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INDIAN LABOUR JOURNAL
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Volume 56
April 2015
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CONTENTS
No 4
Page
SPECIAL ARTICLE
Transforming the Working and Living Conditions of Workers in India
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REPORTS ENQUIRIES AND STUDIES
Report on the Working of the Motor Transport Workers act, 1961 for the year 2012
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LABOUR ACTIVITIES
Labour Situation
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Industrial Disputes
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NEWS IN BRIEF
(a) INDIAN LABOUR
Amend Act to Aid Unorganised Workers
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Government to bring Bill for Social Security to Unorganised Workers
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NHRC asks DOT to Probe Delay in a Retired Employee's Payment
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We Need 10 Lakh Skilled Workers in Aviation
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EPFO Plans Medical Schemes for 46L Pensioners
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Telangana Plans 1 Million ICT Jobs in 3 Years
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Tata Motors Announces VRS for 16K Workers Across India
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Economic Survey Moots Three-Point Action Plan to Realise ‗Make in India‘ Dream
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Industries/Services declared Public Utility Services under the Industrial Disputes Act 1947
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Consumer Price Index Numbers for Industrial Workers
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Consumer Price Index Numbers for Agricultural Labourers and Rural Labourers
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( b) FOREIGN LABOUR
India's Social Security Pact with Norway comes into Force
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U.S. Gains 257,000 Jobs
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Japan Emerges from Recession, Growth Subdued
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Indian Workers Win $14M in US Labour Trafficking Case
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Work Permits for Spouses of H-1B Visa Holders
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Britain Misses Targets on Immigration Control
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LABOUR DECISIONS
Pension and Gratuity is not a Bounty but Valuable Rights and Property of the Employee
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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
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Section B- Serial Statistics
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SPECIAL ARTICLE
Transforming the Working and Living Conditions of Workers in India
Surendra Pratap1 and A.J.C. Bose2
Abstract:
In this paper we highlight the viewpoint that unless policies from above are changed in
terms of moving away from export-led model of development in favour of domestic-demand led
growth in the institutional framework of new labour legislation in conjunction with labour
policies from below in terms of new strategies for strengthening labour movement, development
judged in terms of worker well-being cannot come into existence. Accordingly, in Section 1, we
argue why we must say no to export-led development; in Section 2, we make the case for new
labour legislation and finally in Section 3, we suggest that the labour politics in India must
change by taking on certain new strategies. The policy shift on these lines from above as also
below will go a long way in removing the confusions, frictions and conflicts among the policy
makers, labour administrators, labour leaders and working people with regard to achieving
economic development along with labour welfare.
1.
Introduction
There is voluminous literature about how creation of ‗self-regulating markets‘ in land,
labour and money under the auspices of neoliberal-imperial globalization has lead to
catastrophic capitalist crisis as reflected in despoiling of nature, rupturing of communities and
destruction of livelihoods all over the world and especially in the developing world so much so
that some social scientists are still wondering as to how to find out a conceptual framework to
understand all this leave alone the question of how to find the emancipatory ways out of the
murky socio-economic mess (see Fraser, 2015).
In light of this, it is useful now to underline what Lowe (2014) has remarked thus:
―Laissez-faire has failed. It has failed us here in the West and it continues to fail communities
across the globe. It‘s high time our rules and regulations were amended to reflect that.‖ Taking
cue from this advocacy, in this paper, we focus narrowly on worker well-being and we project
the view that, since self-regulation has failed, worker well-being in India or elsewhere will not
be promoted unless policy making from above moves away from the framework of
―Washington Consensus‖ or ―neoliberal-imperial globalization‖ in favour of domestic-demandled growth model that respects worker rights ensured through new labour legislation and unless
policy making from below changes in terms of the emergence of labour politics based on new
empowerment strategies. In what follows, we elaborate on this argumentation.
2.
Say No to Export Led Development
There are many problems with the export led model of development. These are
excellently discussed in Palley (2002) and Bhaduri (1996), for example, on the basis of which
the case for the alternative in terms of internal market led development is made. Reviewing all
these arguments is not the concern of this paper.
However, what we want to reckon with here is the large scale propaganda done that
the export led model of development is the only way to create employment opportunities even
as it has clearly destroyed more employment than created due to destruction of traditional
1
Centre for Workers Education, New Delhi
Department of Economics, Shri Ram College of Commerce, Delhi
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occupations and industries. This is not all. Actually, it has transformed the whole spectrum of
employment into unsustainable precarious employment (informalisation of workforce).
Furthermore, this model does not really suit the Indian realities. In India most of the workforce
is self employed, especially in rural areas, and as such the promotion of destruction of
traditional occupations and industries in rural and urban informal sectors is a cruel joke. The
real strategy to fight the employment problem may be to help and extend support to the self
employed workers and make their livelihoods sustainable through rural development. This
strategy may not only reduce the intensity of unemployment and underemployment but also
bring multifarious positive impacts in the economy as a whole in terms of expansion of markets
for industrial goods thereby promoting industrial growth long with new job growth in such a
way as also to increase the collective bargaining power of labour by reducing the reserve army
of labour in rural areas. This strategy demands bold policy initiatives as follows. First, land
reforms need to be done by way of redistribution of land to increase the average size of land
holdings of small and marginal farmers and provision of land to landless workers. Extending
and broadening the rights of self employed producers and communities on the resources on
which their occupations are based, for example, in terms of the right of fish workers on water
bodies and the right of forest workers on forests etc. is part and parcel of this strategy.
Promoting and extending support for integration of small and marginal farmers and other self
employed producers (fish workers, forest workers, pottery workers, handloom workers, etc) in
organizations like cooperatives, and extending subsidized inputs to them to reduce the cost of
production and providing an institutional mechanism to increase their collectivity and collective
bargaining power is also part and parcel of this strategy. Promoting and extending support for
integration of other self employed workers engaged in various kinds of services in organizations
like cooperatives in order to reduce their operational costs, enable them to benefit from
economies of scale, and provide an institutional mechanism to increase their collectivity and
collective bargaining power is also part and parcel of this strategy. Promoting and extending
support for integration of home based workers engaged in various industries and providing an
institutional mechanism to increase their collectivity and collective bargaining power to be able
to compel the national and international companies for whom they work, to insure better wages
and working conditions for them is also part and parcel of this strategy.
3.
Say Yes to New Labour Legislation
Accompanied with the above initiatives, labour reforms are needed with a wider
perspective to improve the living and working conditions of all workers and reduce the
uncertainties and vulnerabilities in various occupations.
A new comprehensive labour legislation system needs to be instituted with five labour
laws: (a) Labour Relations Law; (b) Working Conditions Law; (c) Wage (Determination,
Increment and Payment) Law; (d) Social Security Law; and (e) Welfare Cess Law. These laws
must be simple and with universal applicability of their provisions in all occupations and to all
workers without any exception. There may be differences in how and in what form various
provisions can be implemented in various industries--for example, if there is only one female
worker in a factory, on this ground it cannot be argued that the provision of creche is not
applicable to such factory; even if there may not be in-house creche facility, the employer must
be liable to pay to the woman concerned the real expenses of putting the child in a day care.
Another example may be of canteen and subsidized food wherein if there is only one worker
with an employer, it cannot be argued that this provision may not apply. Again evenif there may
not be in-house canteen facility, the employer must provide subsidized food and drinking water
and a safe and clean space for dining to the worker concerned.
No exemptions and no self certifications under labour laws may be allowed in any
case. The labour law enforcement machinery must be sufficiently staffed and equipped with
facilities and powers to insure labour standards. Labour adjudication machinery must also be
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sufficiently staffed to stop the dynamics of delay in justice which practically amounts to no
justice at all. A public charter for labour law enforcement machinery and labour adjudication
machinery must be declared so that there is a clear-cut time frame for taking action on
complaints and deciding the cases filed by labour.
List of hazardous substances and hazardous industries must be updated by a specialist
institution and a simple and clear procedure must be made for claims to include new hazardous
substances and industries. Similarly list of occupational diseases must be updated and
institutions and clear procedures must be made for claims to include new occupational diseases.
The employer-employee relationship must be ensured to all workers except for casual workers
engaged for less than a week. If any worker is engaged by any employer for more than 5 days in
a month, there must be a formal employment relationship and engaging workers without any
formal contract must be considered as a crime inviting severe punishment. The labour relations
law needs an explicit direction that the proportion of regular workers can never be less than 90
percent of workers. Engaging workers through contractors or agencies may be completely
prohibited. Temporary workers (who may never form more than 15 percent of the workforce)
may be engaged with short term contracts of 3 months to a year, or project based contracts, and
as casual workers engaged not more than 8 hours in a week and 5 days in a month. Apprentices
must be considered as workers with short term contracts for all practical purposes and must be
extended all social security and labour rights including right to association and collective
bargaining. There must be compulsory provision for a severance payment equal to one month‘s
wages to all workers engaged with short term contracts including apprentices, if they are not
absorbed as regular workers and thrown out after expiry of their contracts.
It is worth mentioning here that the large scale propaganda of employers on the need
for flexibility of labour force is a farce in most of the industries, including auto industry and
electronics. According to our fieldwork observations in the industrial landscapes of Delhi NCR,
the Original Equipment Manufacturers (OEMs) plus the first and second tier supplying
industries that make up the formal sector in these industries generally employ the same number
of total workers including contract workers and there is no change in the workforce if there is no
expansion of business. Instances during which about 10 percent workers are discontinued are
very rare. This much flexibility can be easily managed and covered by lay off and by paying the
workers lay off wages for such periods. In lower ladders of the value chain particularly in small
scale industries there are more instances of fluctuations of employment, but this is not due to
any slump in the industries but it is systematically created by the OEMs and first tier suppliers.
They do not make any formal long term relationship with their small scale vendors and they
actually list multiple vendors for same products and keep on shifting their orders from one
vendor to another vendor in order to intensify competition among them and compel them to
accept lower prices. Therefore, this situation is due to lack of any laws and lack of any
collective bargaining power of small scale units to compel the larger companies to make long
term formal relationship with small scale suppliers. The issue of flexibility emerges as a serious
problem only in the sectors where orders fluctuate drastically, for example, as in the garment
sector. However, if we look at the picture in totality, this also emerges as a systematically
created problem by the foreign garment brands and they are also using the same strategy of
having multiple suppliers at various locations and they keep on shifting their orders from one
location to another in order to intensify competition among supplier companies in various
locations and compel them for cost cutting and accepting lower prices. It is ironic to see that
small-small factories work for 5-10 transnational brands with small-small amounts of orders,
and the orders may be very high for some periods and very low for some months. In such
situations, the workforce also keeps on fluctuating. However, the fluctuations in the workforce
are generally never more than 30 percent. But the employers in garment industry run with
almost completely flexible workforce, and this is not based on any operational compulsions so
much so that it is nothing but a strategy to reduce the labour costs and thereby increase their
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profit margins. Moreover, it is also observed that many times the brands do not revise the prices
for years even if costs are increasing and the suppliers dare not raise a strong voice in fear of
losing the orders. In such situations, the suppliers further intensify the exploitation of workers in
order to maintain their own profit margins.
The above situations demand that the labour relations law must include a section on
outsourcing and responsibility of insuring labour standards across the value chains, with clear
provisions as follows: (a) Brands or other first and second tier customer companies must make
yearly contracts with supplier companies (rather than only order based contracts), and the cost
of total orders in a year must include (apart from the cost of other factors and profit margins of
suppliers) total cost of wages, social security contributions, cost of occupational health and
safety, layoff wages and severance payment to workers if the orders are discontinued after a
year (in case the supplier company is working for multiple brands and other customer
companies then the above total cost may be distributed among them accordingly); (b) the above
cost breakup of the work orders showing the component of wages must be declared by the
supplier companies on their website so that accountability can be insured, and in case of
violations the brands and suppliers can be made responsible and punished; (c) The law must
clearly state that the brands and other customer companies, whether national or foreign, are
equally responsible for ensuring compliance of labour standards across their value chains and
share its costs, and in case of any violations reported in their value chains the brands may be
made equally responsible and punished. These initiatives may make it feasible to engage 90
percent of workforce as regular workers in those industries as well where the work orders keep
on drastically fluctuating. This law may remove the vulnerabilities of the supplier companies as
well as the workers engaged in them. Moreover, this will end the space for excuses by suppliers
for non compliance of labour standards and for engaging large numbers of unreported workers
and thereby actually robbing their lifeforce. In overall terms this will increase the collectivity
and collective bargaining power of workers in particular industries.
The wage law must contain clear criteria for determination of minimum wages, annual
increments and mode of payment and this must be the same for all workers and it must apply to
all wage workers and home based workers, without any exception. It must be made mandatory
to provide a proper wage slip to all workers showing all payments made in a month including
the overtime wages (except casual workers engaged for not more than 8 hours in a week and 5
days in a month). The current criteria on minimum wage determination includes: (i) three
consumption units for one earner, (ii) minimum food requirements of 2700 calories per average
Indian adult, (iii) clothing requirements of 72 yards per annum per family, (iv) rent
corresponding to the minimum area provided for under the government's Industrial Housing
Scheme, (v) fuel, lighting and other miscellaneous items of expenditure to constitute 20 percent
of the total Minimum Wages, (vi) children‘s education, medical requirement, minimum
recreation including festivals/ceremonies and provision for old age, marriage, etc. should further
constitute 25 percent of the total minimum wage, (vii) local conditions and other factors
influencing the wage rate. It is necessary to revise these criteria to consider 4 consumption units
in place of three, to consider the actual rent of a two room flat or equal to at least 30 percent of
wages, the cost of children education, medical etc may also be revised to make it 30 percent of
wages, and to include one more component, viz. (viii) travel and communication. The law of
wages must clearly declare that the minimum wages apply to only workers without any work
experience. After an experience of six months their wages must cross the minimum wages and
they must get an increment and further years of experience must be reflected in their wage
increments. Dearness allowance must be added to their wages every six months. The procedure
of determination of wages must be transparent and wages so fixed must be declared with their
detailed break up so as to enable the workers to see whether allocations to all factors are
properly considered. The Minimum Wages Act as it exists currently, does not clearly define the
categories of unskilled, semi-skilled, skilled and highly skilled workers and therefore it all
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depends on the whims and fancies of employers to put a worker in any of these categories. The
new wage law must clearly define these categories--for example: (a) unskilled: non ITI fresh
workers without any experience; semiskilled: non ITI Workers with one year experience in any
factory in the same industry or related industry; skilled: workers with fresh ITI degree and no
experience or non ITI workers with two years experience; highly skilled: workers with ITI
degree and one year experience or non ITI workers with three years experience. Minimum
wages of any of these categories must be 30 percent more than the preceding skill category.
Even if only the government accepted criteria of determining the minimum wages is followed
transparently, the minimum wages in any part of India and in any sector may not be less than Rs
15000 per month; however, the minimum wages declared by the governments are nowhere more
than 10000 per month, and in most states it is less than 6000 per month! What a cruel joke!
Home based workers working for companies may be treated as wage labourers for all
practical purposes and must be part of industry wide collective bargaining in particular
industries.
