.97 - - 182.80 - -

318.63 - - 248.48 - -

308.75 - - 328.89 - -

243.33 - - - - -

284.20 - - 212.95 - -

417.07 - - 321.00 - -

430.71 - - 283.06 - -

471.50 - - 366.82 - -

230.97 - - 242.08 - -

343.67 - - 216.90 - -

268.92 - - 263.23 - -

327.76 @ - 239.46 - -

@ = Number of quotations are less than five.


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Table A.2.1 (b) Concld.

( in Rupees)

Sl

No States Sweeper Unskilled labourers

( Unspecified)


1 2 18 19 20 21 22 23

1 Andhra Pradesh @ @ - 178.76 126.93 89.72

2 Assam - - - 175.19 145.33 102.86

3 Bihar 116.67 @ - 167.44 143.10 @

4 Gujarat @ @ - 127.80 124.38 -

5 Haryana 247.33 252.00 - 290.08 288.10 -

6 Himachal Pradesh - - - 256.11 266.00 -

7 Jammu & Kashmir - - - 335.53 - -

8 Karnataka 136.00 126.00 - 154.56 103.57 @

9 Kerala - @ - 498.68 349.00 -

10 Madhya Pradesh 124.00 109.29 - 114.49 104.09 74.63

11 Maharashtra 191.67 - - 153.37 107.89 110.00

12 Manipur - @ - 177.78 158.75 -

13 Meghalaya - - - 156.25 101.67 @

14 Orissa @ @ - 156.87 140.21 @

15 Punjab @ @ - 270.67 @ -

16 Rajasthan @ @ - 247.14 215.24 -

17 Tamil Nadu @ @ - 251.66 177.27 @

18 Tripura - - - 164.44 - -

19 Uttar Pradesh 164.29 125.54 @ 180.62 154.44 133.93

20 West Bengal - - - 179.99 162.81 120.95

All India 142.15 126.43 @ 190.49 146.03 99.23

Note:- The average daily wage rates at all-India level are derived by dividing the sum total of

wages by number of quotations of all the states taken together.


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3. INDUSTRIAL DISPUTES

Table A.3.1 Sector/Sphere-wise Number of Disputes, Workers involved and Mandays Lost

due to Industrial Disputes during January to September, 2013 (P)

Sphere/

Item Public Sector Private Sector Total

Number of Number of Number of

Dis-

putes

Workers

Involved

Mandays

Lost

Dis-

putes

Workers

Involved

Mandays

Lost

Dis-

putes

Workers

Involved

Mandays

Lost

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10

(i) Central Sphere

Strikes 64 509076 968853 5 22507 53554 69 531583 1022407

Lockouts - - - - - - - - -

Strikes &

Lockouts

(Total-i)

64 509076 968853 5 22507 53554 69 531583 1022407

(ii) State Sphere

Strikes 3 158951 265105 53 22170 660612 56 181121 925717

Lockouts - - - 12 3402 520915 12 3402 520915

Strikes &

Lockouts

(Total-ii)

3 158951 265105 65 25572 1181527 68 184523 1446632

Grand Total

(Total-i+ ii)

67 668027 1233958 70 48079 1235081 137 716106 2469039

(P) = Provisional and based on the returns /clarifications received in the Bureau till

31st October, 2013

- = Nil.


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Table A.3.2- Industrial Disputes (All Strikes and Lockouts)

during January to September, 2013 (P)

State/Union Territory Number of

Disputes Workers

Involved

Mandays Lost

1 2 3 4

Andhra Pradesh 4 1416 270144 Arunachal Pradesh .. .. .. Assam - - - Bihar 2 20854 86754 Chhattisgarh 8 38463 38485 Goa 2 579 9554 Gujarat 17 50882 118515 Haryana 3 2084 247220 Himachal Pradesh .. .. .. Jammu & Kashmir .. .. .. Jharkhand .. .. .. Karnataka 14 63159 121779 Kerala 31 56543 349883 Madhya Pradesh 7 127898 255796 Maharashtra 5 30405 60810 Manipur - - - Meghalaya - - - Mizoram - - - Nagaland - - - Orissa .. .. .. Punjab 6 161251 340005 Rajasthan 10 56830 196935 Sikkim - - - Tamil Nadu 17 8775 179225 Tripura - - - Uttarakhand .. .. .. Uttar Pradesh 3 23553 47106 West Bengal 8 73414 146828 A & N Islands - - - Chandigarh - - - Dadra & Nagar Haveli - - - Delhi .. .. .. Daman & Diu - - - Lakshadweep .. .. .. Puducherry - - - All India 137 716106 2469039


2013

- = Nil .. = Not reported


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SECTION B

SERIAL STATISTICS

N O T E

1 Prices and Price Indices

1.1. Industrial Worker’s Consumer Price Index

B.1.1.1. All-India Consumer Price Index Numbers for Industrial Workers – The All India

Consumer Price Index Numbers (General and Food) on base 1982=100 were being published

since their first release with effect from October, 1988 index replacing the old series on base:

1960=100. The Labour Bureau has released the new series of Consumer Price Index Numbers

for Industrial Workers on base: 2001=100 with the index of January, 2006 which has replaced

the previous series on base: 1982=100. The indices for the old base (1960=100) series can be

derived by multiplying the 1982 series indices by the Linking Factors, which are 4.93 for the

general index and 4.98 for the food index. Similarly, the indices for 1982 series can be derived

by multiplying the 2001 series indices by the Linking factors, which are 4.63 and 4.58 for

General and Food group respectively. The Annual Average (Calendar year 1990 to 2011 as well

as Financial year 1990-91 to 2010-2011) and monthly All India Index Numbers (General&

Food) from September, 2012 to September, 2013 have been presented in Table B.1.1.1.

B.1.1.2. Labour Bureau’s Series of Consumer Price Index Numbers for Industrial Workers – Serial Statistics in respect of Consumer Price Index Numbers for Industrial Workers on base 1982=100 and new series on base: 2001=100 (General Index only) for 78 centres are set out in Table B.1.1.2.

1.2 Consumer Price Index Numbers for Agricultural Labourers B.1.2.1 (a) and (b). All-India Consumer Price Index Numbers for Agricultural and Rural

Labourers (Base: 1986-87=100) – Serial statistics relating to the All-India Consumer Price

Index Numbers (General and Food) for Agricultural and Rural Labourers on base 1986-87=100

separately for Agricultural Years from 1995-96 to 2010-11, Financial Years from 1995-96 to

2011-12 and Calendar Years from 1995 to 2011, alongwith month-wise indices and 12-monthly

moving averages from September, 2012 to September, 2013 are presented in Tables B.1.2.1 (a)

and (b) respectively

B.1.2.2 (a) and (b) Labour Bureau’s Series of Consumer Price Index Numbers for Agricultural

Labourers and Rural Labourers on Base: 1986-87=100 – Serial statistics in respect of

Consumer Price Index Numbers (General Index) for Agricultural Labourers and Rural Labourers

(Base: 1986-87=100) for 20 States are given in Tables B.1.2.2 (a) and (b) respectively


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1.3. Urban Non-Manual Employees Consumer Price Index / Consumer Price Index for Urban and Rural Areas

B.1.3. Consumer Price Index Numbers for Urban Non-Manual Employees (Base:1984-85=100) and Consumer Price Index for Urban and Rural Areas on base: 2010=100

Consumer Price Index for Urban Non-Manual Employees on base: 1984-85=100 were compiled and published by the Central Statistical Organisation (CSO), New Delhi. The Price collection for CPI (UNME) was discontinued with effect from April, 2008. As decided by the National Statistical Commission, linked all-India CPI (UNME) numbers for the year 2008 to 2010 are given in Serial Statistics.

