18.2  CONSUMER PRICE  INDEX  FOR AGRICULTURAL LABOURERS AND
RURAL LABOURERS IN  GUJARAT AND INDIA
							(Base: 1986-87 = 100)
Year*/	GUJARAT						ALL INDIA
Month	Agricultural			Rural			Agricultural			Rural
	Labourers			Labourers			Labourers			Labourers
	General	Food		General	Food		General	Food		General	Food
1	2	3		4	5		6	7		8	9
1996-97	254	269		269	260		266	261		264	264
1997-98	270	283		270	283		269	269		270	270
1998-99	297	315		290	316		299	305		299	305
1999-00	309	327		311	328		309	314		310	313
2000-01	314	322		315	323		304	299		306	300
2001-02	320	324		322	324		311	304		313	305
2002-03@	332	337		334	337		320	314		323	315
July,  2001	328	338		330	339		309	303		311	305
August    ,,	329	338		330	339		312	307		314	308
September ,,	324	331		326	332		311	306		313	307
October   ,,	319	324		321	324		313	308		315	309
November  ,,	320	324		321	324		313	309		316	310
December  ,,	315	316		317	316		312	306		314	307
January,  2002	312	311		313	312		308	300		311	301
February    ,,	313	313		315	313		308	300		311	301
March        ,,	316	317		317	317		309	300		311	301
April           ,,	319	320		320	321		309	301		312	302
May           ,,	321	323		323	323		311	302		313	303
June          ,,	325	327		326	328		314	306		317	307
July               ,,	329	333		331	333		316	309		319	310
August        ,,	332	337		334	337		319	313		321	314
September ,,	334	339		335	339		321	315		323	316
October      ,,	333	338		334	338		322	316		324	317
November  ,,	332	337		334	337		323	318		326	319
*  Year July to June
@ Average of five  months (July, 2002 to  November, 2002)
Source: Labour Bureau, Government of India, Simla.
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