The labour relations law must contain a provision for compulsory collective bargaining
at industry and/or unit/company level, and for an automatic registration of a trade union after
filing an online application. There may be a provision that the registrar of trade unions may
challenge and file a case for cancellation of registration if he/she finds some problems in the
application. The problem of multiplicity of trade unions may be resolved by a compulsory
provision and clear procedures for election of a collective bargaining union and collective
bargaining councils. The problem of weakness of unions in small and medium sized industries
may be resolved by a compulsory industry wide collective bargaining. There must be no limit of
size of industries for applicability of industry wide bargaining.
The social security law must be universally applicable and it must contain two aspects:
(a) basic social security for reducing and stopping the contingencies; and (b) contingent social
security to address the contingencies. There are five broad categories of workers: (i) wage
workers including home based workers with formal contracts, (ii) wage workers without formal
contracts or with short term formal contracts, casual workers and unemployed workers, (iii) self
employed producers; (iv) self employed workers engaged in various services and (v) those
retired from the workforce, unemployed youth, those with disabilities and orphans. The social
security structure of various above categories must be the same; however, there may be specific
provisions for specific occupations depending on the need and nature of vulnerabilities and
contingencies of the workers, and benefits may vary with the level of contributions of workers.
All the same, in any case the social security contributions may not be less than that which
applies to a wage worker earning the minimum wages. In case of regular wage workers, the
contribution of workers may be totally deposited by the workers themselves, but in case of other
workers, the workers may be required to contribute a minimum amount and the rest may be
deposited by the welfare boards in particular sectors. The employers‘ contribution in such
sectors may be ensured by way of extending welfare and cess act in all the sectors and that may
be the major source of funds of the welfare boards.
For wage workers (including home based workers) with formal employment contracts,
the basic social security may be insured by compliance of labour standards and ensuring right to
association and compulsory collective bargaining. The contingent social security may also be
effectively addressed by extending applicability of employees state insurance (ESI), provident
fund (PF) and workmen‘s compensation and other related laws to all wage workers irrespective
of size of establishment, and making it compulsory for all enterprises irrespective of their size to
take permission from the government before attempting to retrenchments, closures and layoff,
and the amount of compensations may be increased.
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To address the social security needs of other sections of workers including wage
workers without formal contracts or with short term formal contracts, casual workers and self
employed workers, separate welfare boards based on occupations may be created in line with
fish workers welfare board in Kerala and Mathadi workers welfare board in Maharashtra,
depending on the conditions in particular occupations. The boards may be tripartite in nature
and financed by contributions of employers, workers and the government, with major share
coming from industrialists, traders and other business houses in particular sectors based on
progressive taxation. The basic social security extended by the welfare boards must focus on: (a)
regulating the labour market and working conditions of wage workers and home workers, with a
similar dynamics as created by the Mathadi board in Maharashtra, and (b) regulation of market
relations of self employed producers including home based workers with traders and
industrialists to insure proper remuneration to workers, (c) ensuring ESI and PF contributions
for all workers including the self employed at the level applicable to wage workers earning a
minimum wage, from the welfare fund collected by welfare boards (d) helping and supporting
the self employed workers in making their livelihoods sustainable, and (e) enhancement of skills
of workers and education to the children of workers. The contingent social security may cover
those contingencies that are not covered by the ESI--for example, intermittent period of
unemployment of wage workers, and losses incurred by self employed producers due to
accidents and natural disasters, etc. Extending applicability of PF and ESI to all occupations and
all workers (including the self employed) by way of welfare boards may significantly improve
the life of workers in terms of better health facilities, wages during illness and maternity
benefits, and better pensions, etc. Therefore, a greater focus is needed to improve the facilities
and expand the networks of ESI hospitals in all areas in accordance with the population of
workforce.
In the light of the above, the PF and ESI gets an added relevance, and it becomes
urgent to strongly oppose the new policies of government targeted to privatize the health
insurance and pension schemes and handing over the pension and PF funds to private fund
managers for earning profits. The new pension scheme is based on defined contributions but no
defined benefits must be abolished and the pension scheme based on defined benefits and family
coverage must be restored. The PF and pension funds must remain in the hands of tripartite
boards and used to finance the cooperatives of workers in various occupations, rather than
making it a source of profit for national and foreign corporates.
The welfare and cess act must be made applicable in all occupations to ensure the
contributions from industrialists, traders and other business houses in particular sectors for
financing the welfare boards of various sectors.
4.
Say Yes to New Strategies for Strengthening the Labour Movement
At the grassroots level, labour politics in India must change by factoring in the
following wider horizons and new tasks.
With the integration of Indian industries in the global value chains (Pratap, 2014; Bose,
2012), it is increasingly becoming evident that solidarity across the value chain in particular
country and international solidarity across the value chain in particular industries are important
determinants of the strength and effectiveness of the workers‘ struggles. International solidarity
is one of the most effective weapons in the hands of working class to challenge the disastrous
movements of capital. However, in a situation when the weapon of international capital
mobility is increasingly used to divide the workers on nationalist lines, both in the developed
and developing countries, a false consciousness is systematically created in workers to make
them understand and articulate the issues on nationalist lines, in a way as if workers in various
countries are competing with each other for jobs. But, despite all the currently observed
limitations, the international solidarity among workers is no doubt an increasing trend.
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With global value chains extending up to self employed workers and home based
workers, it is a compelling need to expand the organizational base of unions to these sections of
workers and institutionalize a practice of industry wide collective bargaining that includes these
sections of workers as well. This will also require as well as facilitate the trade unions to expand
their bases in the society and address the issues that the workers face in the society. Moreover,
the trade unions need to transform their structure and functioning to provide insured spaces for
voices of women workers and other socially excluded sections, in order to strengthen the unity
among the working classes. Institutionalizing the practice of industry wide collective bargaining
will bring a dynamics that may effectively stop any tendencies of corruption in unions and wipe
out those unions that are transformed into professional consultancy firms (particularly in those
sectors where informal workers form a majority and factory level unions do not exist), along
with gradually insuring a better space for factory level collective bargaining beyond the
minimum standards set by the industry wide bargaining.
The organizing and collective bargaining was comparatively simpler when the
industries were largely local and producing largely for home markets, and self employed sectors
were largely the subsistence economies. With integration of economies in global value chains,
and emergence of other related dynamics, it no more remains a simple case. For developing
successful organizing and collective bargaining strategies in new conditions, the activists need
to understand the dynamics of global value chains in their particular sectors, and related
politico-economic dynamics. Without an exposure and linkage with the broader labour
movement at country level, and at international or at least regional level, it is impossible to build
sectoral and international solidarity that becomes important for winning the struggles in new
situations. Therefore, training and education of activists, as well as providing them exposure to
regional labour movements emerges as an important area of focus for the labour movement.
Increasing corporatization and monopolization of media and their systematically builtin anti-labour agenda has created a situation wherein the labour becomes invisible, and their
actions are by and large made ineffective. For example, in a series of general strikes after 2000
in India millions of workers participated, and in many labour demonstrations tens of thousands
of workers marched in the capital city of Delhi, but media never provided them a significant
space, and many a time completely ignored them, thereby reducing the effectiveness of labour
actions to the extent that the majority of population did not even know about it. In these
situations, it is becoming increasingly important for labour movement to create its own national
media.
The neoliberal-imperial globalization is the most aggressive phase of capitalism
wherein capital is not ready to accept barrier of any kind that restricts/blocks the expansion and
accumulation of capital. In the absence of any effective political opposition from the workers,
the state appears to be fully transformed as the corporate agent rather than a neutral agent.
Under these circumstances any broader change in life and working conditions of workers is not
possible without the political role of workers in every sphere of life and strong political power
of the working class. Moving towards this direction requires initiatives including (i) merger or
building united platforms of trade unions in particular industries (even with maintaining their
affiliation with various central or state unions), (ii) a political platform of labour with a common
minimum program by integrating all trade unions and other working class organizations, (iii)
demanding representation of largest worker‘s organization in all relevant policy
making/implementing bodies at all levels--central, state, district and local bodies by way of
verification of membership of all organizations submitting membership returns at all levels (and
not only of central trade unions as is currently done). Integration of workers movement and its
emergence as political force also depends on its ability to resolve the political and ideological
crisis that the working class movement is currently facing, by being able to propose an agenda
with comprehensive set of alternative policies and strategies.
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The political integration of labour movement and practising of a mass movement
model based on Sangharsh and Nirman (struggle for rights and building of social and economic
institutions to transform the life and work of workers in such a way that increases the collective
consciousness of workers, reduces the pains of their life, as well as increases the sustainability
of their livelihoods) as successfully experimented by the Chhattisgarh Mukti Morcha under the
leadership of the late Shankar Guha Niyogi, may constitute the major aspects of the future
model of the labour movement. These strategies provide enough strength to resolve various
problems (including the socio-political, organizational and financial problems) that the
movements are currently facing.
5.
Concluding Remarks
The ‗Washington Consensus‘ emphasizes five key policies: (a) trade liberalization and
export-led growth; (b) financial market liberalization and financial capital mobility; (c) fiscal
and monetary austerity; (d) privatization; and (e) labour market flexibility. By contrast, the
alternative of domestic demand-led growth rests on four pillars: (a) improved income
distribution; (b) good governance; (c) financial stability and space for counter-cyclical
stabilization policy; and (d) an adequate, fairly priced supply of development finance. These
four pillars are put in place with three policies: (a) labour and democratic rights; (b) appropriate
reform and regulation of the financial architecture; and (c) a combination of debt relief,
increased foreign aid, and increased development assistance provided through expanded SDRs.
It is not the concern of this paper to rigorously evaluate the policy configurations of these two
opposing models of development.
All that this paper has done is that from the narrow perspective of promoting worker
well-being alongside economic growth, the dichotomous policy options in terms of export led
model in conjunction with labour market flexibility (i.e. informalisation of employment via
garbage labour contracts with labour rights deficits) on the one hand and internal market-led
development associated with employment stability and worker rights on the other need to be
recognized. And, moreover, labour politics from below needs to be redefined for empowering
the working people at large. Now that the former model has failed, there is need for choosing
the latter model as the only alternative. Whether this indeed will be done is a matter of political
choices for ―another world is possible‖ (a la the World Social Forum) the examination of which
is beyond this paper. Moving on these lines is the way forward for achieving development with
the understanding that after all the working people are the real wealth of the nations.
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REPORTS ENQUIRIES AND STUDIES
Report on the Working of the Motor Transport Workers act, 1961
for the year 2012
1.
Scope, Objective and Main Provisions
The Motor Transport Workers Act, 1961 which came into force in March,
1962 is intended to take care of the welfare of the motor transport workers and to regulate the
conditions of their work. It applies to every motor transport undertaking employing five or more
workers in all the States / Union Territories in the country. The State Governments are,
however, empowered to apply all or any of the provisions of this Act to any motor transport
undertaking employing less than five workers. In Delhi, the Motor Transport Undertakings are
covered under the Shops and Commercial Establishments Act.
The main provisions of the Act, inter-alia, relate to (i) welfare and health; (ii) hours of
work; (iii) employment of young persons; and (iv) wages, over-time payment and leave.
2.
Administration of the Act
The Act, which makes it obligatory for every employer of a motor transport
undertaking, to which the Act is applicable, to have the undertaking registered under the Act, is
administered by the State Governments.
It also makes obligatory for the employers to provide every reasonable facility to the
Inspectorate Staff for making any inspection, examination or inquiry, as it deemed fit, so as to
ensure the scrupulous implementation of the provisions of the Act or the Rules made thereunder.
Besides, the Act also provides for appointment of qualified medical practitioners as
―Certifying Surgeons‖ by the State Governments for the examination and certification of motor
transport workers and to exercise medical supervision on the employment of adolescents.
3.
Distribution of Motor Transport Undertakings
The details of the number of registered motor transport undertakings during the year
2012 are presented in Table-1. The Table shows that a total of 81,141 Motor Transport
Undertakings were registered as on 31st December, 2012, of which 10,741 were registered
during 2012. Of the total registered motor transport undertakings, Assam has the highest share
of 51.30% (41,625), followed by Bihar 14.27% and Kerala 8.66%.
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Table – 1
Number of Registered Motor Transport Undertakings during 2012
State / Union Territory
Number of undertakings
On
Register at
the
beginning
of the year
2
1
Newly
Registered
during the
year
3
Removed from On Register at the end of
the Register
the year
during the year
4
5
1. Assam
41,125
8,518
8,018
41,625(51.30)
2. Bihar
11,137
444
-
11,581(14.27)
3. Chhattisgarh
3,906
85
102
3,889(4.79)
4. Goa
1,352
393
10
1,735(2.14)
5. Gujarat
181
14
-
195(0.24)
6. Haryana
74
4
-
78(0.10)
112
4
-
116(0.14)
8. Jammu and Kashmir
1,905
191
-
2,096(2.58)
9. Karnataka
1,183
53
3
1,233(1.52)
10. Kerala
6,487
829
288
7,028(8.66)
-
-
-
-
164
-
-
164(0.20)
13. Rajasthan
5,210
16
496
4,730(5.83)
14. Tripura
2,480
108
-
2,588(3.19)
15. Uttarakhand
1,040
18
52
1,006(1.24)
16. West Bengal
2,686
28
-
2,714(3.35)
9
-
-
9(0.01)
318
36
-
354(0.44)
79,369
10,741
8,969
81,141
7. Himachal Pradesh
11. Mizoram @
12. Punjab
17. Chandigarh
18. Pudducherry
Total
-
= Nil, @ = The Act is yet to enforce in Mizoram
Note: 1. Figures of Registered Transport Undertakings may not tally over the years because of
difference in updation of the Register of Establishments by the States/Union Territories
at different times.
2. Figures in the brackets indicate state-wise percentage share to the total.
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4.
Employment
As per the Act a motor transport worker is one who is employed in a motor transport
undertaking directly or through any agency, whether for wages or not, to work in a professional
capacity on a transport vehicle or to attend to duties in connection with the arrival, departure,
loading or unloading of such transport vehicle and includes a driver, conductor, cleaner, station
staff, line checking staff, booking clerk, cash clerk, depot clerk, time-keeper, watchman or
attendant. It does not include (a) any such person who is employed in a factory as defined in the
Factories Act, 1948 and (b) any such person to whom the provisions of any law for the time
being in force regulating the conditions of service of persons employed in Shops or Commercial
Establishments apply.
The Act prohibits the employment of a person who has not completed his fifteenth
year. Adolescents (i.e., those who have completed their fifteenth year but have not completed
their eighteenth year) are also not allowed to work as motor transport workers unless a
certificate of fitness is granted by a Certifying Surgeon and the same is kept in the custody of
the employer. The concerned adolescent is also required to carry a token to this effect while at
work. The certificate of fitness so granted is valid only for a period of 12 months and can be
renewed again.
State-wise information on the number of registered motor transport undertakings and
average daily employment therein during 2012 is presented in Table-2. The Table shows that
out of the 76,225 registered working undertakings, only 24.18% units submitted their annual
returns. The employment figures for the units not submitting returns have however been
estimated by the concerned agencies from the following sources in order of their preference:
i)
Recent inspection report,
ii)
Previous year‘s employment data and
iii)
Employment figures indicated in the application for registration or grant or
renewal of license.