The Central Statistics Office (CSO) releases Consumer Price Indices (CPI) on base 2010=100 for all-India and States/UTs separately for rural, urban and combined every month with effect from January, 2011. Consumer Price Index for Urban and Rural areas for the period September, 2012 to September, 2013 have been presented in Table B.1.3.


B.1.4. All India Index Numbers of Wholesale prices (Base: 2004-05=100) – The current series of Index Numbers of Wholesale Prices in India on base 2004-05=100 was released w.e.f. September, 2010 by replacing the earlier series. These Index Numbers are compiled and published by the Office of the Economic Adviser, Ministry of Commerce & Industry, Govt. of India, New Delhi. The indices for the period 1991 to 2011 (Annual Averages) and September, 2012 to September, 2013 (Monthly Figures) are set out in Table B.1.4.

2. Wages and Earnings

B.2.1. Earnings(Basic Wage and Dearness Allowance) of the Lowest-paid Workers/Operatives in Cotton Textile Mills – The information concerning earnings of cotton producing Centres/States received from the State Governments, Employers‟ Associations and Individual Units is presented in Table B.2.1. The earnings of workers include minimum basic wage and dearness Allowance by whatever name called. The dearness allowance is linked to the Working Class Consumer Price Index Numbers of different Centres and varies from month to month according to the variation in the index.


B.3.1. Industrial Disputes (All Strikes and Lockouts) – Industrial Disputes Statistics for the Years 2006 to 2013 are presented in Table B.3.1


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1. PRICES AND PRICE INDICES

1.1 Industrial Workers’ Consumer Price Index

Table B.1.1.1 – All India Consumer Price Index Numbers for Industrial

Workers (General & Food)

Year/

Month

Annual Average Indices for

Calendar Year Twelve monthly

moving average

of General Index

Financial year

General

Index

Food

Index

Year General

Index

Food

Index

I- Base 1982=100 1991 212 222 - 1991-92 219 230 1992 237 251 - 1992-93 240 254 1993 252 265 - 1993-94 258 272 1994 278 296 - 1994-95 284 304 1995 306 331 - 1995-96 313 337 1996 334 359 - 1996-97 342 369 1997 358 380 - 1997-98 366 388 1998 405 437 - 1998-99 414 445 1999 424 444 - 1999-2000 428 446 2000 441 452 - 2000-01 444 453 2001 458 462 - 2001-02 463 466 2002 477 474 - 2002-03 482 477 2003 496 490 - 2003-04 500 495 2004 514 504 - 2004-05 520 506 2005

536 520 - 2005-06* 540 526 II- Base 2001=100

2006 123 122 2006-07 125 126 2007 131 134 2007-08 133 136

2008 142 149 2008-09 145 153

2009 157 169 2009-10 163 176 2010 176 190 2010-11 180 194

2011 192 204 2011-12 195 206

2012 Sept 215 232 204

Oct 217 233 206

Nov. 218 235 208

Dec 219 235 209

2013 Jan 221 235 211 Feb 223 238 213

Mar 224 240 215

Apr 226 245 217

May 228 248 219

June 231 255 221

July 235 259 223

Aug 237 262 225

Sept 238 263 226

*The Financial year average is based on 9 months from April, 2005 to Dec., 2005


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Table B.1.1.2- Labour Bureau‟s Series of Consumer Price Index Numbers of Industrial Workers

(General Index)

Year/

month

Godavari

khani

Guntur Hyderabad Vijaya

wada

Vishakha-

pattanam

Warrangal DoomDooma

Tinsukia

Base Year 1960= 100 1960= 100 1960= 100

L. Factor 5.60 5.23 * * 4.05

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8

I- Base-1982=100

1991 208 203 210 202 195

1992 239 227 238 237 216

1993 256 237 249 243 233

1994 281 258 264 274 255

1995 305 283 293 300 281

1996 332 308 319 324 309

1997 356 331 343 344 320

1998 394 377 388 399 362

1999 414 395 410 415 386

2000 431 419 436 440 389

2001 438 438 444 464 384

2002 473 468 469 501 398

2003 504 496 484 526 416

2004 510 512 501 530 430

2005 523 532 525 555 450

II. Base 2001=100

Linking Factor

with previous

base: 1982=100 * 4.57 4.79 * 4.64 4.75 4.04

2006 125 120 116 119 119 123 116

2007 135 126 123 126 126 133 125

2008 150 139 135 137 135 149 133

2009 169 161 152 161 153 172 147

2010 193 181 165 180 173 199 160

2011 200 194 174 188 192 204 170 2012 Sept 222 206 193 214 218 229 187

Oct 222 210 195 216 220 230 190 Nov 223 215 197 222 223 233 194 Dec 224 217 198 222 223 234 189

2013 Jan 233 219 199 223 223 239 191 Feb 235 218 200 229 226 239 191 Mar 237 223 200 228 225 238 191 Apr 233 223 202 230 227 239 189

May 235 227 206 234 231 245 189 June 240 235 210 240 236 251 190 July 249 236 210 239 237 250 193 Aug 250 241 211 239 240 252 198 Sept 243 243 211 239 247 252 200


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Guwa

hati

Labac

Silchar

Mariani

Jorhat

Rangapara

Tezpur

Monghyr

Jamalpur

Chandigarh Bhilai

1960= 100 1960= 100 1960= 100 1960= 100 * 1966= 100

* 3.96 3.95 4.29 5.29 3.49 9 10 11 12 13 14 15

208 193 205 209 212 216 196 235 217 229 230 234 236 214 252 233 244 246 242 252 229 280 251 264 266 267 271 250 312 274 296 295 288 294 272 341 295 324 323 316 315 302 357 312 339 340 331 345 323 405 345 389 390 379 401 361 436 375 416 412 415 447 373 460 370 418 408 416 460 390 471 372 411 419 416 488 407 480 374 411 417 435 514 413 496 383 432 427 459 526 439 516 411 441 433 479 560 459 531 415 449 439 511 615 480

4.80 3.65 4.01 4.17 4.30 5.26 4.20

115 121 116 114 126 125 121

120 130 127 126 134 131 132

128 143 133 131 145 140 145

143 155 147 144 162 155 162

156 178 158 154 182 175 180

168 186 171 163 199 197 206

188 201 188 178 219 221 250

190 205 192 181 225 220 250

193 209 193 181 224 219 250

192 206 192 179 222 219 250

193 204 190 179 222 225 251

190 204 189 179 229 224 251

191 205 187 178 230 225 251

191 204 191 180 230 226 257

193 208 192 180 232 226 261

195 211 192 182 234 226 269

197 212 193 188 239 233 272

202 216 196 188 242 236 274

204 225 197 190 244 239 272


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Table B.1.1.2 Contd.

Year/

month

Delhi Goa Ahmedabad

Bhavnagar Rajkot Surat Vadodra

Base Year 1960= 100 1966= 100 1960= 100 1960= 100

L. Factor 4.97 3.40 4.78 4.99 * * * 1 16 17 18 19 20 21 22

I- Base-1982=100 1991 218 223 218 220 215 229 218 1992 247 257 241 244 237 252 240 1993 272 285 250 259 246 260 252 1994 299 310 279 294 276 292 278 1995 327 339 303 318 296 320 303 1996 346 373 333 350 332 356 332 1997 380 416 357 373 350 373 350 1998 447 451 399 425 393 417 385 1999 480 482 422 447 409 432 405 2000 514 520 441 466 430 446 430 2001 529 555 460 483 433 474 453 2002 550 577 476 492 447 484 467 2003 570 592 488 504 457 490 470 2004 598 614 507 523 465 490 485 2005 648 634 519 537 496 505 500

II. Base 2001=100

Linking Factor

with previous

base: 1982=100 5.60 5.59 4.62 4.76 4.38 4.54 4.39

2006 122 121 120 119 118 118 120

2007 128 130 129 129 126 127 127

2008 137 144 138 135 132 134 133

2009 147 164 151 147 146 146 147

2010 163 188 171 174 174 162 167

2011 176 203 186 189 193 174 180

2012 Sept 197 230 214 211 222 199 203

Oct 198 227 213 211 225 199 203

Nov. 198 227 214 211 224 199 205

Dec 199 229 215 213 225 199 205

2013 Jan 200 237 220 213 227 207 208

Feb 202 241 222 214 227 207 209

Mar 204 244 222 217 229 207 210

Apr 206 247 226 219 230 211 210

May 200 251 227 218 230 212 215

June 203 252 232 219 232 217 215

July 210 260 240 223 232 226 223

Aug 215 255 241 228 233 224 227

Sept 216 247 237 223 231 224 226


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Faridabad Yamuna-nagar

Himachal

Pradesh

Srinagar Bokaro Giridih Jamshedpur

1960= 100 1965= 100 1960= 100 1960= 100

* 5.53 3.75 5.47 4.68

23 24 25 26 27 28 29

201 201 205 202 204

224 218 226 231 226 244 235 244 252 239

268 259 268 271 260 295 292 292 303 280

326 315 314 321 321 359 335 340 347 340

426 378 386 414 385

435 392 407 471 397 443 412 430 480 405

469 428 447 520 419 480 443 454 547 431

499 462 466 574 456

532 486 488 599 479 550 521 510 632 508

4.79 4.34 4.53 5.62 * * 4.23

122 127 120 118 121 134 126

130 133 126 125 130 146 132

145 145 135 134 142 156 142

160 162 147 155 158 177 157

182 183 161 159 168 204 182

194 197 172 172 192 232 213

212 221 195 193 216 258 237

213 222 195 195 217 259 239 214 225 196 196 217 260 239

210 224 196 194 217 262 237 212 225 198 194 217 262 239

216 226 199 198 219 263 241

218 228 199 197 219 264 242

219 230 201 199 220 272 243

219 227 205 195 219 272 246

221 228 208 199 226 273 251

215 228 213 206 232 289 255

217 230 214 205 232 292 255

218 231 215 208 232 293 260


1284


Year/

month

Jharia Kodarma Ranchi Hatia Bangalore Belgaum Hubli Dharwar

Base Year 1960= 100 1960= 100 1960= 100

L. Factor 4.63 5.43 * 5.66 * * 1 30 31 32 33 34 35

I- Base-1982=100 1991 198 192 214 204 218 215 1992 218 215 233 230 243 246 1993 226 228 247 248 256 259 1994 244 248 269 272 285 280 1995 262 265 292 305 327 314 1996 286 290 320 331 353 337 1997 301 310 340 361 380 362 1998 353 359 402 391 423 409 1999 363 379 414 405 457 430 2000 363 368 418 425 473 434 2001 365 373 426 438 486 451 2002 374 388 433 452 514 471 2003 393 402 438 476 535 494 2004 414 426 470 501 563 520 2005 442 471 497 533 588 544

II. Base 2001=100 Linking. Factor

with previous base: 1982=100 3.72 3.89 4.20 4.51 5.02 4.71

2006 126 132 125 125 125 123

2007 136 140 133 136 133 132

2008 146 149 148 150 144 147

2009 161 169 170 167 162 164

2010 180 190 199 181 179 182

2011 198 215 220 194 200 200

2012 Sept 231 245 248 211 221 224

Oct 235 249 249 220 215 220

Nov. 239 249 249 220 220 224

Dec 237 247 249 219 222 234

2013 Jan 247 250 252 223 225 234

Feb 253 249 257 226 232 237

Mar 251 247 257 233 228 236

Apr 253 249 257 236 239 239

May 253 253 258 237 241 245

June 257 258 261 242 246 248

July 266 269 266 242 249 255

Aug 267 270 272 243 252 256

Sept 269 270 275 243 249 255


1285

Mercara Mysore ErnakulamAluva

Mundakayam Quilon Bhopal

Chhindwara Indore

1960= 100 1960= 100 1960= 100 1966= 100 1960= 100

* 5.19 4.67 * 5.46 2.59 5.18 36 37 38 39 40 41 42 43

229 220 230 227 248 241 250 243 243 249 252 268 263 267 269 273 278 288 291 284 292 304 311 314 325 312 314 315 339 348 355 362 351 344 344 375 371 384 391 377 359 356 418 404 419 395 436 403 406 444 423 443 428 444 419 425 458 442 453 449 451 420 445 457 458 451 457 488 429 470 458 478 469 486 510 437 488

474 490 489 522 525 448 511 491 515 500 533 537 460 521 495 542 514 546 561 474 537

4.47 * 4.52 4.37 4.61 4.83 4.03 4.73

114 123 125 124 126 127 127 122

121 130 131 130 129 135 137 131

135 142 142 145 143 145 150 140

154 160 153 159 154 161 162 152

172 174 167 174 172 185 177 168

188 187 185 191 195 205 195 181

216 204 203 220 208 228 229 206

218 206 204 221 209 228 228 208

219 213 205 224 213 227 227 209

221 218 212 231 221 225 231 207

223 221 215 235 222 225 231 210

226 225 218 238 224 226 236 212

230 226 218 243 230 228 236 213

236 239 221 246 230 231 234 218

239 243 222 251 231 233 237 220

243 245 226 255 235 235 238 220

243 244 229 258 241 242 242 226

245 247 227 258 239 244 250 227

247 252 229 255 242 245 251 227


1286


Year/

month

Jabalpur Mumbai Nagpur Nasik Pune Solapur Angul Talcher

Base Year 1949= 100 1960= 100 1960= 100 1960= 100

L. Factor 6.41 5.12 4.99 * * 5.03 44 45 46 47 48 49 50 I- Base-1982=100

1991 232 226 223 228 217 224 1992 254 255 253 255 253 260 1993 272 273 268 270 266 264 1994 301 306 292 296 296 289 1995 315 339 314 322 330 327 1996 339 363 342 353 359 357 1997 356 400 370 377 388 371 1998 409 453 427 423 448 431 1999 435 468 438 432 466 450 2000 446 505 461 465 493 467 2001 458 528 483 498 516 471 2002 468 558 495 514 528 486 2003 488 583 503 532 554 501 2004 508 604 524 554 574 529 2005 540 611 554 576 589 539

II. Base 2001=100 Linking. Factor with previous base: 1982=100

4.53 5.18 4.68 4.94 4.96 4.73 *

2006 128 126 130 124 127 123 120

2007 135 134 140 130 136 139 128

2008 148 144 151 139 146 149 143

2009 159 159 174 157 162 160 160

2010 184 174 203 181 181 179 181

2011 198 192 220 204 200 199 200

2012 Sept 220 219 249 233 222 218 228

Oct 220 221 249 233 224 222 230

Nov. 220 222 247 235 224 225 229

Dec 219 223 246 234 225 223 229

2013 Jan 220 224 250 234 227 222 232

Feb 221 226 254 234 228 225 234

Mar 224 228 254 234 227 231 233

Apr 225 229 256 235 230 233 233

May 228 231 264 242 232 234 235

June 230 238 266 243 240 235 237

July 235 241 272 246 239 241 243

Aug 236 244 278 248 244 244 246

Sept 237 244 274 247 242 245 245


1287

Table B.1.1.2 contd.