The total average daily employment in the motor transport industry in a state has been
derived by adding up the estimated average daily employment in the units not submitting returns
with the employment figures of undertakings submitting returns. Of the total number of
4,28,625 motor transport workers during 2012, Karnataka accounted for the highest number of
workers i.e., 1,80,380 (42.08%) followed by Assam 94,425 (22.03%) and Rajasthan 44,109
(10.29%). These three states taken together accounted for 74 per cent of the total average daily
employment in motor transport undertakings. Though the all-India average daily employment
per undertaking was 5.62, it varied from state to state. Chandigarh(UT) was on the top with an
average daily employment per undertaking of 208.67 workers in 9 Motor Transport Undertaking
whereas Goa was at the bottom with 1.08 workers employed on an average in 1,867 Motor
Transport Undertakings.
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Table – 2
Number of Motor Transport Undertakings and Workers Employed therein during 2012
State /
Union Territory
Number of
Motor
Transport
Undertakings
submitting
returns
Employment Strength
Average daily
Number of
employment
Motor
in the
Transport
Undertakings
Undertakings
submitting
not submitting
returns
returns
2
3
4
Estimated
average daily
employment
in the
Undertakings
not
Submitting
returns
5
1. Assam
15,514
37,212
24,217
57,213
2. Bihar
152
3,618
7,344
13,185
3. Chhattisgarh
492
3,241
4,460
10,444
4. Goa
7
1,867
1,728
-
5. Gujarat
47
1,525
148
-
6. Haryana
19
1,943
59
8,060
7. Himachal Pradesh
38
3,156
78
4,339
8. Jammu and Kashmir
540
3,159
1,556
9,102
9. Karnataka
104
97,137
1,129
83,243
10. Kerala
-
-
7,028
17,232
11. Mizoram @
-
-
-
-
12. Punjab
29
2,540
135
6,596
13. Rajasthan
31
501
4,699
43,608
1,106
5,030
1,482
2,860
15. Uttarakhand
164
1,195
842
2,339
16. West Bengal
38
151
2,676
2,676
17. Chandigarh
6
1,325
3
553
18. Pudducherry
148
2,013
206
1,562
18,435(24.18)
1,65,613
57,790(75.82)
2,63,012
takings not submitting returns
1
14. Tripura
Total
- = Nil, @ = The Act is yet to enforce in Mizoram
Contd…
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Table 2 Concld.
State /
Union Territory
Total Number of
working
Motor Transport
Undertakings
(col.2+col.4)
6
Employment Strength
Average daily
Employment in the
Registered Motor
Transport Undertakings
(col.3+col.5)
7
1. Assam
39,731
94,425(22.03)
2.38
2. Bihar
7,496
16,803(3.92)
2.24
3. Chhattisgarh
4,952
13,685(3.19)
2.76
4. Goa
1,735
1,867(0.44)
1.08
5. Gujarat
195
1,525(0.36)
7.82
6. Haryana
78
10,003(2.33)
128.24
116
7,495(1.75)
64.61
8. Jammu and Kashmir
2,096
12,261(2.86)
5.85
9. Karnataka
1,233
1,80,380(42.08)
146.29
10. Kerala
7,028
17,232(4.02)
2.45
-
-
-
164
9,136(2.13)
55.71
13. Rajasthan
4,730
44,109(10.29)
9.33
14. Tripura
2,588
7,890(1.84)
3.05
15. Uttarakhand
1,006
3,534(0.82)
3.51
16. West Bengal
2,714
2,827(0.66)
1.04
9
1,878(0.44)
208.67
18. Pudducherry
354
3,575(0.84)
10.10
Total
76,225
4,28,625
5.62
1
7. Himachal Pradesh
11. Mizoram @
12. Punjab
17. Chandigarh
-
= Nil
Notes 1.
2.
Average daily
employment
per
Undertakings
(col.7  col.6)
8
@ = The Act is yet to enforce in Mizoram
Figures in the brackets in total indicate percentage share of Motor Transport
Undertakings submitting and not submitting returns to the total number of Motor
Transport Undertakings.
Figures in brackets in col.7 indicate state-wise percentage share to the total average
daily employment in all Motor Transport Undertakings.
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5.
Distribution of undertakings which submitted returns by Size of Employment
Data on state-wise distribution of motor transport undertakings (submitting returns) by
employment size during the year 2012 has been presented in Table-3. It reveals that bulk of the
motor transport undertakings (95.62% ) employ less than 10 workers whereas bigger units
employing 1,000 or more workers constitutes only 0.19 percent.
Table – 3
Distribution of Registered Motor Transport Undertakings which submitted returns by
Employment Strength during 2012
State/Union Territory
Employment Strength
10 or more
20 or more
50 or more
100 or more
but less
but less than
but less than but less than
50 workers
100 workers 250 workers
than 20
workers
A
B
A
B
A
B
A
B
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
Less than 10
workers
1
1. Assam
2. Bihar
3. Chhattisgarh
4. Goa
5. Gujarat
6. Haryana
A
2
B
3
15,514
37,212
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
151
188
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
12
1,296
79
324
79
324
89
389
74
292
7
1,867
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
16
95
13
190
11
370
5
350
1
217
7
38
6
76
2
50
1
61
1
142
11
77
2
31
8
286
6
394
7
1,255
498
2,608
42
551
-
-
-
-
-
-
9. Karnataka
-
-
82
1,335
-
-
16
1,072
2
321
10. Kerala
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
11. Mizoram @
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
12. Punjab
2
12
4
50
6
155
7
429
7
1,039
27
92
-
-
2
85
1
88
1
236
1,106
5,030
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
15. Uttarakhand
139
623
24
282
-
-
-
-
-
-
16. West Bengal
38
151
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
17. Chandigarh
3
17
1
10
-
-
-
-
-
-
18. Pudducherry
96
480
34
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8
160
6
312
2
206
17,627 49,786
287
3,196
116
1,430
131
3,095
95
3,708
7. Himachal Pradesh
8. Jammu and
Kashmir
13. Rajasthan
14. Tripura
Total
(95.62) (30.06) (1.56 ) (1.93) (0.63) (0.86) (0.71 ) (1.86) (0.52) (2.24)
Contd…
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Table-3 concld.
State/Union Territory
250 or more but
less than 500
workers
Employment Strength
500 or
1000 or more
workers
more but less
than 1000
workers
A
B
A
B
14
15
16
17
A
12
B
13
1. Assam
-
-
-
-
-
2. Bihar
-
-
-
-
69
259
60
4. Goa
-
-
5. Gujarat
1
6. Haryana
All workers
(i.e., Total)
A
18
B
19
-
15,514
37,212
1
3,430
152
3,618
194
30
163
492
3,241
-
-
-
-
7
1,867
303
-
-
-
-
47
1,525
-
-
2
1,576
-
-
19
1,943
7. Himachal Pradesh
4
1,113
-
-
-
-
38
3,156
8. Jammu and Kashmir
-
-
-
-
-
-
540
3,159
9. Karnataka
-
-
-
-
4
94,409
104
97,137
10. Kerala
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
11. Mizoram @
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
12. Punjab
3
855
-
-
-
-
29
2,540
13. Rajasthan
-
-
-
-
-
-
31
501
14. Tripura
-
-
-
-
-
-
1,106
5,030
15. Uttarakhand
1
290
-
-
-
-
164
1,195
16. West Bengal
-
-
-
-
-
-
38
151
17. Chandigarh
1
308
1
990
-
-
6
1,325
18. Pudducherry
2
508
-
-
-
-
148
2,013
81
3,636
63
2,760
35
98,002
18,435
1,65,613
(0.44)
(2.20)
(0.34)
(1.67)
(0.19)
(59.18)
(100.00)
(100.00)
1
3. Chhattisgarh
Total
- = Nil. @ = The Act is yet to enforce in Mizoram
A = Number of Motor Transport Undertakings.
B = Average daily Employment.
Note:-Figures in brackets indicate size-wise percentage share to the total.
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Table 3A given below presents the number of motor transport undertakings submitting
returns and average daily employment therein by various size groups during 2012.
Table 3A
Average Daily Employment in Motor Transport Undertakings by Employment Size-Groups
Employment
Size
Number of Motor Transport
Undertakings Submitting
Returns
Number
Percentage to
Total
1
Below 50
2
3
Average Daily Number of Workers
Employed
Number
Percentage to Total
4
5
18,030
97.80
54,412
32.85
131
0.71
3,095
1.86
100-249
95
0.52
3,708
2.24
250-499
81
0.44
3,636
2.20
500-999
63
0.34
2,760
1.67
1000 & above
35
0.19
98,002
59.18
18,435
100.00
1,65,613
100.00
50-99
All Groups
The above Table reveals that the number of Motor Transport Undertakings employing
less than 50 workers account for 97.80% of the total undertakings submitting returns but only
32.85% of the total employment. On the other hand, the number of undertakings employing
1,000 or more workers constitutes only 0.19% of the total undertakings but they account for
59.18% of the total employment.
6.
Hours of work
The Act forbids the employment of any adult worker for more than 8 hours per day and
48 hours per week. However, workers engaged in the running of any motor transport service on
long distance routes or on festive and other occasions have been permitted to work for more
than 8 hours in a day and 48 hours in any week but not exceeding 10 hours in a day and 54
hours in a week. Workers can also be allowed to work beyond the prescribed limits of work in
the event of breakdown or dislocation of transport service or interruption of traffic etc.
Adolescents are not permitted to be employed or required to work (a) for more than 6 hours a
day including rest interval of half-an-hour, and (b) between 10 p.m. and 6 a.m. In case of
adults, the period of work should not exceed five hours before a rest interval of at least half-anhour is given. The spread-over of the hours of work inclusive of interval of rest, is not to exceed
12 hours on any day in the case of adult workers and 9 hours in the case of adolescent workers.
The hours of work of workers cannot be split into more than two spells on any day.
It is obligatory for the grant of a day of rest to every worker in every period of seven
days of work under this Act. If a worker is required to attend duty on any day of rest in order to
prevent any dislocation of a motor transport service, in such cases it is to be ensured that he does
not work consecutively for more than ten days without a day of rest. If an employer is granted
exemption under the Act and is not able to grant any of the prescribed days of rest to workers,
the worker is entitled to avail compensatory days of rest equal to the number of days of rest lost
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by him within the month in which the days of rest are due to him or within two months
immediately following that month.
Table-4 shows the number of motor transport undertakings and employment therein
according to normal daily hours of work and rest interval enjoyed by the workers. It can be seen
from this Table that 65.71% of the workers worked for 8 hours a day. So far as the rest intervals
are concerned, 83.00% workers enjoyed rest interval ranging from half-an-hour to one hour.
Table-4
Number of Registered Motor Transport Undertakings submitting returns and Employment
therein according to the Normal Daily Hours of Work and Rest Interval during 2012
State/Union Territory
Less than 8 hours
1
1. Assam
2. Bihar
3. Chhattisgarh
4. Goa
5. Gujarat
6. Haryana
7. Himachal Pradesh
8. Jammu and Kashmir
9. Karnataka
10. Kerala
11. Mizoram @
12. Punjab
13. Rajasthan
14. Tripura
15. Uttarakhand
16. West Bengal
17. Chandigarh
18. Pudducherry
Total
A
2
B
3
8,172 2,909
18
43
6
248
1
56
215
810
8,412 4,066
(45.63) (2.46)
Normal daily hours of work
8 hours
More than 8
hours
A
B
A
B
4
5
6
7
6,340
152
456
7
47
19
30
540
102
28
31
396
164
38
6
148
8,504
(46.13)
28,513
3,618
3,155
1,867
1,525
1,943
2,782
3,159
53,196
2,484
501
1,405
1,195
151
1,325
2,013
1,08,832
(65.71)
1,002
18
2
2
495
1,519
(8.24)
5,790
43
126
43,941
2,815
52,715
(31.83)
Total
A
8
15,514 37,212
152
3,618
492
3,241
7
1,867
47
1,525
19
1,943
38
3,156
540
3,159
104
97,137
29
2,540
31
501
1,106
5,030
164
1,195
38
151
6
1,325
148
2,013
18,435 1,65,613
(100.00) (100.00)
Contd……
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Table 4-concld.
State/Union Territory
1
Less than
½ hour
A
B
10
11
Rest Intervals
½ hour to
More than
1 hour
1 hours
A
B
A
B
12
13
14
15
Total
A
16
B
17
1. Assam
2,632
5,413
7,657
21,262
5,225
10,537
15,514
37,212
2. Bihar
-
-
152
3,618
-
-
152
3,618
3. Chhattisgarh
18
43
456
3,000
18
198
492
3,241
4. Goa
3
1,858
-
-
4
9
7
1,867
5. Gujarat
-
-
47
1,525
-
-
47
1,525
6. Haryana
-
-
19
1,943
-
-
19
1,943
7. Himachal Pradesh
-
-
38
3,156
-
-
38
3,156
8. Jammu and Kashmir
-
-
534
3,139
6
20
540
3,159
12
3,196
90
93,100
2
841
104
97,137
10. Kerala
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
11. Mizoram @
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
27
2,496
2
44
-
-
29
2,540
-
-
31
501
-
-
31
501
306
728
352
1,480
448
2,822
1,106
5,030
15. Uttarakhand
-
-
164
1,195
-
-
164
1,195
16. West Bengal
-
-
38
151
-
-
38
151
17. Chandigarh
-
-
6
1,325
-
-
6
1,325
18. Pudducherry
-
-
148
2,013
-
-
148
2,013
2,998
13,734
9,734
1,37,452
5,703
14,427
18,435
1,65,613
(16.26)
(8.29)
(52.80)
(83.00)
(30.94)
(8.71)
(100.00)
(100.00)
9. Karnataka
12. Punjab
13. Rajasthan
14. Tripura
Total
- = Nil, @ = The Act is yet to enforce in Mizoram
A = Number of Motor Transport Undertakings submitting returns.
B = Average daily Employment.
Note:- Figures in brackets indicate percentage share of ranges of Normal daily hours of work
and rest intervals to their totals in respect of Number of Motor Transport Undertakings
submitting returns and average daily employment.
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7.
Wages, Overtime Payment and Leave
All workers engaged in motor transport undertakings are covered under the Payment of
Wages Act, 1936, where an adult worker works for more than eight hours on any day or where
he is required to work on any day of rest, he is entitled to the wages at the rate of twice his
ordinary rate of wages in respect of the overtime work or the work done on the day of rest, as
the case may be. Similarly, an adolescent required to work on rest days is also entitled to wages
at the rate of twice his ordinary rate of wages (basic wage plus dearness allowance).
Under Section 27 of the Motor Transport Workers Act, every adult motor transport
worker who works for a period of 240 days or more during a calendar year is entitled to leave
with wages during the subsequent years at the rate of one day for every 20 days of work
performed. In the case of adolescent worker, leave is to be calculated at the rate of one day for
every 14 days of work performed by him during the pervious calendar year. The Act also
provides that if a motor transport worker is not granted leave to which he was entitled under
sub-section (3) of Section 27 of the Act, he should be paid wages in lieu thereof at the rate
prescribed in sub-section (1) of Section 28 of the Act. A worker whose service commences
otherwise than on the first day of January, is entitled to leave with wages at the prescribed rate,
provided he works for two third of the total number of days in the remainder of the calendar
year. If a worker is discharged or dismissed from service during the course of the year, he is
entitled to leave with wages at the prescribed rate even if he has not worked for the entire period
as specified above. The leave admissible as above will exclude weekly holidays or closed
holidays falling during or at either end of the period of leave. It can be accumulated to the extent
of 30 days in the case of an adult and 40 days in the case of an adolescent. Wages for the days
of leave are to be paid on the basis of average daily full-time wages for the days the workers
worked during the month immediately preceding the leave including dearness allowance and
cash equivalent of concessional supply of food-grains but excluding over-time earnings and
bonus. A worker who is granted leave for more than four days is entitled to receive, in advance,
the wages payable for the period of his leave. The data relating to the entitlement of leave, leave
granted and the amount paid to workers as wages in lieu of leave etc. are presented in Table-5.