Rourkela Pondicherry Amritsar Jalandhar Ludhiana Ajmer Bhilwara Jaipur

1966= 100 1960= 100 1960= 100 1966=100 1960= 100

3.59 * 5.19 * 5.01 3.20 5.17

51 52 53 54 55 56 57 58

194 229 204 207 217 215 210 216 256 220 219 243 240 228 232 279 238 237 253 253 245 254 313 261 262 280 290 269 275 344 278 285 305 310 291 303 387 298 301 332 333 321 341 428 314 320 357 350 346 390 464 369 374 392 393 387 396 467 379 381 411 420 390 406 477 388 396 433 439 403 407 482 403 413 452 460 423 416 510 418 431 472 474 442 432 543 431 441 487 488 452 453 556 452 469 510 505 467 473 580 492 504 537 532 495

4.03 4.88 4.09 * 4.12 4.78 4.62 4.25

124 123 130 126 129 122 125 127

137 130 139 131 134 129 133 134

149 146 149 141 146 138 144 145

166 163 163 155 160 152 158 159

186 173 190 174 175 175 176 179

204 184 208 190 188 191 192 192

230 216 235 209 212 221 219 222

232 216 235 211 214 221 221 222

233 218 235 211 213 222 221 221

230 220 232 213 212 221 222 222

229 220 234 212 215 224 224 226

233 225 233 217 216 224 224 227

233 226 235 218 216 227 228 227

237 234 238 222 217 230 231 225

241 237 236 219 216 229 230 224

242 239 235 221 216 232 231 224

248 242 243 227 223 236 236 232

251 243 244 229 227 238 240 233

254 243 246 230 228 238 246 232


1288


Year/

month

Chennai

Coimbatore Coonoor

Madurai Salem Tiruchira-pally

Base Year 1960= 100 1960= 100 1960= 100 1960= 100 * *

L. Factor 5.05 5.35 4.80 5.27 59 60 61 62 63 64

I- Base-1982=100 1991 208 197 217 209 198 215

1992 238 228 245 240 223 240 1993 258 245 262 256 241 259

1994 287 272 291 281 287 295

1995 330 303 325 318 322 330 1996 356 330 348 346 348 364

1997 382 354 377 366 364 406 1998 425 383 404 401 394 435

1999 446 402 414 423 414 463 2000 475 432 433 440 432 481

2001 487 441 445 446 443 488

2002 513 472 473 459 464 533 2003 533 495 497 482 483 568

2004 549 500 501 496 482 544 2005 565 508 511 509 481 579

II. Base 2001=100 Linking. Factor with previous base 1982=100

4.95 4.49 4.58 4.51 4.45 5.01

2006 118 119 115 116 114 119

2007 124 127 122 121 122 126

2008 135 137 134 134 134 141

2009 149 151 148 147 151 156

2010 161 166 168 162 163 174

2011 171 176 182 174 172 184

2012 Sept 202 198 209 200 193 213

Oct 200 202 208 203 197 216

Nov. 203 207 211 207 201 221

Dec 206 209 212 209 200 218

2013 Jan 209 212 214 211 200 220

Feb 211 208 215 211 202 226

Mar 209 210 215 211 209 231

Apr 210 213 220 212 213 229

May 218 216 226 218 217 230

June 222 215 228 223 220 233

July 222 217 225 218 219 231

Aug 221 218 226 218 221 237

Sept 221 220 228 220 223 236


1289

Tripura Agra Ghaziabad Kanpur Lucknow Varanasi Asansol

Darjeeling

1961= 100 1960= 100 1960= 100 1960= 100 1960= 100

4.37 * * 4.69 5.12 4.77 4.55

65 66 67 68 69 70 71 72

217 210 216 222 234 206 199 239 229 237 243 255 223 218 257 239 247 256 268 238 232 273 262 266 278 289 260 255 301 289 295 307 312 284 271 321 313 321 328 347 307 292 337 334 347 351 371 322 304 383 384 406 411 450 381 355 409 398 440 428 473 400 384 416 403 448 428 466 412 382 424 418 467 447 477 431 393 435 435 475 459 486 456 399 568 438 493 471 504 472 423 460 480 519 489 531 491 431 468 514 555 520 571 509 440

4.17 4.36 4.78 4.50 * 4.96 4.37 3.80

115 128 125 125 121 122 124 120

123 136 132 132 129 131 138 130

131 146 142 141 144 142 151 142

144 168 159 158 163 160 171 153

156 193 182 183 185 183 195 170

167 208 198 200 195 194 211 184

181 227 215 222 209 216 239 200

185 227 218 221 209 214 241 203

187 228 221 221 208 215 242 204

185 225 218 221 212 217 243 204

185 230 218 222 212 218 243 204

182 229 220 225 217 219 246 205

182 230 222 226 217 221 244 204

184 233 228 228 220 223 247 211

190 235 223 230 219 221 248 211

190 238 226 237 222 224 255 212

192 244 235 245 227 232 259 214

197 243 240 246 229 235 265 216

203 247 241 246 233 242 265 222


1290

Table B.1.1.2 Concld.

Year/

month

Durgapur

Haldia Howrah Jalpaiguri Kolkata Raniganj Siliguri Base Year 1960= 100 1960= 100 1960= 100 1960=

100

L. Factor * * 4.12 4.16 4.74 4.40 73 74 75 76 77 78 79

I- Base-1982=100 1991 221 228 230 199 218 201 1992 242 248 253 221 238 218 1993 262 268 271 232 257 229 1994 286 288 293 252 280 249 1995 312 328 323 280 312 274 1996 346 359 346 299 340 298 1997 368 385 364 312 359 314 1998 430 433 439 379 416 357 1999 443 464 482 399 437 373 2000 472 481 499 400 451 380 2001 509 533 519 407 492 399 2002 553 582 542 417 530 416 2003 564 590 556 421 541 426 2004 581 608 587 440 565 450 2005 592 624 620 452 587 471

II. Base 2001=100

Linking. Factor with previous

base 1982=100 5.13 5.64 5.42 3.96 5.12 4.02 *

2006 121 116 121 117 121 124 124

2007 130 124 130 125 132 132 135

2008 140 131 139 136 142 140 144

2009 155 144 154 150 156 156 156

2010 178 161 171 167 172 169 173

2011 193 185 183 179 185 180 187

2012 Sept 226 217 206 200 205 201 201

Oct 228 219 207 204 207 203 207

Nov. 230 219 207 205 210 204 208

Dec 230 219 205 201 209 203 207

2013 Jan 248 223 205 205 208 203 207

Feb 247 223 207 205 209 203 203

Mar 252 224 206 206 210 204 207

Apr 255 226 212 212 214 207 208

May 256 228 213 212 218 211 208

June 257 230 214 219 220 212 215

July 267 231 214 223 222 216 217

Aug 268 233 218 230 228 217 224

Sept 273 236 219 230 230 220 225

* No Linking Factor as these centres were not covered in any of the earlier series Linking Factor - Figures on previous base : 1982=100 and 1960=100 (General Index) can be obtained by multiplying the index numbers of new base: 2001=100 by the respective linking factors given against each centre and rounding off the result to the nearest whole number.