During the year 2012, out of the 1,55,031 workers who were entitled to leave with wages,
1,06,047 (68.40%) were provided leave with wages and an amount of Rs.10,31,91,710 was paid
as leave wages. During the year 334 workers, who were discharged, had also been paid leave
wages.
The highest number of workers (75,091) who were granted leave was in Karnataka
followed by Assam (15,514) and Tripura (3,235). The highest amount of wages in lieu of leave
was paid in Assam (Rs.8,91,49,100) followed by Gujarat (Rs.1,10,47,584) and Jammu &
Kashmir (Rs.13,95,000).
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State/Union Territory
Table -5
Leave with wages during 2012
No. of
No. of
No. of
workers
workers
workers
entitled to who were
who were
annual
granted
discharged
leave with leave
or
wages
during the
dismissed
year
during the
during the
year
year
1
2
1. Assam
3
4
No. of
discharged
workers who
were paid
wages in lieu
of leave
during the
year
Total amount
paid to workers
as wages in lieu
of leave during
the year
(in Rs.)
5
6
24,343
15,514
89
56
8,91,49,100
-
-
-
-
-
13,685
-
-
-
-
4. Goa
1,771
1,494
42
37
-
5. Gujarat
1,525
642
-
-
1,10,47,584
760
307
7
7
34,425
7. Himachal Pradesh
3,156
3,156
-
-
-
8. Jammu and Kashmir
3,159
1,595
-
-
13,95,000
97,137
75,091
2,705
228
10,98,551
10. Kerala
-
-
-
-
-
11. Mizoram @
-
-
-
-
-
1,226
518
5
-
3,28,370
501
499
4
-
-
14. Tripura
3,235
3,235
-
-
-
15. Uttarakhand
1,195
658
6
6
1,38,680
16. West Bengal
-
-
-
-
-
17. Chandigarh
1,325
1,325
-
-
-
18. Pudducherry
2,013
2,013
-
-
-
Total
1,55,031
1,06,047
2,858
334
2. Bihar
3. Chhattisgarh
6. Haryana
9. Karnataka
12. Punjab
13. Rajasthan
- = Nil.
10,31,91,710
(68.40)
@ = The Act is yet to enforce in Mizoram
Note:- Figure in bracket indicates percentage of workers granted leave to total number of
workers entitled to annual leave.
8.
Welfare and Health
The State Governments are empowered to frame Rules requiring the employers of
motor transport undertakings employing 100 or more workers to provide and maintain canteens
of the prescribed standards. Such Rules may provide for the constitution of Managing
Committees for the canteens and the representation of the workers in the management of the
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canteens. The Act provides for clean, comfortable, well-lighted and ventilated rest rooms or
such other alternative accommodation at every place wherein the workers are required to halt at
night. The State Governments may prescribe the standard of construction, accommodation,
furniture and other equipment for restrooms or the alternative accommodation to be provided.
The employers are also required to provide uniforms, raincoats or other such amenities to the
drivers, conductors and line-checking staff for their protection from rain and cold. The
employers, who do not have arrangements for the washing of uniforms at their cost, have to pay
washing allowance to such staff at the prescribed rate.
It is obligatory for the employers to provide and maintain such medical facilities as
may be readily available for the workers at such operating centres and the halting stations as
may be prescribed by the concerned State Governments. In addition, a first-aid box equipped
with the prescribed contents is required to be maintained by the employer in every transport
vehicle so that first-aid facilities are readily available during all working hours. The first-aid box
shall be kept under the charge of the driver or the conductor of the vehicle who shall be
provided facilities for training in the use thereof. Table 6 presents the State-wise information
regarding the number of undertakings providing canteens and rest rooms. All the States/Union
Territories covered under the Act have not supplied the information in respect of these welfare
activities. However, the available information shows that 204 units have provided canteen
facilities and 408 units have provided rest rooms. From the table it is evident that the welfare
facilities provided by the units located in different states are quite satisfactory. There are units
which are also providing these facilities though they are not bounded by the Act to provide such
facilities.
Table-6
Canteens and Rest Rooms Facilities provided by Motor Transport Undertakings
during 2012
1
2
3
4
5
1. Assam
86
48
48
54
2. Bihar
3. Chhattisgarh
43
10
10
12
4. Goa
1
3
5. Gujarat
3
3
3
3
6. Haryana
16
19
7. Himachal Pradesh
11
15
16
38
8. Jammu and Kashmir
20
15
18
13
9. Karnataka
70
7
10. Kerala
12
11. Mizoram @
12. Punjab
13. Rajasthan
8
8
8
8
14. Tripura
15. Uttarakhand
12
12
6
6
16. West Bengal
..
..
..
..
17. Chandigarh
3
2
2
9
18. Pudducherry
4
4
4
Total
190
204
144
155
- = Nil, @ = The Act is yet to enforce in Mizoram, .. = Not reported
359
6
57
12
5
3
19
38
28
7
12
8
6
..
6
207
408
No. of
Rest Rooms
Provided
No. of
Units providing
Rest Rooms
No. of
Undertakings
required to
provide
Rest Rooms
Rest Rooms
No. of Canteen
provided
No. of
Units providing
Canteens
Canteens
No. of Undertakings
required to
provide Canteens
State /Union Territory
7
58
12
14
7
22
49
13
7
12
8
6
..
6
207
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Table - 7 presents the State-wise information regarding the number of undertakings
providing dispensaries, doctors and nurses. While the table shows that the medical facilities
provided to motor transport workers is quite satisfactory as the number of units providing these
facilities, except in the States of Himachal Pradesh, Jammu and Kashmir, and Uttarakhand, are
more or less in tune with the prescribed norms, it also shows that Bihar, Chhattisgarh,
Karnataka, Punjab and Tripura are the only States which has not provided any medical facilities
to the motor transport workers.
Table-7
Medical Facilities provided by Motor Transport Undertakings during 2012
State /Union Territory
1
1. Assam
2. Bihar
3. Chhattisgarh
4. Goa
5. Gujarat
6. Haryana
7. Himachal Pradesh
8. Jammu and Kashmir
9. Karnataka
10. Kerala
11. Mizoram @
12. Punjab
13. Rajasthan
14. Tripura
15. Uttarakhand
16. West Bengal
17. Chandigarh
18. Pudducherry
Total
9.
Medical Facilities
No. of
No. of Units
No. of
No. of
Undertakings providing Dispensaries
Doctors
required to
Medical
provided
provided
provide
facilities
Medical
facilities
2
3
4
5
57
58
4
4
3
3
3
3
12
12
22
38
5
4
30
26
8
4
12
8
8
6
6
6
6
..
..
..
..
9
6
176
176
339
304
33
39
No. of Nurses/
Compounders
provided
6
7
27
5
16
8
..
63
= Nil, .. = Not Reported @ = The Act is yet to enforce in Mizoram
Enforcement
The Inspectorate Staff in the States / Union Territories are required to ensure proper
implementation of the provisions of the Motor Transport Workers Act, 1961 relating to hours of
work, daily interval for rest, spread over of working hours, weekly rest, etc. The Inspectorates
in various States / Union Territories carry out inspections of the undertakings to check
infringement of the provisions of the Motor Transport Workers Act, 1961.
Table-8 presents information relating to number of inspections made, prosecutions
launched, convictions obtained and fines realized during the year under reference. The number
of inspections carried out are highest in Assam (27,299) whereas, prosecutions launched are
maximum in Kerala (170) and the highest amount of fine realized in Kerala i.e. Rs.1,42,059.
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1
2
1. Assam
2. Bihar
3. Chhattisgarh
4. Goa
5. Gujarat
6. Haryana
7. Himachal Pradesh
8. Jammu and Kashmir
9. Karnataka
10. Kerala
11. Mizoram @
12. Punjab
13. Rajasthan
14. Tripura
15. Uttarakhand
16. West Bengal
17. Chandigarh
18. Pudducherry
Total
27,299
738
2,739
4
500
79
1,981
135
4,006
3
59
1,860
7
725
9
253
40,397
10.
= Nil
3
403
1,012
273
26
54
2
129
1
10
111
392
2,413
Total amount realized
towards fines (Rs.)
No. of cases pending
at the end of the year
No. of cases withdrawn
No. of cases acquitted
No. of fresh cases filed
during the
year
No. of cases in which
conviction obtained
No. of cases pending
at the commencement
of the year
No. of Inspections made
Table –8
Inspections Made, Prosecutions Launched, Convictions Obtained and Amount of Fine Realized
during 2012
State/Union Territory
Prosecutions
4
5
6
7
8
9
16
34
4
4
48
170
1
117
394
19
4
3
6
1
90
8
7
138
7
7
11
11
419
1,016
273
27
89
1
209
1
10
104
502
2,651
27,500
2,000
2,700
4,000
606
1,42,059
1,500
3,300
1,83,665
@ = The Act is yet to enforce in Mizoram
Limitations
This Act extends to the whole of India and applies to every motor transport
undertaking employing five or more workers in all the States / Union Territories in the country.
As such all the States / Union Territories in the country are under obligation to submit the
returns by stipulated date to the Labour Bureau. However, there are number of States/Union
Territories which have not submitted the returns by stipulated time despite repeated reminders
thereby resulting into delay in bringing out the report.
The present report is based on the information received from 16 States and 2 Union
Territories. The other States / Union Territories have either not submitted the returns or have
submitted defective/inconsistent figures. Andhra Pradesh, Arunachal Pradesh, Jharkhand,
Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra, Manipur, Odisha, Tamil Nadu, Uttar Pradesh and Andaman &
Nicobar Islands (not submitted), Meghalaya (submitted but defective) were among them.
Similarly, the review does not include information pertaining to Mizoram, Nagaland, Sikkim,
Dadra & Nagar Haveli, Daman & Diu and Lakshadweep as the Act has not been implemented in
these States / Union Territories.
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LABOUR ACTIVITIES
LABOUR SITUATION
No case of Closures, Retrenchment and Lay-off has been received during January,
2015 in the Bureau upto 28th February, 2014 as such Tables I to VII have not been presented.
Industrial Disputes during January 2015 (Provisional)
The statistics of work-stoppages due to Industrial Disputes during January, 2015 based
on the returns received from different State Labour Departments / Regional Labour
Commissioners (Central) are presented in the following tables:
As per available information 2 Industrial Disputes resulting in work-stoppages were
reported during January, 2015 in which 22938 workers were involved and 22938 mandays lost
were reported. Besides, there were no Disputes which occurred due to reasons other than
Industrial Disputes.
Table VIII
Number of Mandays Lost on Account of Work-stoppages during
January, 2014 and 2015
Number of Mandays Lost on Account of
Month
Industrial Disputes
Reasons Other Than Industrial Disputes
1
2014 (P)
2
2015 (P)
3
2014 (P)
4
January
155590
22938
154035
2015(P)
5
..
(P) = Provisional and based on the returns /clarifications received in the Bureau till 2nd March,
2015.
.. = Not available.
N.B:- Figures for 2015 are not comparable with those for 2014 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 January, 2015 (P)
Name of the State /
Strike/
Cause
No. of No. of
Wages
Production
Union Territory /
Lockout
Workers Mandays
lost
loss
Sphere / Sector /
involved lost
(Rs. in
(Rs. in
Number of
(in 000‘s) Lakhs)
Lakhs)
Establishments
affected
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
CENTRAL SPHERE
NIL
STATE SPHERE
Andhra Pradesh
One unit
Lockout Bonus
996
204.2
730.80
1461.60
(Private Sector)
One unit
Strike
Wages &
2750
291.5
313.50
627.00
(Private Sector)
Allowances
One unit
Lockout Indiscipline
395
149.7
750.00
750.00
(Private Sector)
One unit
Lockout Shortage of
5200
8716.8
47476.00 42929.51
(Private Sector)
Power
Haryana
One unit
Lockout Non
1134
875.9
..
..
(Private Sector)
implementation of labour
agreement
One unit
Strike
Personnel
441
68.8
..
..
(Private Sector)
Kerala
One unit
Strike
Others
194
100.7
..
..
(Private Sector)
One unit
Lockout Charter of
20
260.4
..
..
(Private Sector)
Demands
One unit
Lockout Indiscipline
170
285.3
..
..
(Private Sector)
One unit
Lockout Others
131
196.5
..
..
(Private Sector)
One unit
Lockout Financial
100
131.4
..
..
(Private Sector)
Crisis
One unit
Lockout Others
530
300.0
..
..
(Private Sector)
Rajasthan
One unit
‗S/L‘
Indiscipline
270
214.5
291.76
1629.16
(Private Sector)
(P) = Provisional and based on the returns /clarifications received in the Bureau till
30th January, 2015.
.. = Not available
* = All disputes in which there was a time-loss of 50,000 or more mandays during the period
under review or since the beginning of the disputes are classified as major disputes.
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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.
Amend Act to Aid Unorganised Workers - The labour ministry has suggested an amendment
to the Unorganised Workers' Social Security Act to remove a limitation that prohibits extending
social security benefits to unorganised workers in the organised or formal sector. The ministry
has proposed doing away with a provision in the Act that prevents unorganised workers covered
under the Industrial Disputes Act of 1947 from availing key benefits such as insurance,
provident fund, gratuity and pension. According to industry estimates, out of the 397.4 million
Indian workforce, 49.7 million are employed in the formal sector, while 347.7 million are in the
informal sector. Of the nearly 50 million employed in the formal sector, 28.8 million are
temporary workers, who are often deprived of these benefits. "The amendment to the
Unorganised Workers' Social Security Act, 2008, mooted by labour ministry, was discussed at
the meeting with state labour secretaries on January 13 for states to take a view on this, so that
the proposed changes could be firmed up over the next few months," a senior government
official, who was part of this meeting, said. The other proposed changes include inclusion of
Union Territories (UTs) in the mandate of the Act. In its present form, the Act extends to the
whole of India but has no specific mention of UTs, as a result of which, unorganised workers in
the UTs are left out of the purview of the Act. There are 10 social security benefits available
under the Unorganised Workers' Social Security Act, which include the Indira Gandhi National
Old Age Pension Scheme, the Aam Admi Bima Yojana, the Rashtriya Swasthya Bima Yojana
and the Janani Suraksha Yojana.