1291

1.2 Consumer Price Index Numbers for Agricultural and Rural Labourers

Table B.1.2.1 (a)-Year-wise All India Average Consumer Price Index Numbers for Agricultural

Labourers ( General & Food on Base:1986-87=100 ) Year/ Month

Annual Average Indices for Agricultural Year

Twelve Monthly moving average of General Index

Financial Year Calendar Year

General Index

Food Index

General Index

Food Index

Year General Index

Food Index

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 1995-96 240@ 242@ - 237

@@ 239 @@

1995 239$ 242$

1996-97 260 264 - 256 260 1996 249 253 1997-98 269 269 - 264 264 1997 262 262 1998-99 299 305 - 293 299 1998 287 293 1999-2000 309 314 - 306 312 1999 304 310 2000-2001 304 299 - 305 303 2000 307 307 2001-2002 311 304 - 309 302 2001 307 300 2002-2003 2003-2004

323 332

316 326

- -

318 331

312 325

2002 2003

315 328

308 322

2004-2005 342 335 - 340 333 2004 337 331 2005-2006 358 351 - 353 345 2005 348 341 2006-2007 388 384 - 380 376 2006 372 366 2007-2008 2008-2009

417 462

416 464

- -

409 450

406 452

2007 2008

402 439

400 440

2009-2010 530 540 - 513 522 2009 494 500 2010-2011 577 582 564 572 2010 553 562 2011-2012 622 610 611 602 2011 602 598 2012-2013 692 679 672 658 2012 652 638 2012-2013 September 673 663 636

October 680 668 641

November 685 672 647

December 688 674 652

January 694 679 659

February 700 686 665

March 704 689 672

April 711 695 678

May 719 704 685

June

2013-2014

729

718 692

July 740 732 699

August 754 747 706

September 759 751 714

Note: -(i) Agricultural Year ( July to June ). (ii) Financial Year ( April to March ). (iii) New series of Consumer Price Index Numbers for Agricultural Labourers on Base: 1986-

87=100 released w.e.f. November, 1995. To obtain indices on Base : 1960-61=100, the index figures need to be multiplied by the linking factor as below :-

General Index – 5.89 Food Index – 6.38 @ = Average based on 8 months i.e. Nov., 95 to June, 96 only. @@ = Average based on 5 months i.e. Nov., 95 to March, 96 only $ = Average based on 2 months i.e. Nov., 95 and Dec., 95 only.


1292

Table B.1.2.1 ( b)-Year-wise All India Average Consumer Price Index Numbers or Rural Labourers ( General & Food on Base:1986-87=100 )

Year/

Month

Annual Average Indices for

Agricultural

Year

Twelve

Monthly

moving average

of General

Index

Financial Year Calendar Year

General

Index

Food

Index

General

Index

Food

Index

Year General

Index

Food

Index

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9

1995-96 240@ 242@ - 238

@@

240

@@

1995 239$ 242$

1996-97 260 264 - 256 260 1996 250 253

1997-98 270 270 - 266 265 1997 263 263

1998-99 299 305 - 294 300 1998 288 293

1999-2000 310 313 - 307 311 1999 305 310

2000-2001 306 300 - 307 303 2000 308 307

2001-2002 313 305 - 311 303 2001 309 302

2002-2003 325 317 - 321 312 2002 318 309

2003-2004 335 327 - 333 326 2003 331 323

2004-2005 344 335 - 342 333 2004 340 332

2005-2006 360 352 - 355 346 2005 351 341

2006-2007

2007-2008

2008-2009

2009-2010

2010-2011

2011-2012

2012-2013

389

418

462

529

577

623

693

384

416

463

541

582

611

681

-

-

-

-

382

409

451

513

564

611

673

376

406

452

523

573

603

660

2006

2007

2008

2009

2010

2011

2012

373

403

440

494

552

602

654

366

399

440

500

563

599

640 2012-2013 September 673 663 636

October 680 668 641

November 685 672 647

December 688 674 652

January 694 679 659

February 700 686 665

March 704 689 672

April 711 695 678

May 719 704 685

June

2012-2013

730 720 693

July 741 734 700

August 753 748 707

September 759 752 714

Note: -(i) Agricultural Year ( July to June ). (ii) Financial Year (April to March).

(iii) New series of Consumer Price Index Numbers for Rural Labourers on Base: 1986-

87=100 was introduced for the first time w.e.f. November, 1995.

@ = Average based on 8 months i.e. Nov., 95 to June, 96 only.

@@ = Average based on 5 months i.e. Nov., 95 to March, 96 only

$ = Average based on 2 months i.e. Nov., 95 and Dec., 95 only.


1293

Table B.1.2.2.(a)-State-wsie Labour Bureau‟s Series of Consumer Price Index Numbers for

Agricultural Labourers ( General Index on Base: 1986-87=100 )

Agricultural

Year/Month

Andhra

Pradesh


Pradesh

Jammu &

Kashmir

Karnataka

Linking factor 4.84 b 6.22 5.34 * * 5.98 5.81

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9

1995-96 @ 243 244 223 241 235 220 226 251

1996-97 268 259 250 254 265 240 252 266

1997-98 282 281 252 270 278 256 269 276

1998-99 309 311 285 297 306 283 303 306

1999-2000 318 323 300 310 312 294 323 316

2000-2001 317 322 282 314 313 292 326 302

2001-2002 328 320 290 320 322 298 331 309

2002-2003 342 330 299 332 329 308 344 325

2003-2004

2004-2005

347

357

343

347

311

324

339

350

341

359

321

325

345

348

341

340

2005-2006 371 362 347 369 376 343 359 341

2006-2007 401 388 384 403 403 367 392 367

2007-2008 430 417 411 424 447 376 413 406

2008-2009 484 451 446 459 498 406 453 458

2009-2010 552 520 500 538 588 455 524 535

2010-2011 603 580 532 583 642 484 568 595

2011-2012 668 622 552 627 690 513 608 665

2012-2013 733 682 617 694 765 555 671 750

2012-2013

September 703 674 603 676 757 555 654 713

October 710 681 609 677 756 556 660 725

November 718 682 611 683 759 559 665 739

December 725 681 610 683 763 556 669 746

January 734 688 619 691 765 554 676 758

February 749 691 627 698 773 556 682 765

March 752 688 634 707 775 555 688 767

April 758 686 640 718 784 557 689 775

May 771 692 629 726 788 560 694 792

June

2013-2014

789 691 636 735 792 566 695 808

July 793 702 649 749 802 583 701 822

August 812 710 661 769 817 591 708 838

September 819 723 671 778 836 608 721 832


1294

Table B.1.2.2.(a)-Concld.

Agricultural

Year/Month

Kerala Madhya

Pradesh

Maharashtra Manipur Meghalaya Orissa

Linking factor 6.56 6.04 5.85 * * 6.05

1 10 11 12 13 14 15

1995-96 @ 259 237 248 244 252 236

1996-97 281 261 256 252 264 254

1997-98 292 273 266 268 282 262

1998-99 305 300 291 292 321 289

1999-2000 312 313 304 312 338 316

2000-2001 321 310 303 316 346 304

2001-2002 321 310 306 304 351 300

2002-2003 330 318 321 300 343 298

2003-2004

2004-2005

342

351

318

330

335

350

308

310

350

360

314

320

2005-2006 356 352 368 328 382 334

2006-2007 374 388 402 337 410 365

2007-2008 403 412 432 367 439 400

2008-2009 454 459 475 407 484 438

2009-2010 496 525 562 455 540 495

2010-2011 562 569 619 527 576 538

2011-2012 601 615 691 594 633 562

2012-2013 665 679 760 639 706 631

2012-2013

September 630 668 749 629 698 612

October 640 675 756 631 704 620

November 652 673 763 633 708 625

December 661 676 768 632 709 626

January 670 679 759 634 711 632

February 676 684 761 642 713 636

March 686 688 763 644 715 638

April 698 691 764 650 713 645

May 708 699 773 658 725 657

June

2013-2014

721 702 784 667 721 667

July 732 713 793 677 725 685

August 745 730 808 687 740 699

September 754 733 809 697 752 701

Note:- Agricultural Year ( July to June )

@ = Average based on 8 months i.e. from November, 1995 to June, 1996 only.


1295

Punjab Rajasthan Tamil Nadu Tripura Uttar Pradesh West Bengal

c 6.15 5.67 * 6.60 5.73

16 17 18 19 20 21

244 238 246 220 232 230

263 261 261 240 264 247

278 268 264 263 268 259

306 290 291 312 298 308

314 310 302 331 307 303

316 311 299 324 301 292

326 309 311 322 312 303

331 325 344 325 323 305

343

355

323

346

349

347

326

337

331

343

321

333

380 377 355 351 371 342

417 413 371 383 408 365

448 439 403 407 433 395

501 490 455 433 469 432

586 573 514 466 535 504

624 608 565 514 566 561

685 668 605 548 595 592

756 749 686 587 672 655

743 728 653 581 672 641

749 734 662 590 674 647

752 739 666 589 671 651

749 746 681 588 667 652

755 758 686 587 671 660

760 765 696 583 676 658

765 768 709 591 677 658

772 773 722 592 681 663

775 776 733 597 684 682

785

780 765 601 699 690

793 788 751 619 714 703

814 807 758 629 719 715

826 814 764 647 721 722

* = Indices for the State compiled and published for the first time w.e.f. November, 1995.

b & c = To obtain linking factors for Assam and Punjab on Base 1986-87=100, please consult

article published in February, 1996 issue of the Indian Labour Journal.


1296

Table B.1.2.2 (b).-State-wise Labour Bureau‟s Series of Consumer Price Index Numbers for

Rural Labourers ( General Index Base: 1986-87=100 )

Agricultural

Year/Month

Andhra

Pradesh_


Pradesh

Jammu &

Kashmir

Karnataka

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9

1995-96 @ 244 243 223 241 237 221 225 250

1996-97 269 258 250 254 266 240 250 266

1997-98 282 278 254 270 279 258 266 276

1998-99 309 310 287 298 306 284 297 306

1999-2000 318 321 302 311 312 295 316 316

2000-2001 318 321 284 315 314 294 319 304

2001-2002 328 320 292 322 323 304 324 311

2002-2003 343 330 301 333 330 314 337 326

2003-2004

2004-2005

348

357

344

348

313

326

341

351

342

361

326

331

340

344

341

340

2005-2006 371 364 348 371 378 350 359 341

2006-2007 401 390 384 403 404 377 393 367

2007-2008 429 419 412 425 445 388 413 407

2008-2009 482 454 447 460 495 420 451 459

2009-2010 550 524 500 538 583 474 521 534

2010-2011 599 583 532 583 638 503 564 594

2011-2012 665 625 555 626 685 535 602 665

2012-2013 732 686 620 692 759 582 668 747

2012-2013

September 702 677 606 675 750 577 649 712

October 709 685 612 676 750 580 655 723

November 717 687 614 681 753 586 660 736

December 724 685 612 682 757 582 666 744

January 733 693 622 690 759 578 674 754

February 747 695 630 697 768 581 681 763

March 751 692 637 706 769 582 687 765

April 757 690 643 715 779 587 687 772

May 769 696 633 723 781 592 692 789

June

2013-2014

787 696 641 733 785 601 693 804

July 791 708 654 745 796 619 700 818

August 809 716 666 765 811 625 705 831

September 815 728 675 775 830 640 721 824


1297

Kerala Madhya

Pradesh

Maharashtra Manipur Meghalaya Orissa

10 11 12 13 14 15

260 239 247 245 250 236

284 262 256 253 263 254

294 274 266 268 281 262

306 300 291 293 319 289

314 314 303 312 336 315

324 313 303 317 343 304

324 314 307 304 348 300

332 323 321 301 340 299

343

352

324

336

336

350

309

311

349

358

314

320

359 358 368 328 379 335

378 392 400 338 408 366

404 415 428 368 436 400

456 463 470 407 481 439

502 532 557 456 535 496

566 576 613 529 572 538

604 622 683 596 629 563

668 688 754 641 701 631

634 676 743 630 692 612

644 684 750 632 698 621

655 682 757 634 702 626

664 687 762 633 702 627

673 689 754 636 706 632

679 693 756 644 707 636

689 696 758 646 710 639

697 699 759 652 708 646

707 709 768 660 720 658

720 712 780 669 716 668

730 722 789 679 719 685

742 739 802 690 734 699

751 745 802 700 745 702


1298

Table B.1.2.2 (b) - Concld.

Agricultural

Year/Month

Punjab Rajasthan Tamil

Nadu

Tripura Uttar

Pradesh

West

Bengal

1 16 17 18 19 20 21

1995-96 @ 247 239 244 219 231 232

1996-97 265 262 260 237 262 248

1997-98 281 270 265 261 267 260

1998-99 309 292 290 308 297 309

1999-2000 317 310 301 328 307 304

2000-2001 320 312 299 318 303 293

2001-2002 330 311 311 316 316 305

2002-2003 336 326 343 318 326 308

2003-2004

2004-2005

347

359

323

345

348

348

318

329

335

346

324

336

2005-2006 384 375 355 344 372 346

2006-2007 419 412 370 373 409 368

2007-2008 449 438 402 399 434 398

2008-2009 501 486 452 429 469 435

2009-2010 585 567 509 462 532 506

2010-2011 622 600 559 512 563 564

2011-2012 681 661 603 547 597 597

2012-2013 749 740 683 586 672 662

2012-2013

September 736 723 652 581 671 647

October 742 727 661 591 673 654

November 745 733 664 591 670 658

December 743 738 678 589 666 659

January 748 749 683 587 671 666

February 753 755 693 581 675 665

March 757 758 704 587 676 664

April 763 760 716 589 681 669

May 768 764 727 592 684 689

June

2013-2014

778

768 737 597 698 697

July 785 776 744 616 712 710

August 804 793 749 624 718 722

September 815 800 755 643 720 731

Note: – Agricultural Year ( July to June )

@ = Average based on 8 months i.e. from November, 1995 to June, 1996 only.


1299

1.3. Urban Non-Manual Employees’ Consumer Price Index

Table B.1.3. All India Consumer Price Index Numbers for Urban Non-Manual Employees

(Base: 1984-85=100)

Year/Month General Index

1 2

1990 156

1991 177

1992 199

1993 212

1994 231

1995 254

1996 276

1997 297

1998 330

1999 348

2000 366

2001 386

2002 402

2003 416

2004 432

2005 451

2006 478

2007 509

2008 548

2009 612

2010 687

Consumer Price Index for Rural and Urban Areas on base: 2010=100*

Year/Month Rural Urban

General Index General Index

2012 September 125.6 121.9

October 126.6 122.6

November 126.9 123.4

December 126.8 124

2013 January 127.3 124.9

February 128.1 125.8

March 128.3 126.5

April 128.7 127.4

May 129.8 128.4

June 132.1 130.5

July 133.8 132.1

August 135.4 133.6

September 137.8 134.0

* New series of CPI has been introduced w.e.f. Jan., 2011 in place of UNME.