(The Economic Times, 03.02.2015)
Government to bring Bill for Social Security to Unorganised Workers - Government has
assured labour unions that it will bring a Bill aimed at providing social security benefits like
health services, insurance, pension and banking for workers in the unorganised sector. "He
(Labour Minister Bandaru Dattatreya) promised that Bill for Social Security for Unorganised
Sector workers will be brought in," said a press release. The minister made this promise during a
tripartite meeting between employer representatives, government and unions on proposed
amendments to Employees' Provident Funds and Miscellaneous Provisions Act 1952. He also
announced that smart cards will be provided to unorganised sector workers and one house will
be provided to every family of the contributing member. He also stressed the need to reduce the
threshold limit to 10 employees from existing 20 employees for coverage under the EPF & MP
Act, 1952. At present, all those firms employing 20 or more are covered under the social
security legislation. It is estimated that the proposed amendment to reduce the threshold limit to
10 will bring in 50 lakh more workers under the social security net of the Employees' Provident
Fund Organisation (EPFO). The EPFO has a subscriber base of over five crore. It is managing a
corpus of Rs 6.5 lakh crore and receives incremental deposits of around Rs 70,000 crore every
year.
(The Economic Times, 12.02.2015)
NHRC asks DOT to Probe Delay in a Retired Employee's Payment - Taking a "serious
view" over delay in payment of retirement dues to a BSNL employee, the National Human
Rights Commission (NHRC) directed the department of telecommunication (DoT) to
thoroughly enquire the case and fix responsibility of the officials concerned. "The Commission,
taking a serious view of the delay in disbursement of retirement benefits, including pension and
gratuity to a retired BSNL employee, has asked the DoT secretary to get this matter thoroughly
enquired and fix the responsibility of delinquent officers," a NHRC release said. The wife of the
retired official, who belongs to a Scheduled Tribe, in her complaint to the NHRC informed that
her husband worked with BSNL for nearly 40 years and had retired March 31, 2014 but his
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terminal benefits were withheld by the chief general manager, BSNL Jaipur. In her complaint,
the woman said that she and her husband were facing financial constraints because of their bad
health, so they approached NHRC for their intervention in the matter.
(Business Standard, 17.02.2015)
We Need 10 Lakh Skilled Workers in Aviation - A million fresh skilled workforce will be
needed in the aviation sector over the next decade, according to Rajiv Pratap Rudy, Union
minister for skill development and entrepreneurship. Rudy, addressing the media at Aero India
2015 in Bengaluru said that there is great urgency in addressing the skill gaps in every sector,
including the aviation and the aerospace sectors. Speaking specifically about the aviation sector,
Rudy said that nearly 80% of the skilled jobs that will be needed over the next 10 years will be
in the operations and MRO segments. The balance would be in research and development,
manufacturing and maintenance. ―We are on an average talking about 100,000 skill-based jobs a
year in the aviation/aero space sector over the next 10 years,‖ he said. The minister said that the
Skill Policy 2015 over which consultations are underway among various stakeholders should be
ready over the next two months.
(The Financial Express, 20.02.2015)
EPFO Plans Medical Schemes for 46L Pensioners - Retirement fund body EPFO is planning
to provide medical benefits under its pension scheme through the Employees' State Insurance
Corporation, a move which would immediately benefit around 46 lakh pensioners. The
Employees' Provident Fund Organisation's (EPFO) Pension & EDLI Implementation Committee
(PEIC) has recently concluded in its meeting held on January 30 that the pensioners should be
extended the facility of medical benefits. "..medical benefit as an extra benefit should be
recommended to Labour Ministry," the committee concluded as per the minutes of the
committee's meeting held last month. It was suggested that the surplus in Employees' Deposit
Linked Insurance scheme could be used for extending medical benefits through ESIC. It was
also pointed out in the meeting that retired government employees are provided medical benefits
under the Central Government Health Services and even unorganised workers are covered under
the Rashtriya Swasthya Bima Yojana (RSBY) but there is no such facility for EPFO pensioners.
A senior official said, "If EPFO chooses the ESIC for extending health benefits to its pensioners
then they would be able to use the OPD (out patient department) facility of ESIC hospitals and
dispensaries as well as other health benefits provided by it to insured persons."
(The Economic Times, 23.02.2015)
Telangana Plans 1 Million ICT Jobs in 3 Years - In tune with its vision to make the state a
preferred destination for investors, the Telangana government plans to achieve an export target
of about Rs 1 lakh crore from the current Rs 60,000 crore in the next three years as well as
create 1 million job opportunities in the information and communications technology (ICT) and
electronics sector. At present, the ICT sector employs over 3.25 lakh IT professionals, while the
electronics sector has already surpassed exports worth $1 billion. KT Rama Rao, minister for
panchayat raj and information technology, Telangana, said the government was giving due
importance to the IT sector to drive employment generation in the state. Consequently, the state
government would continue to create a business-friendly ecosystem. ―Hyderabad has rightly
emerged as a contender to become the ICT capital of India. With a large pool of talented IT
professionals and as the base for leading MNCs, Hyderabad has the reputation of being the
destination of choice for businesses across industries,‖ the minister said.
(The Financial Express, 26.02.2015)
Tata Motors Announces VRS for 16K Workers Across India - India‘s largest automaker
Tata Motors announced a voluntary retirement scheme for an estimated 16,000 workers across
its factories that produce both passenger and commercial vehicles, in a bid to trim its workforce
and increase efficiency in operations. The domestic division of the firm has been straddling with
losses that stood at Rs.3,575 crore for the period between April-December 2014. The VRS,
which is the first such offer in well over a decade, is applicable only to shop floor workers
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above 40 years of age. An estimated 2,000 employees, or a little over 12% of the workforce, is
expected to avail of the offer. ―In continuation of its steps to respond to an increasingly
competitive business environment and macro-economic pressures that have resulted in
depressed growth of the commercial vehicle and passenger car businesses in India, Tata Motors
has announced new initiatives designed to enhance competitiveness,‖ the company said in a
statement. A company spokesperson added that instead of offering a lump sum amount, workers
who opt for the offer will get a monthly payout till the age of 60. ―This will ensure an assured
monthly income as opposed to just a one-time payment of a single amount,‖ the spokesperson
said. ―Further, there is also a provision for medical insurance cover for a period of 10 years post
separation.‖
(Hindustan Times, 28.02.2015)
Economic Survey Moots Three-Point Action Plan to Realise ‘Make in India’ Dream - The
Economic Survey of 2014-15 has suggested three initiatives in the decreasing order of
effectiveness and the increasing order of controversy to realise the ‗Make in India‘ dream. The
non-controversial response lies in improving the business environment by making regulations
and taxes less onerous, building infrastructure, reforming labour laws, and enabling
connectivity. ―All these will reduce the cost of doing business, increase profitability, and, hence,
encourage the private sector, both domestic and foreign, to increase investments,‖ the Survey
said. The next response could be in the form of ‗industrial policy‘. This could focus on
promoting manufacturing by providing subsidies, lowering the cost of capital, and creating
special economic zones (SEZs) for manufacturing activity. And then, it suggested a
‗protectionist‘ response. Essentially, this would focus on the tradability of manufacturing
intended to shield domestic manufacturing from foreign competition via tariffs, local content
requirements, and export-related incentives. ―The effectiveness of these actions is open to
debate given past experience. Moreover, they could run up against India‘s external obligations
under the WTO and other free trade agreements, and also undermine India‘s openness
credentials,‖ the Survey said
(The Hindu, 28.02.2015)
Industries/Services Declared/Granted Extension as Public Utility Services under the
Industrial Disputes Act, 1947– As per the information received in the Bureau, the following
Industries/Services have been declared Public Utility Services for a period of six months with
effect from the date mentioned against them.
Sl.
No.
Authority Making
Declaration
Industry/Service
1
Central Government I. Services in the Copper Mining Industry
26.02.2015
II. Services in ‗Industrial Establishments
manufacturing or producing Nuclear
Fuel and Components, Heavy Water
and Allied Chemicals and Atomic
Energy‘
14.03.2015
III. Services in ‗Any Oil Field‘
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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 February, 2015
Consumer Price Index Numbers for Industrial Workers - The All-India CPI-IW for
February, 2015 decreased by 1 point and pegged at 253 (two hundred and fifty three). On 1month percentage change, it decreased by (-) 0.39 per cent between January, 2015 and February,
2015 when compared with the increase of (+) 0.42 per cent between the same two months a year
ago.The maximum downward pressure to the change in current index came from Food group
contributing (-) 0.66 percentage points to the total change. At item level, Rice, Eggs (Hen), Fish
Fresh, Onion, Vegetable items, Sugar, Petrol, Flower/Flower Garlands, etc. are responsible for
the decrease in index. However, this decrease was neutralised by Wheat, Wheat Atta, Arhar Dal,
Groundnut Oil, Goat Meat, Tea (Readymade), etc., putting upward pressure on the index.The
year-on-year inflation measured by monthly CPI-IW stood at 6.30 per cent for February, 2015
as compared to 7.17 per cent for the previous month and 6.73 per cent during the corresponding
month of the previous year. Similarly, the Food inflation stood at 7.42 per cent against 7.81 per
cent of the previous month and 7.56 per cent during the corresponding month of the previous
year. At centre level, Tiruchirapally recorded the highest decline of 7 points followed by Guntur
(4 points), Mysore, Chhindwara, Siliguri and Puducherry (3 Points each). Among others, 2
points decrease was observed in 15 centres and 1 point in 18 centres. On the contrary, Belgaum
and Kodarma centres reported a highest increase of 3 points each followed by Kanpur, Bokaro
and Doom-Dooma Tinsukia (2 points each). Among others 1 point increase was observed in 13
centres. Rest of the 21 centres‘ indices remained stationary.The indices of 37 centres are above
All India Index and other 40 centres‘ indices are below national average. The index of
Vishakhapathnam centre remained at par with all-India index.
(Labour Bureau)
Consumer Price Index Numbers for Agricultural Labourers and Rural Labourers - The
All-India Consumer Price Index Numbers for Agricultural Labourers and Rural Labourers
(Base: 1986-87=100) for February, 2015 decreased by 1 and 2 points to stand at 803 (Eight
hundred and three) points and 806 (Eight hundred and six) points respectively. The fall/rise in
index varied from State to State. In case of Agricultural Labourers, it recorded a decrease
between 1 to 15 points in 11 states and an increase between 2 to 5 points in 6 states while it
remained stationary in 3 states. Haryana with 899 points topped the index table whereas
Himachal Pradesh with the index level of 658 points stood at the bottom. In case of Rural
Labourers, it recorded a decrease between 1 to 16 points in 11 States and an increase between 1
to 5 points in 7 States while it remained stationary in 2 States. Haryana with 894 points topped
the index table whereas Himachal Pradesh with the index level of 688 points stood at the
bottom. The Consumer Price Index Numbers for Agricultural Labourers and Rural Labourers in
respect of Assam State registered the maximum decrease of 15 and 16 points respectively due to
decrease in the prices of rice, onion, chillies green, vegetables & fruits and firewood. Whereas
the Index Numbers for Agricultural Labourers in respect of Karnataka and Uttar Pradesh States
registered the maximum increase of 5 points and for Rural Labourers, Uttar Pradesh State
registered the maximum increase of 5 points mainly due to increase in the prices of wheat,
wheat-atta, jowar, ragi, pulses, onion, chillies green, chillies dry, fish fresh, pan leaf, shirting
cloth and anacin. Point to point rate of inflation based on the CPI-AL and CPI-RL decreased
from 6.21% and 6.46% in January, 2015 to 6.08% and 6.19% in February, 2015. Inflation based
on food index of CPI-AL and CPI-RL is 5.32% and 5.58% respectively during February, 2015.
(Labour Bureau)
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(b) FOREIGN LABOUR
India's Social Security Pact with Norway comes into Force - Now the employees posted by
Indian establishments in Norway on a predetermined duration of up to 60 months are not
required to contribute towards social security schemes there. Similarly, the Norwegian
employees posted in India would enjoy the same benefit after producing a certificate of
coverage certifying that they are contributing towards social security schemes such as PF and
pension in their country. "In pursuance of the social security agreement (SSA) signed with
Norway, Government of India has notified it...(it) has come into force with effect from January
1, 2015," the Employees Provident Fund Organisation's office order said. As per the order, the
SSA provides for detachment, totalisation and portability. Under the detachment clause, the
employees of one country deputed by their employers to other country for short-term
assignments are exempted from social security contributions up to a period of 60 months. The
clause would enable Indian as well as Norwegian employees to avoid double social security
contribution and enhance competitiveness of their products and services. As per the government
notification, EPFO has been identified as the agency to implement this SSA in India. It has also
been authorised to issue certificate of coverage to employees of Indian establishment posted to
Norway. At present, social security agreements are operational with 12 countries - Belgium,
Germany, Switzerland, Denmark, Luxembourg, France, South Korea, the Netherlands, North
Korea, the Czech Republic, Finland and Hungary.
(The Economic Times, 04.02.2015)
U.S. Gains 257,000 Jobs - U.S. employers hired at a stellar pace last month, wages rose by the
most in six years, and Americans responded by streaming into the job market to find work. The
Labor Department said that the economy gained a seasonally adjusted 257,000 jobs in January,
and added far more in previous months than originally estimated. Businesses added 414,000
jobs in November, the government now says, the most in 17 years. Total job gains in December
were also revised higher, to 329,000, up from 252,000. Average hourly wages, meanwhile,
jumped 12 cents to $24.75, the biggest gain since September, 2008. In the past year, hourly pay
has increased 2.2 per cent. The unemployment rate rose to 5.7 per cent from 5.6 per cent. But
that‘s not necessarily a bad thing. More Americans began looking for jobs, though not all found
work. Their job hunting suggests they are more confident about their prospects.
(The Hindu, 07.02.2015)
Japan Emerges from Recession, Growth Subdued - Japan's economy rebounded from
recession in the final quarter of last year but growth was weaker than expected as household and
corporate spending disappointed, underlining the challenge premier Shinzo Abe faces in shaking
off decades of stagnation. The annualised 2.2 per cent expansion in October-December was
smaller than a 3.7 per cent increase forecast in a Reuters poll, suggesting a fragile recovery as
the hangover from last year's sales tax hike lingered. The preliminary reading for gross domestic
product (GDP), which translates into a quarter-on-quarter increase of 0.6 per cent, follows two
straight quarters of contraction, data by the Cabinet Office showed. Economic Minister Akira
Amari told reporters after the data's release that the economy was on track for a recovery with
signs consumer sentiment is picking up.
(The Economic Times, 17.02.2015)
Indian Workers Win $14M in US Labour Trafficking Case - A New Orleans jury awarded
$14 million to five Indian men who were lured to the United States and forced to work under
inhumane conditions after Hurricane Katrina by a U.S. ship repair firm and its co-defendants.
After a four-week trial, the U.S. District Court jury ruled that Alabama-based Signal
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International was guilty of labour trafficking, fraud, racketeering and discrimination and ordered
it to pay $12 million. Its co-defendants, a New Orleans lawyer and an India-based recruiter,
were also found guilty and ordered to pay an additional $915,000 each. The trial was the first in
more than a dozen related lawsuits with over 200 plaintiffs that together comprise one of the
largest labour trafficking cases in U.S. history. Signal recruited about 500 Indian men as guest
workers to repair oil rigs and facilities damaged by Hurricane Katrina in 2005, according to
plaintiffs. "The workers each paid the labour recruiters and a lawyer between $10,000 and
$20,000 or more in recruitment fees and other costs after recruiters promised good jobs, green
cards and permanent U.S. residency for them and their families," according to the American
Civil Liberties Union in a statement.