Source: Central Statistical Organisation, New Delhi.


1300


Table B.1.4 – Index Numbers of Wholesale Prices in India

Year/

Month

All

Commodities

I. Primary Articles II. Fuel Power

Light and

Lubricants All Food

Articles

Non-Food

Articles

Minerals

1 2 3 4 5 6 7

I Base 1981-1982=100

1991 201.4 210.0 230.3 221.8 112.1 193.3 1992 224.7 233.2 266.8 231.6 115.5 219.3 1993 242.1 245.3 281.8 238.5 128.5 254.3 1994 267.4 273.7 303.6 285.5 141.6 278.3 1995 292.4 301.4 331.1 322.1 151.5 284.1 1996 309.0 320.7 362.7 327.0 156.4 311.2 1997 325.6 335.5 384.3 335.1 160.9 355.8 1998 348.2 371.9 431.8 368.2 163.7 380.7 1999 360.3 388.1 454.3 378.9 168.8 403.0

II Base 1993-94=100

2000 152.8 161.5 170.0 144.6 110.2 196.0 2001 160.7 167.0 174.3 152.6 118.4 224.8 2002 164.7 171.7 178.6 158.6 119.4 234.9 2003 173.4 180.0 181.0 182.4 118.3 250.6 2004 184.9 187.5 185.1 190.7 223.8 273.5 2005 193.7 191.3 192.4 180.2 298.6 300.8 2006 203.0 203.4 205.6 182.6 397.4 322.2 2007 212.8 220.8 220.0 206.1 430.1 322.9 2008 232.2 243.0 234.6 234.4 616.4 354.5 2009 237.0 264.0 264.0 237.2 605.9 334.3

III Base: 2004-05 = 100

2010 140.1 175.9 174.6 155.9 244.0 144.2

2011 153.4 197.1 190.4 183.1 299.2 163.3

2012Sep. 168.8 221.6 213.1 203.2 352.2 188.5 Oct. 168.5 219.4 212.7 198.8 339.8 189.8

Nov. 168.8 221.1 213.8 201.4 344.7 188.7 Dec. 168.8 219.9 211.2 203.5 347.0 190.4 2013 Jan. 170.3 223.6 214.7 206.9 353.6 193.4

Feb 170.9 224.4 215.4 206.8 357.8 195.5

Mar 170.6 223.6 214.3 206.9 357.4 195.9

Apr 171.5 228.0 219.8 209.7 355.0 194.6

May 171.6 229.3 223.1 208.5 346.5 192.0 June 172.7 232.5 229.8 208.5 324.9 194.0 July 175.4 238.8 237.7 210.7 328.5 199.8 Aug 177.5 247.8 250.3 209.6 330.9 202.3

Sept. 179.7 251.6 252.3 213.7 352.1 207.5


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III Manufactured Products

All Food

Products

Beverages

Tobacco &

Tobacco

Products

Textiles Wood &

Wood

Products

Paper &

Paper

Products

Leather &

leather

Products

Rubber

& Plastic

Products

8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15

198.1 201.1 258.1 183.4 159.5 251.1 234.9 167.9

220.8 221.1 288.7 198.4 273.8 301.0 227.4 183.3

238.0 240.1 302.4 212.7 366.3 324.5 240.1 189.2

261.7 264.4 332.4 246.9 414.6 330.8 256.7 195.3

288.8 278.4 367.9 287.9 438.3 362.3 274.7 228.3

301.9 289.5 387.3 303.0 445.5 377.4 280.6 242.5

314.2 316.4 430.7 307.8 474.8 371.6 287.1 245.5

328.7 340.0 471.5 318.6 598.2 382.7 296.8 247.4

336.6 344.8 501.4 321.2 622.3 395.1 312.2 245.5

140.2 147.2 177.1 118.6 185.1 159.5 151.8 125.3 144.2 144.9 190.7 120.5 172.5 174.1 144.0 125.8 146.6 150.8 202.7 120.0 178.8 172.9 131.0 130.6

154.0 163.0 205.0 128.3 179.2 173.8 142.3 134.4 164.3 173.5 212.8 137.5 179.5 173.7 152.4 135.1 170.6 176.2 223.8 129.7 187.5 177.1 166.0 137.4 176.3 180.7 238.6 131.6 204.7 188.0 162.0 145.4 185.5 186.9 262.9 132.2 215.5 193.6 166.2 156.0 201.2 205.2 287.5 135.8 229.3 200.3 167.2 165.4 205.9 233.6 305.5 143.3 236.8 204.3 166.7 168.6

128.1 140.9 143.1 115.3 147.5 123.1 127.6 123.2

137.5 149.1 159.4 128.8 157.7 130.8 128.3 132.9

148.0 167.3 176.0 131.8 171.0 136.3 134.5 137.7

147.9 166.7 177.2 131.8 171.2 136.5 134.3 137.7

148.0 166.6 176.9 132.2 172.9 137.0 133.1 137.8

148.0 166.7 177.1 132.5 173.5 137.7 135.1 138.6

148.5 166.6 178.4 132.2 173.9 139.4 134.5 139.2

148.6 166.7 178.5 132.8 173.4 139.4 134.1 139.3

148.4 164.9 178.1 132.7 173.5 140.0 134.3 139.4

148.7 165.8 181.2 133.6 174.0 140.0 135.1 139.5

149.1 167.1 181.9 135.0 174.3 140.7 136.1 139.7

149.3 167.7 181.4 135.3 175.3 140.5 138.1 142.4

150.2 168.9 181.8 136.4 175.8 140.5 142.5 144.4

150.0 167.7 181.6 137.3 177.2 140.3 142.3 144.4

151.0 170.0 181.2 138.3 178.4 140.8 145.1 145.8


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Table B.1.4 Concld.

Year/ Month III Manufactured Products

Chemicals &

Chemical

Products

Non-metallic

Mineral

Products

Basic Metals

Alloys & Metal

Products

Machinery &

Machine tools

Transport

Equipment and

parts

1 16 17 18 19 20

I Base 1981-82=100

1991 162.4 208.7 231.8 200.4 197.1

1992 186.7 229.4 250.9 226.8 215.5

1993 204.8 248.3 270.8 235.8 222.1

1994 225.1 270.9 293.1 254.6 234.4

1995 246.7 305.4 324.4 280.2 250.5

1996 257.3 331.0 337.4 292.0 263.4

1997 267.3 341.3 346.6 299.4 272.7

1998 277.1 351.0 352.4 303.0 283.1

1999 289.9 369.0 357.6 307.6 295.4

II Base 1993-94=100

2000 161.9 128.4 139.1 120.2 141.1

2001 168.4 145.6 140.9 128.5 146.5

2002 172.0 142.6 143.2 130.0 147.9

2003 176.9 146.7 160.1 132.0 147.0

2004 180.1 154.9 195.5 137.7 152.1

2005 186.9 167.1 218.8 146.1 159.0

2006 192.5 186.4 225.0 152.7 161.8

2007 201.3 204.8 244.6 164.9 164.9

2008 218.2 215.5 285.5 173.4 174.4

2009 224.9 221.9 257.4 172.7 175.6

III Base: 2004-05 = 100 2010 122.1 143.6 137.3 120.3 119.4 2011 132.1 150.3 152.3 124.2 123.6

2012 Sept. 144.0 164.5 167.1 128.4 129.9 Oct. 144.2 164.0 166.6 128.6 130.3

Nov. 144.1 163.1 166.5 128.8 130.8 Dec. 144.5 162.4 165.4 128.9 131.2

2013 Jan. 145.6 164.8 165.3 129.3 131.4

Feb 145.8 165.6 165.1 129.3 132.0

Mar 145.5 167.7 164.8 129.5 132.3

Apr 145.8 166.6 164.3 129.6 132.4

May 146.1 164.8 163.8 130.1 132.1

June 146.0 166.6 163 130.4 132.7

July 147.6 166.4 162.3 131.5 133.2

Aug 147.6 164.3 162.7 130.8 133.7 Sept. 148.7 164.7 163.1 131.1 134.1

Note : Linking factor for deriving the General Indices on base: 1981-82=100 to Base 1993-94 is

2.478 and from base 1993-94=100 to base 2004-05 is for All commodities = 1.873, Primary

article =1.881, Fuel & Power = 2.802, Manufactured products = 1.663

Source: Office of the Economic Adviser, Ministry of Commerce and Industry, New Delhi.