(The Financial Express, 20.02.2015)
Work Permits for Spouses of H-1B Visa Holders - The U.S. government has confirmed that
effective May 26, 2015, some holders of the H-4 visa, who are spouses of high-skilled workers
on the H-1B visa, will be eligible for work authorisation, a potential boon for approximately
179,600 individuals in the first year alone. The move has particular relevance to India, as 76 per
cent of the 96,753 people who received an H-4 in 2013 were from South Asia, many from India,
a natural consequence of the fact that a large proportion of H-1B visas are also given to Indians.
Underscoring that an estimated 55,000 H-4 spouses will be eligible to apply in subsequent
years, South Asian Americans Leading Together, a key community organisation here said that it
welcomed the move, but that it was only the ―first step,‖ as it limited work eligibility for H-4
visa holders to only those whose spouses were in line for a green card. Spelling out the details
this week, the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) Department said that
finalising the H-4 employment eligibility was ―an important element of the immigration
executive actions President Obama announced in November 2014,‖ and the move aimed to
―modernise, improve and clarify visa programs to grow the U.S. economy and create jobs.‖ The
Department of Homeland Security (DHS) added that it expected this change would ―reduce the
economic burden and stress on H-1B non-immigrants and their families during the transition
from non-immigrant to lawful permanent resident status.
(The Hindu, 25.02.2015)
Britain Misses Targets on Immigration Control - The British government has missed its
targets on immigration control, which was a key pledge by Prime Minister David Cameron. He
had promised in 2011 to cap immigration at 100,000 by the end of the current Parliament. The
figure for net migration (inflows minus outflows) stood at 298,000 for the year 2014 till
September, according to figures released by the Office of National Statistics. According to
opinion polls, immigration has emerged as a key issue for voters — ahead of the National
Health Service, the economy, unemployment and crime — in the run-up to a closely-fought
general elections this May. However, while immigration into the United Kingdom has
substantially risen, there is no evidence to suggest that this has had a negative impact on jobs,
wages, housing and other public services for the U.K.-born. This are the findings of a study
done on the latest U.K. immigration statistics by the Centre for Economic Performance (CEP)of
the London School of Economics, and the first in a series of background briefings by the CEP
on important policy issues in the run up to the general elections. The report ‗Immigration and
the U.K. Labour Market‘ by author Professor Jonathan Wadsworth finds that rising immigration
in the last 20 years means that there are now around 7.8 million individuals – and 6.5 million
adults of working age – living in the U.K. who were born abroad. ―This is a large, but not
unprecedented, rise in the U.K. population,‖ he states.
(The Hindu, 27.02.2015)
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LABOUR DECISION
Pension and Gratuity is not a Bounty but Valuable Rights and Property of the Employee In this case, the appellant, who was in charge of transformers, retired from service on
superannuation from the Uttar Haryana Bijli Vitran Nigam Ltd. On his retirement, the retiral
benefits of the appellant were withheld by the respondents on the alleged ground that some
amount was due to the employer. As the disciplinary proceedings were not pending against the
appellant on the date of his retirement, the appellant approached the High Court seeking for
issuance of a direction to the respondents regarding payment of pension and release of the
gratuity amount with an interest at the rate of 18% on the delayed payments. The learned single
Judge has allowed the Writ Petition, after setting aside the action of the respondents in
withholding the amount of gratuity and directing the respondents to release the withheld amount
of gratuity within three months without awarding interest as claimed by the appellant. The High
Court has adverted to the judgments of the apex Court particularly, in the case of State of Kerala
& Ors. Vs. M. Padmanabhan Nair, wherein the apex Court reiterated its earlier view holding
that the pension and gratuity are no longer any bounty to be distributed by the Government to its
employees on their retirement, but, have become, under the decisions of the apex Court,
valuable rights and property in their hands and any culpable delay in settlement and
disbursement thereof must be dealt with the penalty of payment of interest at the current market
rate till actual payment to the employees. This aspect of the matter was adverted to in the
judgment of the learned single Judge without assigning any reason for not awarding the interest
as claimed by the appellant. That is why that portion of the judgment of the learned single Judge
was aggrieved of by the appellant and he had filed L.P.A. before Division Bench of the High
Court. However, the Division Bench did not find fault with the judgment of the learned single
Judge in the appeal and the Letters Patent Appeal was dismissed. Hence, the present appeal.
After hearing the Counsel on behalf of the parties, the apex Court observed that in the present
case the apex Court had to exercise its appellate jurisdiction as there is a miscarriage of justice
in denying the interest to be paid or payable by the employer from the date of the entitlement of
the employee till the date of payment as per the aforesaid legal principle laid down by the apex
Court in the judgment referred to supra. It is also mentioned that the respondents have
erroneously withheld payment of gratuity amount for which the appellants are entitled in law for
payment of penal amount on the delayed payment of gratuity under the provisions of the
Payment of Gratuity Act, 1972. In view of above, the apex Court directed the respondents to pay
interest at the rate of 9% on the delayed payment of pension and gratuity amount from the date
of entitlement till the date of the actual payment within six weeks from the date of receipt of a
copy of the order, if not paid the same shall carry interest at the rate of 18% per annum from the
date of amount falls due to the employee. With the above directions, this appeal was allowed.
(D.D. Tewari (D) thr. LRs.Vs. Uttar Haryana Bijli Vitran Nigam Ltd. & Ors., All India Services
Law Journal, Volume-117, Part-II, October, 2014, pp.118-120)
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LABOUR LITERATURE
IMPORTANT ARTICLES OF LABOUR INTEREST PUBLISHED IN THE PERIODICALS
AND NEWSPAPERS RECEIVED IN THE LABOUR BUREAU
CHILD LABOUR
V. Mohan Rao
 Child Labour: A View; Southern Economist,
Vol. 53, No.16, December 15, 2014; pp. 7-8.
EMPLOYMENT AND
UNEMPLOYMENT
Yukie Hori
K. Vetrivel and G. Ragunath
Jayati Ghosh
Chandrajit Banerjee
 Japan‘s ―Lost Generation‖ Today: From a
Survey on 30s‘Working Styles in Tokyo; Japan
Labor Review, Vol.11, No.4, Autumn 2014; pp
104-117.
 Socio-economic Conditions of MGNREGP
Beneficiaries in Tamil Nadu; Southern
Economist, Vol. 53, No.16, December 15,
2014; pp. 30-37.
 The Curious Case of the Jobs that did not
Appear: Structural Change, Employment and
Social Patterns in India; The Indian Journal of
Labour Economics, Vol. 57, No.1, JanuaryMarch, 2014; pp. 1-18.
 Prioritise Investment and Jobs; The Financial
Express, dated the 19th February, 2015; p. 7.
LABOUR LAWS AND
REGULATIONS
Eri Kasagi
Simon Deakin
 Family Formation and the Social Law; Japan
Labor Review, Vol.11, No.4, Autumn 2014; pp
86-103.
 Labour Law and Inclusive Development; The
Indian Journal of Labour Economics, Vol. 57,
No.1, January-March, 2014; pp. 19-34.
OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH AND
SAFETY
 The Ticking Time-bomb of Asbestos
Consumption in the Asian Region; AsianPacific Newsletter; Vol. 21, No.2, November,
2014; pp. 24-27.

Mesothelioma in Australia – Monitoring
Fleur E. Champion de Crespigny, Ewan
Disease Incidence and Past Asbestos Exposure
MacFarlane, Paula Laws, Malcolm R. Sim
with the Australian Mesothelioma Registry;
ibid. pp. 28-32.

Occupational Health and Safety in India: The
Gurumurthy Ramachandran
Need for Reform; Economic & Political
Weekly, Vol. XLIX, No.47, pp. 26-28.
Mathew Soeberg, Nico van Zandwijk
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WOMEN EMPLOYEES
Yuko Tanaka
Prem Chowdhry
Neetha N
Ina GANGULI, Ricardo HAUSMANN
and Martina VIARENGO
Anja Karlsson FRANCK and Jerry
OLSSON
 The Family in Human Resource Management;
Japan Labor Review, Vol.11, No.4, Autumn
2014; pp.67-85.
 Masculine Spaces: Rural Male Culture in North
India; Economic & Political Weekly, Vol.
XLIX, No.47, pp.41-49.
 Crisis in Female Employment: Analysis Across
Social Groups; ibid. pp. 50-59.
 Closing the Gender Gap in Education: What is
the State of Gaps in Labour Force Participation
for Women, Wives and Mothers? International
Labour Review; Vol. 153/2, June, 2014; pp.
173-207.
 Missing Women? The Under-Recording and
Under-Reporting of Women‘s Work in
Malaysia; ibid. pp. 209-221.
MISCELLANEOUS
Kazuo Sugeno, Keiichi Yamakoshi
Jeemol Unni
Manuel ABRANTES
William Pesek
Sachin Adhikari
 Dismissals in Japan: Part Two: How Frequently
Do Employers Dismiss Employees? Japan
Labor Review, Vol.11, No.4, Autumn 2014; pp
118-137.
 Rural Livelihoods in Transition: Whither
Labour? The Indian Journal of Labour
Economics, Vol. 57, No.1, January-March,
2014; pp.35-52.
 What about the Numbers? A Quantitative
Contribution to the Study of Domestic Services
in Europe, International Labour Review; Vol.
153/2, June, 2014; pp. 223-243.
 Are Emerging Markets Losing their Appeal?
The Financial Express, dated 20th February,
2015; p.6.
 Turning India into a Skilled Economy; The
Financial Express, dated 23rd February, 2015; p.
12.
So long as you do not achieve social liberty, whatever freedom is
provided by the law is of no avail to you.
-B.R.Ambedkar
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STATISTICS
Section A
MONTHLY STATISTICS
Pages
Notes
375
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)
377
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)
378
Table A.1.1.3.
Average Monthly Consumer Prices of Selected Articles for
Industrial Workers
386
1.2. Consumer Price Index Numbers for Agricultural and Rural
Labourers
Table A.1.2.1(a) and (b)
Table A.1.2.2(a) and (b)
Labour Bureau‘s Series of All-India Average Consumer Price Index
Numbers for Agricultural and Rural Labourers (Base : 198687=100) Group- wise and General
396
Average Monthly Consumer Prices of Selected Articles for
Agricultural and Rural Labourers (Base : 1986-87 =100)
400
2. Wages and Earnings
Table A 2.1.(a) and (b)
Average Daily Wage Rates for Agricultural & Non-Agricultural
Occupations in Rural India
407
3. Industrial Disputes
Table A 3.1.-
Sector/Sphere-wise Number of Disputes, Workers Involved and
Mandays Lost due to Industrial Disputes
417
Table A 3.2.-
State-wise Industrial Disputes (All Strikes and Lockouts)
418
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Section B
SERIAL STATISTICS
Pages
419
Notes
1. Prices and Price Indices
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)
421
Table B.1.1.2
Labour Bureau‘s Series of Consumer Price Index Numbers for
Industrials Workers (Base : 2001=100)
422
1.2. Agricultural Labourers Consumer Price Index
Table B. 1.2.1
433
(a) and (b)
All-India Average Consumer Price Index Numbers for
Agricultural Labourers (General & Food) (Base 1986-87=100)
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)
435
1.3. Consumer Price Index for Urban and Rural Areas
Table B. 1.3.
All India Consumer Price Index Numbers for Urban Non-Manual
Employees/Cunsumer Price Index for Urban and Rural Areas
441
1.4. Wholesale Price Index
Table B.1.4.
All-India Index Numbers of Wholesale Prices- New Series
442
2. Wages And Earnings
Table B.2.1.
Earnings (Basic Wage and Dearness Allowances) of the LowestPaid Workers/Operatives in Cotton Textile Mills
445
3. Industrial Disputes
Table B. 3.1.
Industrial Disputes (All Strikes and Lockouts)
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SECTION A
MONTHLY STATISTICS
Notes
1.
1. 1.
Prices and Price Indices
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 January, 2015 remained stationary stood at 254.
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 December, 2014 and January, 2015.
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 varied from centre to centre. During January, 2015, Haldia reported a maximum
increase of 18 points followed by Jamshedpur (7 points), Lucknow (6 points), Quilon (5 points)
and Srinagar & Vadodra (4 points each). Among others, 3 points rise was observed in 6 centres,
2 points in 9 and 1 point in 17 centres. On the contrary, Rourkela recorded maximum decrease
of 7 points followed by Bhilai & Coimbatore (5 points each). Madurai & Labac Silchar (4
points each). Among other, 3 points fall was registered in 5 centres, 2 point in 2 centres and 1
point in 13 centres. Rest of the 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 January, 2015
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 December, 2014 and January, 2015. 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 (Base: 1986-87=100) for January, 2015
decreased by 3 and 2 points to stand at 804 (Eight hundred and four) points and 808 (Eight
hundred and eight) points respectively.
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 January, 2015 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- In pursuance of the recommendations of the Technical Working Group on rural
retail prices set up by the NSSO in 1974, Labour Bureau has been compiling and maintaining
average daily wage rate data in respect of agricultural and non-agricultural occupations based on
the data collected by the Field Operation Division of National Sample Survey Organisation
(NSSO) from a fixed set of 600 sample villages spread over 66 NSS region in 20 states. Though
these wage rate data have been collected since 1986-87, their regular compilation and
dissemination started w.e.f April, 1998. The average daily wage rate data was collected for
eleven agricultural and seven non-agricultural occupations till October, 2013. However,
following the recommendations of the Working Group constituted by the CSO on advice of the
National Statistical Commission (NSC), wage rate data is now being collected for 25
occupations (12 agricultural and 13 non-agricultural). The daily wage rate data received from
the field are first normalized for eight working hours a day. The simple arithmetic average of
these normalized daily wage rates is worked out for each of the 20 states. 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. These averages are restricted only to those occupations where the
numbers of quotations are five or more in order to avoid the apparent inconsistency in wages
paid to different categories of workers on account of differences in number of quotations. The
month-wise average daily wage rates are thus worked out at State level and also at all-India
level are released regularly to the users through various sources. State-wise and all-India
average daily wage rates by occupation and sex for the month of January, 2015 have been
presented in Table A.2.1 (a) for agricultural occupations and Table A.2.1 (b) for nonagricultural occupations.
3
Industrial Dispute
A.3.1. Sector / Sphere-wise Number of Disputes, Workers Involved and Mandays Lost due to
Industrial Disputes during January, 2015 – 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 2015 (As on 2nd March, 2015) is
presented in Table A.3.1.
A.3.2. Industrial Disputes (All Strikes and Lockouts) during January, 2015- State-wise scenario
of Industrial Disputes during January, 2015 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
Dec., 2014
Jan., 2015
General
4.63
253
254
I-A Food
4.58
277
276
I-B Pan, Supari, Tobacco and
Intoxicants
6.16
283
286
II
Fuel and Light
4.77
244
245
III
Housing
6.18
268
277
IV
Clothing, Bedding and
Footwear
3.22
192
193
V
Miscellaneous
4.55
210
211
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.
Not all of us can do great things. But we can do small things with
great love.
-Mother Teresa
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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
1
2
ANDHRA PRADESH
3
Dec.,
2014
4
1 Godavarikhani
2 Guntur
3 Hyderabad
4 Vijayawada
5 Visakhapatnam
6 Warrangal
ASSAM
7 Doom-Dooma
8 Tinsukia
Guwahati
9 Labac-Silchar
10 Mariani-Jorhat
11 Rangapara-Tezpur
BIHAR
12 Monghyr-Jamalpur
CHANDIGARH
13 Chandigarh
N
4.57
4.79
N
4.64
4.75
266
257
220
241
255
263
267
258
220
243
255
262
294
282
271
275
293
313
293
282
270
275
291
309
4.04
4.80
3.65
4.01
4.17
225
217
245
227
222
224
217
241
224
222
230
230
262
240
252
219
223
255
234
246
4.30
264
263
275
273
5.26
246
247
263
263
4.20
284
279
286
275
5.60
227
228
249
248
GOA
16 Goa
5.59
261
264
307
304
GUJARAT
17 Ahmedabad
18 Bhavnagar
19 Rajkot
20 Surat
21 Vadodra
4.62
4.76
4.38
4.54
4.39
240
231
239
232
233
242
231
242
232
237
269
240
263
267
256
271
237
265
263
263
CHHATTISGARH
14 Bhilai
DELHI
15 Delhi
378
Jan.,
2015
5
Dec.,
2014
6
Jan.,
2015
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Workers (Group-wise & General 2001=100)
Pan. Supari,
Fuel & Light
Tobacco and
Index
Intoxicants Index
Dec.,
Jan.,
Dec.,
Jan.,
2014
2015
2014
2015
8
9
10
11
Housing Index
Clothing, Bedding
& Footwear Index
Misc. Index
Dec.,
2014
Jan.,
2015
Dec.,
2014
Jan.,
2015
Dec.,
2014
Jan.,
2015
12
13
14
15
16
17
202
325
274
300
265
251
202
325
274
300
265
251
183
324
155
165
160
166
184
324
155
168
160
167
384
190
187
220
335
265
392
194
189
226
340
272
197
184
151
210
228
175
199
185
151
213
229
176
197
207
190
207
194
209
197
207
189
207
194
209
244
250
263
224
170
253
255
272
225
170
172
193
218
246
159
172
194
218
246
159
248
192
179
141
128
307
195
180
157
154
194
216
194
169
262
194
230
194
169
262
216
216
227
236
213
216
224
227
236
213
290
290
277
277
299
306
203
203
241
241
247
247
229
231
315
322
212
212
168
168
260
264
212
215
522
528
167
167
208
209
254
254
266
266
204
209
201
201
199
200
209
208
200
200
257
281
221
220
213
213
416
252
309
340
377
416
252
309
327
377
173
163
175
166
168
163
179
170
165
181
206
256
252
214
235
208
259
255
223
239
176
196
166
154
156
176
196
166
154
156
236
207
199
214
219
237
206
202
218
219
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Table A.1.1.2. Contd.
Sl. State/Union Territory /
No Centre
Linking factor for
General Index with
previous base
1982=100
General Index
Food Index
3
Dec.,
2014
4
Jan.,
2015
5
Dec.,
2014
6
Jan.,
2015
7
22 Faridabad
4.79
229
232
267
268
23 Yamunanagar
4.34
242
243
282
282
4.53
224
225
244
245
5.62
222
226
230
234
26 Bokaro
N
254
254
254
253
27 Giridih
N
289
286
285
279
28 Jamshedpur
4.23
266
273
248
244
29 Jharia
3.72
279
280
260
261
30 Kodarma
3.89
286
284
273
266
31 Ranchi-Hatia
4.20
286
286
257
255
32 Bengluru
4.51
262
262
300
296
33 Belgaum
5.02
257
258
290
291
34 Hubli-Dharwar
4.71
272
273
281
277
35 Mercara
4.47
262
261
287
284
36 Mysore
N
262
262
294
291
37 Ernakulam
4.52
256
258
303
305
38 Mundakayam
4.37
267
268
292
294
39 Quilon
4.61
265
270
289
295
1
2
HARYANA
HIMACHAL PRADESH
24 Himachal Pradesh
JAMMU & KASHMIR
25 Srinagar
JHARKHAND
KARNATAKA
KERALA
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Pan, Supari,
Tobacco and
Intoxicants Index
Dec.,
Jan.,
2014
2015
8
9
Fuel & Light
Index
Dec.,
2014
10
Jan.,
2015
11
Housing Index
Clothing, Bedding
& Footwear Index
Misc. Index
Dec.,
2014
12
Jan.,
2015
13
Dec.,
2014
14
Jan.,
2015
15
Dec.,
2014
16
Jan.,
2015
17
258
262
199
200
244
250
185
192
161
161
275
275
209
209
259
265
197
197
172
171
282
284
209
208
201
204
234
235
191
192
320
320
256
256
190
198
263
263
199
203
258
261
367
368
332
337
229
230
206
207
192
191
468
469
379
383
258
258
210
209
257
258
252
252
466
515
185
190
188
187
213
213
422
422
508
517
251
251
223
222
267
267
490
497
363
367
221
221
222
223
238
238
248
249
504
512
236
235
243
243
273
272
185
186
226
234
162
162
268
267
265
265
212
215
242
247
170
170
223
223
292
290
210
210
354
372
171
173
244
244
238
237
350
352
102
102
190
192
270
273
312
312
214
210
276
285
181
176
216
217
279
274
250
253
203
207
185
190
243
243
321
328
410
407
124
124
199
199
229
230
303
332
240
243
195
196
226
227
279
281
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Table A.1.1.2. Contd.
Sl. State/Union Territory/
No Centre
General Index
Food Index
Linking factor for
General Index
with previous
base 1982=100
Dec.,
2014
Jan.,
2015
Dec.,
2014
Jan.,
2015
3
4
5
6
7
40 Bhopal
41 Chhindwara
4.83
4.03
255
250
254
253
276
280
272
285
42 Indore
4.73
236
235
273
271
43 Jabalpur
4.53
243
244
278
277
44 Mumbai
5.18
267
270
289
290
45 Nagpur
4.68
281
282
292
292
46 Nasik
4.94
266
267
284
283
47 Pune
4.96
258
259
298
300
48 Solapur
4.73
271
272
291
291
N
259
258
262
254
4.03
266
259
286
273
4.88
262
264
324
328
52 Amritsar
4.09
257
258
278
278
53 Jalandhar
N
244
246
272
272
54 Ludhiana
4.12
241
243
268
267
55 Ajmer
4.78
243
245
286
287
56 Bhilwara
4.62
257
256
294
292
57 Jaipur
4.25
240
240
263
261
4.95
4.49
242
242
239
237
288
286
279
275
1
2
MADHYA PRADESH
MAHARASHTRA
ORISSA
49 Angul-Talcher
50 Rourkela
PUDUCHERRY
51 Pondicherry
PUNJAB
RAJASTHAN
TAMIL NADU
58 Chennai
59 Coimbatore
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TobaccoJan.,
and
Dec.,
Intoxicants
Index
2014
2015
Fuel & Light
Dec.,IndexJan.,
2014
2015
10
11
Housing Index
Dec.,
Jan.,
2014
2015
12
13
Clothing, Bedding
& Dec.,
Footwear Jan.,
Index
2014
2015
14
15
Misc. Index
Dec.,
Jan.,
2014
2015
16
17
8
9
298
305
216
216
303
310
164
165
210
209
272
281
343
343
215
216
154
154
199
200
315
315
221
221
181
183
154
154
226
226
331
339
227
227
303
309
127
127
198
197
293
293
306
306
252
264
195
195
235
236
319
319
242
242
392
399
191
194
204
203
289
293
234
234
336
346
193
193
204
205
298
301
234
234
219
222
226
226
237
236
307
307
288
294
277
281
209
209
223
223
341
341
247
247
389
414
180
180
193
192
243
242
222
225
364
368
199
199
177
179
267
267
292
292
164
173
179
170
227
229
287
287
247
247
311
320
198
198
187
188
293
293
250
261
235
241
197
202
213
213
273
273
228
228
202
212
236
236
223
228
332
332
207
207
257
263
185
186
196
196
302
302
295
295
191
194
167
167
214
214
290
290
182
182
232
239
193
193
222
222
357
360
188
188
196
200
170
170
213
213
321
322
189
189
188
190
173
173
220
219
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Table A.1.1.2. Concld.
Sl.
No
State/Union Territory
Centre
Linking factor for
General Index
with previous
base 1982=100
Dec.,
2014
Jan.,
2015
Dec.,
2014
Jan.,
2015
3
4
5
6
7
60 Coonoor
4.58
254
251
283
276
61 Madurai
4.51
257
253
315
306
62 Salem
4.45
245
245
275
273
63 Tiruchirapally
5.01
270
269
334
327
4.17
217
219
227
228
65 Agra
4.36
255
258
259
261
66 Ghaziabad
4.78
240
241
254
253
67 Kanpur
4.50
255
257
275
276
68 Lucknow
N
242
248
265
274
69 Varanasi
4.96
253
253
282
279
70 Asansol
4.37
283
282
273
268
71 Darjeeling
3.80
237
235
261
257
72 Durgapur
5.13
284
283
257
252
73 Haldia
5.64
244
262
248
247
74 Howrah
5.42
235
235
267
265
75 Jalpaiguri
3.96
246
245
257
253
76 Kolkata
5.12
243
243
274
271
77 Raniganj
4.02
233
232
263
257
N
235
232
260
254
1
2
General Index
Food Index
TRIPURA
64 Tripura
UTTAR PRADESH
WEST BENGAL
78 Siliguri
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Pan, Supari,
Tobacco and
Intoxicants Index
Dec.,
Jan.,
2014
2015
8
9
Fuel & Light
Index
Housing Index
Clothing, Bedding
& Footwear Index
Misc. Index
Dec.,
2014
10
Jan.,
2015
11
Dec.,
2014
12
Jan.,
2015
13
Dec.,
2014
14
Jan.,
2015
15
Dec.,
2014
16
Jan.,
2015
17
285
286
245
245
314
321
166
165
200
201
344
341
182
182
160
162
187
193
228
230
372
372
193
193
162
165
163
163
231
230
302
325
180
180
282
286
156
160
189
193
345
348
275
277
124
131
163
163
209
212
308
308
238
238
375
384
198
199
195
195
272
272
221
221
270
277
216
216
207
207
282
282
228
237
356
363
200
199
190
189
302
302
233
234
315
321
223
230
175
176
280
280
260
264
308
314
181
180
196
197
271
271
389
389
470
485
218
222
192
192
195
195
309
310
108
108
205
205
195
195
284
286
240
242
677
688
214
215
197
197
328
329
224
223
303
362
186
186
164
164
344
345
255
256
206
211
194
194
175
176
238
242
372
373
104
104
202
210
223
225
321
330
244
243
195
199
215
216
202
203
189
189
256
257
210
229
188
188
173
173
192
173
305
304
103
103
178
182
202
204
N- New Centre in the New Series on base: 2001=100.
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Table A.1.1.3-Average Monthly Consumer Prices of Selected Articles for Industrial Workers,
January, 2015
Sl.
No
Article
1
2
Unit
Godavr- Guntur Hydera- Vijayawa Vishakh Warranapatnam gal
ikhani
-da
bad
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
Kg.
29.74
41.68
30.84
36.44
38.87
31.54
a. Wheat Whole
Kg.
26.70
-
30.09
-
29.00
30.18
b. Wheat Atta
Kg.
28.00
42.00
23.90
31.50
44.75
43.45
3
Jowar
Kg.
-
-
27.33
-
-
-
4
Arhar Dal
Kg.
84.70
83.70
81.98
77.70
91.95
84.05
5
Moong Dal
Kg.
116.20
-
112.73
104.95
125.15
117.00
6
Masur Dal
Kg.
82.20
-
78.10
-
-
81.00
7
Groundnut oil
Litre
94.98
95.50
91.69
84.53
96.97
86.52
8
Mustard Oil
Litre
-
-
-
-
-
-
9
Vanaspati
Litre
-
-
-
-
74.00
-
Kg.
440.00
500.00 452.00
460.00
500.00
464.00
1
Rice
2
Wheat:
10
Goat Meat/Mutton
11
Fish Fresh
Kg.
120.00
122.00 122.25
114.00
114.00
-
12
Milk
Litre
40.00
48.00
54.95
41.00
44.00
53.00
13
Dairy Milk
Litre
-
42.00
36.08
42.00
40.00
-
14
Pure Ghee
Litre
-
409.99 472.33
440.00
327.60
-
15
Onion
Kg.
25.20
25.80
23.00
25.10
24.05
21.00
16
Chillies Dry
100
gms.
10.00
9.98
9.76
15.75
11.83
10.02
17
Sugar
Kg.
29.99
33.13
31.08
34.07
36.17
33.59
18
Gur
Kg.
-
-
42.87
45.20
40.70
-
19
Tea Leaf
100gms
33.50
45.50
34.27
41.50
42.50
43.00
20
Fire Wood
40 Kg.
240.00
400.00 220.00
440.00
248.00
220.00
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.
18.19
18.00
18.38
14.70
18.56
14.70
24
Washing Soap
10.06
17.55
13.28
14.85
14.06
14.40
225
gms..
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Rangapara Monghyr
Jamalpur
Tezpur
Doom
Dooma
Tinsukia
Guwahati
Labac
Silchar
Mariani
Jorhat
10
16.24
11
24.97
12
14.84
13
18.13
14
17.93
15
28.74
16
30.67
17
22.03
-
-
-
-
-
17.90
-
19.66
5.26
25.80
5.36
4.98
4.85
22.00
21.33
25.30
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
85.00
88.00
77.50
85.00
-
85.60
84.00
82.00
120.00
109.80
110.00
110.00
124.00
111.00
110.00
110.00
93..33
84.60
98.00
95.00
96.00
80.00
84.00
78.00
-
-
-
-
-
-
129.00
100.00
112.80
110.00
106.38
110.00
94.64
100.00
96.60
100.00
111.00
-
100.00
-
85.00
70.00
79.60
306.67
360.00
400.00
310.00
350.00
400.00
340.00
355.00
166.67
159.00
280.00
325.00
200.00
196.00
110.00
230.50
35.00
45.00
47.50
42.00
40.00
40.00
40.00
42.00
-
-
-
-
-
-
42.00
-
-
-
-
-
-
390.00
360.00
380.00
31.67
28.00
30.00
30.00
30.00
24.00
25.00
19.20
15.00
16.00
15.00
15.50
16.00
26.00
29.00
19.00
36.33
35.50
40.00
37.00
36.00
34.80
31.67
29.40
60.00
-
60.00
-
50.00
39.60
41.00
42.00
18.00
25.00
26.40
22.00
38.00
33.20
35.60
33.60
120.00
180.00
187.50
150.00
125.00
400.00
-
280.00
-
-
-
-
-
480.00
-
-
16.00
15.00
15.00
15.00
16.00
17.24
15.07
15.03
15.00
12.72
14.40
15.00
15.00
18.75
18.75
18.00
26.10
26.10
14.06
13.23
13.23
12.50
8.66
10.47
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Table A.1.1.3 Contd.
Sl.
No
Article
1
2
Unit
Goa
Ahmedabad
Bhavnagar
Rajkot
Surat
Kg.