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2. WAGES AND EARNINGS

Table B.2.1 – Earnings (Basic Wage, Dearness Allowances) of the Lowest Paid Workers/

Operatives in Cotton Textile Mills for the month of September, 2013.

Year/ Month

Ahmedabad Bangalore Vadodara Mumbai Coimbatore & Chennai

1 2 3 4 5 6

1985 793.15 876.48 766.00 874.54 934.21

1990 1147.88 1379.74 1118.89 1313.78 1507.45

1995 1825.00 2397.19 1792.94 2237.85 2740.68

1996 1996.05 2591.10 1963.43 2389.95 2953.13

1997 2155.88 2840.36 2122.65 2622.11 3178.79

1998 2348.78 3073.17 2314.56 2958.08 3523.80

1999 2543.10 3199.73 2507.78 3084.01 3732.75

2000 2646.28 3353.44 2610.72 3294.36 3954.97

2001 2751.31 3451.66 2715.14 3455.99 4062.23

2002 2849.90 3567.03 2799.20 3642.14 4287.30

2003 2930.80 3749.72 2891.41 3811.69 4438.76

2004 3019.05 3944.89 2981.75 3941.44 4583.10

2005 3100.05 4191.63 3062.36 3996.49 4726.11

2006 3273.76 4447.32 3235.24 4227.16 4859.40

2007 3539.73 4821.78 3490.90 4472.78 5137.83

2008 3767.74 5275.10 3726.69 4799.79 5559.81

2009 4076.37 5903.63 4034.08 5267.03 6164.64

2010 4623.52 6431.40 4579.07 5782.10 6648.95

2011 5054.33 6880.72 5007.73 6369.27 7065.77

2012 5554.74 7469.64 5505.81 7023.55 8065.37

2012 Sept. 5703.03 7494.03 5653.88 7217.62 8353.45

Oct. 5812.03 7529.06 5761.57 7317.42 8395.10

Nov. 5865.92 7671.66 5815.42 7383.96 8311.80

Dec. 5838.98 7850.53 5788.49 7417.23 8436.75

2013 Jan. 5865.92 7814.26 5815.42 7450.49 8561.70

Feb. 5892.87 7956.86 5842.34 7483.76 8686.65

Mar. 6027.59 8064.43 5976.95 7550.30 8769.60

Apr. 6082.70 8135.73 6030.80 7616.84 8686.65

May 6082.70 8420.93 6030.80 7650.11 8728.30

June 6190.48 8457.51 6138.49 7716.64 9061.15

July 6217.42 8634.83 6165.41 7949.52 9227.75

Aug. 6352.14 8634.83 6300.03 8049.33 9227.75

Sept. 6568.92 8671.41 6515.41 8149.13 9186.10

N.B.- Yearly figures indicate average of twelve calendar months and the monthly figures relate

to a standard month of 26 days.


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Table B.2.1 concld.

Year/ Month

Delhi Indore Kanpur Nagpur Solapur Kolkata

1 7 8 9 10 11 12

1985 734.12 755.14 824.70 658.96 723.32 814.33

1990 1070.33 1143.01 1232.60 956.25 1045.37 1195.16

1995 1739.63 1810.43 1949.70 1520.00 1744.67 1887.30

1996 1831.84 1970.78 2078.29 1638.04 1889.84 2099.53

1997 2013.39 2061.69 2243.55 1794.01 1981.08 2229.42

1998 2307.43 2256.09 2553.60 1988.73 2249.74 2452.04

1999 2524.99 2466.82 2743.61 2140.61 2399.14 2728.51

2000 2693.26 2540.94 2750.02 2195.02 2474.53 2796.11

2001 2775.73 2675.21 2839.01 2322.34 2489.57 2964.03

2002 2881.49 2792.85 2931.94 2383.55 2572.85 3292.82

2003 2981.47 2912.04 2995.84 2422.82 2636.12 3347.73

2004 3113.99 2986.63 3112.39 2496.74 2789.17 3478.77

2005 3350.68 3057.48 3279.56 2637.64 2841.65 3599.75

2006 3544.08 3255.16 3592.54 2338.85 2239.55 3797.02

2007 * 3474.05 3833.84 3097.41 * 4097.84

2008 * 3676.41 4062.10 3318.05 * 4420.66

2009 * 3939.07 4487.57 3726.56 * 4775.49

2010 * 4418.29 5238.85 4391.43 * 5362.25

2011 * 4748.82 5731.94 4800.80 * 5755.50

2012 * 5189.95 6104.54 5212.98 * 6134.40

2012 Sept * 5247.66 6261.81 5324.22 * 6286.02

Oct. * 5458.79 6403.56 5404.78 * 6286.02

Nov. * 5458.79 6431.91 5476.91 * 6454.29

Dec. * 5458.79 6403.56 5513.44 * 6454.29

2013 Jan. * 5546.99 6403.56 5513.44 * 6454.29

Feb. * 5546.99 6403.56 5491.90 * 6633.07

Mar. * 5546.99 6431.91 5499.39 * 6633.07

Apr. * 5644.02 6518.31 5549.98 * 6633.07

May * 5644.02 6546.66 5608.99 * 6643.58

June * 5644.02 6603.36 5652.09 * 6643.58

July * 5846.89 6660.06 5725.15 * 6643.58

Aug. * 5846.89 6859.86 5813.21 * 6906.46

Sept. * 5846.89 7088.01 5929.37 * 6906.49

New series on Consumer Price Index Numbers for Industrial Workers on base 2001=100 has been

introduced w.e.f. the index of January 2006.

Centre linking factor on base 2001=100 is: Ahmedabad (4.62), Bangalore (4.51), Vadodara (4.39), Mumbai

(5.18), Coimbatore / Chennai (4.95), Delhi(5.60), Indore(4.73),Kanpur(4.50), Nagpur (4.68), Sholapur

(4.73) and Kolkata (5.12)

* Earning of Delhi and Sholapur Centres have been discontinued due to closure of Textile Mills.

Source: Monthly returns received from the selected centres.


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3. INDUSTRIAL DISPUTES

Table B.3.1- Industrial Disputes (All Strikes and Lockouts) during the period 2006 to 2013

Year Number of

Disputes Workers Involved Mandays Lost („000 )

1 2 3 4

2006

430 1810348 20324

2007

389 724574 27167

2008

421 1579298 17433

2009 345 1867204 17622

2010 371 1074473 23131

2011(P) 389 734723 14332

2012(P)

439 1302822 12727

2013(P)

(Jan. to September)

137 716106 2469

(P) = Provisional and based on the returns /clarifications received in the Bureau till

31st October 2013

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