18
24.91
19
26.98
20
29.71
21
25.90
22
32.30
23
32.01
a. Wheat Whole
Kg.
13.21
25.19
22.54
18.17
20.76
21.97
b. Wheat Atta
Kg.
20.36
24.73
25.30
30.00
25.00
24.00
3
Jowar
Kg.
-
34.67
-
-
-
34.20
4
Arhar Dal
Kg.
82.63
86.67
82.50
82.67
80.00
80.00
5
Moong Dal
Kg.
104.32
120.88
95.06
108.33
100.00
102.00
6
Masur Dal
Kg.
75.63
86.33
80.30
72.67
-
80.00
7
Groundnut oil
Litre
170.00
170.00
86.16
113.33
110.00
100.10
8
Mustard Oil
Litre
105.00
121.33
78.94
-
91.00
82.26
9
Vanaspati
Litre
75.00
88.96
68.56
76.00
67.28
73.80
10
Goat
Meat/Mutton
Kg.
361.25
402.50
343.89
250.00
400.00
360.00
11
Fish Fresh
Kg.
142.25
310.66
-
130.00
200.00
160.00
12
Milk
Litre
38.13
41.17
43.20
41.67
40.00
47.20
13
Dairy Milk
Litre
38.00
42.34
36.00
46.00
40.00
44.00
14
Pure Ghee
Litre
360.87
392.50
380.00
385.01
325.80
410.00
15
Onion
Kg.
30.06
27.48
25.28
25.00
22.00
25.00
16
Chillies Dry
100
gms.
25.13
20.00
25.48
25.00
25.00
25.00
17
Sugar
Kg.
31.30
30.42
33.50
33.50
31.80
32.42
18
Gur
Kg.
38.25
43.10
47.75
38.67
40.00
50.00
19
Tea Leaf
100gms
34.00
30.00
34.00
34.00
32.80
35.20
20
Fire Wood
40 Kg.
547.50
400.00
288.00
160.00
200.00
320.00
21
Soft Coke
40 Kg.
-
-
-
-
-
-
22
Kerosene Oil
Litre
14.96
15.71
14.70
15.65
15.19
14.75
23
Toilet Soap
75gms.
17.25
18.38
17.25
17.25
15.00
18.00
24
Washing Soap
225
gms.
13.00
15.17
10.47
21.60
11.54
23.69
1
Rice
2
Wheat:
3
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Himachal
Pradesh
Faridabad
Yamunanagar
24
28.53
25
20.63
26
29.27
27
41.50
28
17.06
29
26.18
30
26.01
31
22.87
20.57
16.53
16.82
16.63
-
20.00
26.00
22.35
26.00
9.50
20.30
20.24
23.97
22.00
24.00
24.00
27.50
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
80.00
84.83
95.00
80.00
-
78.80
80.40
85.00
100.00
103.90
104.00
110.00
115.00
104.00
116.40
115.00
85.42
84.37
90.00
80.00
89.33
72.40
77.00
80.30
108.52
143.75
-
-
-
-
-
130.45
-
110.88
88.40
86.45
124.00
94.46
91.36
91.91
80.00
73.50
72.00
70.00
91.13
80.00
84.40
77.55
380.00
292.57
380.00
360.00
350.00
400.00
380.00
400.00
140.00
162.80
140.00
150.00
252.00
140.00
130.00
152.50
42.00
37.07
48.00
45.00
32.00
40.00
40.00
38.00
44.00
43.08
38.00
42.00
-
34.00
-
38.00
413.33
378.57
334.85
360.00
362.00
350.00
343.90
380.00
25.00
25.74
27.35
28.20
30.00
26.00
24.40
25.40
26.00
25.39
21.00
25.00
29.00
16.00
23.40
26.00
31.87
24.84
30.17
30.72
13.50
34.20
33.40
33.00
48.67
36.57
45.00
30.00
-
40.00
34.40
36.00
34.00
34.80
34.00
34.00
35.20
42.40
34.00
34.00
360.00
244.75
400.00
375.00
203.33
240.00
240.00
200.00
-
-
-
-
393.33
400.00
140.00
400.00
14.51
14.88
14.50
13.91
17.90
14.88
14.53
14.21
18.00
17.68
16.50
18.00
15.00
18.75
18.75
18.00
25.20
12.01
10.80
11.25
13.50
26.10
23.69
12.50
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Table A.1.1.3 Contd.
Sl.
N
o
Article
Unit
Jharia
1
2
3
Kg.
32
25.95
33
19.98
34
23.27
35
41.02
36
31.95
37
33.63
38
28.78
a. Wheat Whole
Kg.
18.70
20.00
22.80
28.70
27.36
28.78
30.28
b. Wheat Atta
Kg.
21.92
21.70
22.67
26.63
-
-
44.63
3
Jowar
Kg.
-
-
-
-
30.40
30.00
-
4
Arhar Dal
Kg.
79.44
80.00
76.43
84.17
79.80
80.00
78.38
5
Moong Dal
Kg.
114.52 115.00 109.33
112.42
89.50
93.50
111.30
6
Masur Dal
Kg.
88.01
80.00
80.43
.
75.40
76.75
-
7
Groundnut oil
Litre
-
-
-
93.92
85.79
72.40
128.91
8
Mustard Oil
Litre
92.15
100.00
90.61
-
-
-
-
9
Vanaspati
Litre
80.00
85.00
80.00
73.00
95.75
78.86
100.03
10
Goat Meat/
Mutton
Kg.
384.00 380.00 380.00
407.50
376.00
385.50
362.50
11
Fish Fresh
Kg.
130.00 140.00 126.67
149.17
120.00
93.75
144.38
40.00
40.00
30.00
44.50
45.00
30.00
-
38.00
30.00
30.00
32.00
-
1
Rice
2
Wheat:
Kodar- RanchiH Bangalore Belgaum Hubli
ma
atia
Dharwar
Mercara
12
Milk
Litre
36.00
13
Dairy Milk
Litre
-
14
Pure Ghee
Litre
400.01 385.01 350.00
377.34
380.00
384.00
-
15
Onion
Kg.
24.69
23.00
24.33
27.55
19.00
16.50
22.82
16
Chillies Dry
25.00
16.00
27.60
12.26
14.00
17.00
9.39
17
Sugar
100
gms.
Kg.
33.04
33.00
33.15
30.82
30.06
29.64
31.19
18
Gur
Kg.
40.00
35.00
35.07
51.46
37.00
37.15
41.81
19
Tea Leaf
100gms
34.00
28.80
42.40
34.33
35.00
28.00
35.00
20
Fire Wood
40 Kg.
320.00 300.00 286.00
253.32
280.00
300.00
160.00
21
Soft Coke
40 Kg.
240.00 400.00 362.00
-
-
-
-
22
Kerosene Oil
Litre
14.28
15.03
14.65
18.00
18.00
18.00
18.00
23
Toilet Soap
75gm
18.00
14.40
18.25
18.00
18.75
18.75
18.00
24
Washing Soap
225
gms.
23.68
25.00
9.00
14.55
14.40
8.03
14.40
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Mysore Ernakulam
39
40.41
40
26.55
Munda- Quilon
ayam
41
30.14
42
28.36
Bhopal
43
30.95
Chhind- Indore
wara
44
26.46
45
27.41
Jabalpur Mumbai
46
23.30
47
46.65
-
33.88
18.12
9.45
6.36
20.84
19.91
26.89
22.35
29.52
35.00
36.60
34.37
28.00
20.00
22.00
21.00
21.98
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
37.79
88.00
86.95
76.00
62.80
85.46
79.10
83.12
72.80
90.63
95.00
96.60
111.83
104.50
109.34
100.00
111.38
97.60
119.31
80.00
-
74.43
80.00
77.60
79.26
57.20
87.27
98.00
-
-
112.59
120.00
141.00
101.36
150.00
123.68
-
-
-
-
100.00
99.00
89.86
99.00
101.74
-
-
75.00
65.00
70.75
71.60
96.63
96.50
374.00
455.00
420.00
488.00
380.00
300.00
400.00
310.00
400.00
140.00
160.00
154.00
166.00
220.00
100.00
170.42
150.00
900.00
32.00
43.00
37.00
38.00
48.67
42.00
37.00
48.40
56.63
30.00
38.00
-
38.00
46.00
38.00
44.00
36.00
34.00
366.00
435.00
-
-
380.00
364.00
370.00
327.60
394.84
30.00
37.40
39.60
31.60
28.00
24.00
17.25
20.00
26.58
10.00
10.45
13.47
12.50
13.47
14.80
19.44
15.40
23.08
35.24
31.90
32.75
33.37
31.88
29.68
29.43
35.00
34.95
50.00
48.00
54.03
56.30
34.00
29.00
39.19
38.40
56.58
35.00
31.00
31.00
31.00
34.00
36.40
34.00
33.36
40.79
240.00
240.00
216.00
192.00
300.00
240.00
240.00
197.00
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
18.00
17.00
17.00
17.00
15.92
16.85
15.19
15.30
15.36
18.75
19.50
14.60
19.50
18.75
17.63
18.19
16.05
18.54
16.20
14.40
17.25
14.06
15.30
9.00
18.00
27.00
23.69
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Sl.
N
o
Article
1
2
Unit
Pune
Sholapur Angul- Rourkela Puducherry
Talcher
Kg.
48
37.15
49
28.94
50
42.63
51
31.50
52
25.70
53
29.60
54
39.50
a. Wheat
Whole
b. Wheat Atta
Kg.
26.13
24.20
28.59
18.62
7.60
-
36.00
Kg.
24.67
24.50
-
26.00
17.82
17.13
43.00
3
Jowar
Kg.
-
28.00
38.75
32.00
-
-
-
4
Arhar Dal
Kg.
76.46
82.00
82.48
81.50
80.00
88.10
94.00
5
Moong Dal
Kg.
113.06
114.17
118.50 116.00
100.00
121.00
123.40
6
Masur Dal
Kg.
75.50
80.00
81.04
84.00
80.00
90.00
-
7
8
Groundnut oil
Mustard Oil
Litre
Litre
92.63
108.67
109.20
146.67
114.17 75.53
-
160.00
86.45
99.19
83.08
-
9
Vanaspati
Litre
86.25
71.76
82.86
80.00
85.00
95.00
78.20
10
Kg.
400.00
410.00
400.00 380.00
400.00
380.00
440.00
11
Goat
Meat/Mutton
Fish Fresh
Kg.
203.33
600.00
716.67 150.00
150.00
177.50
720.00
12
Milk
Litre
48.00
52.00
48.00
42.00
36.00
35.00
36.00
13
Dairy Milk
Litre
39.00
42.00
32.00
50.00
-
34.00
36.00
14
Pure Ghee
Litre
395.00
392.83
430.00
-
410.00
-
364.00
15
Onion
Kg.
25.21
25.00
27.08
15.63
22.00
24.20
25.00
16
Chillies Dry
100
gms.
20.00
42.00
26.79
29.50
15.00
15.50
17.40
17
Sugar
Kg.
31.85
34.94
28.83
30.00
36.00
35.50
34.00
18
Gur
Kg.
48.96
48.00
54.61
36.00
42.00
-
55.00
19
Tea Leaf
100gms
40.00
39.60
29.35
23.57
33.60
30.00
42.50
20
Fire Wood
40 Kg.
315.00
300.00
400.00 480.00
240.00
300.00
400.00
21
Soft Coke
40 Kg.
-
-
-
-
200.00
-
-
22
Kerosene Oil
Litre
16.00
15.97
15.60
16.30
15.00
13.89
15.10
23
Toilet Soap
75gms
18.50
18.00
18.00
18.00
18.75
18.00
19.13
24
Washing
Soap
225
gms.
23.69
19.13
9.00
26.10
22.50
18.00
13.50
1
Rice
2
Wheat:
3
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Amritsar Jalandhar Ludhiana Ajmer
Bhilwara Jaipur
Chennai Coimba- Coonoor Madurai
tore
55
28.00
56
26.00
57
25.00
58
35.00
59
37.75
60
39.00
61
26.82
62
23.78
63
20.67
64
32.47
-
16.80
-
25.15
20.72
20.96
20.46
22.98
14.07
28.47
20.00
21.00
20.00
26.00
27.00
23.00
43.79
43.00
43.75
45.50
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
85.00
82.00
84.00
87.50
80.00
85.00
87.38
93.45
83.35
90.00
113.00
112.00
115.00
110.00
105.00
108.25
110.21
109.70
103.60
119.00
80.40
87.00
90.00
80.00
80.00
75.75
-
-
80.95
-
-
-
-
115.00
120.00
127.00
91.70
99.55
111.99
99.55
100.00
110.00
115.00
115.00
120.00
105.00
-
-
-
67.80
70.80
70.00
77.50
-
70.00
79.63
-
-
82.00
340.00
340.00
360.00
335.00
310.00
330.00
491.67
445.00
440.00
400.00
200.00
150.00
150.00
240.00
205.00
-
414.58
550.00
160.00
195.00
40.00
40.00
40.00
47.00
39.50
45.75
-
32.00
40.00
40.00
-
42.00
42.00
36.00
34.00
36.00
37.00
41.00
44.00
41.00
380.00
380.00
357.00
360.00
370.00
334.85
410.00
450.00
359.45
391.30
22.20
28.00
25.00
22.50
23.50
24.00
25.23
24.70
42.70
29.25
30.00
29.00
28.00
30.00
27.50
28.00
18.38
13.00
11.40
11.00
31.20
34.40
32.00
32.82
32.53
33.17
18.51
25.38
28.03
27.84
-
-
-
35.69
34.80
36.00
50.33
53.45
-
50.50
34.00
34.80
34.80
36.40
34.00
33.60
44.25
45.50
44.50
46.00
380.00
376.00
340.00
320.00
245.00
320.00
409.33
360.00
320.00
240.00
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
15.21
14.91
14.31
17.25
17.25
17.25
13.70
13.90
14.10
14.00
18.00
17.63
17.63
18.00
18.38
17.25
19.13
19.22
19.88
19.50
10.00
11.25
17.62
12.38
10.77
10.80
14.30
22.50
15.30
26.10
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Sl.
No
Article
1
Unit
2
Salem
Tiruchir Tripura
apally
Agra
Ghaziab- Kanpur Lucknow
ad
3
65
66
67
68
69
70
71
Kg.
32.08
28.66
18.55
27.79
13.37
38.95
26.83
a. Wheat Whole
Kg.
20.67
20.00
-
15.12
10.91
14.58
17.73
b. Wheat Atta
Kg.
47.50
40.00
15.59
20.00
22.00
20.00
22.00
3
Jowar
Kg.
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
4
Arhar Dal
Kg.
82.33
85.00
-
83.00
80.00
80.00
85.30
5
Moong Dal
Kg.
107.25
106.13
93.93
112.60
95.00
110.00
114.60
6
Masur Dal
Kg.
-
80.00
99.33
81.20
80.00
80.00
79.19
7
Groundnut oil
Litre
83.35
75.79
-
-
-
-
-
8
Mustard Oil
Litre
-
-
98.15
75.17
78.00
81.90
98.20
9
Vanaspati
Litre
-
-
-
75.00
75.00
72.00
80.00
10
Goat
Meat/Mutton
Kg.
11
Fish Fresh
12
1
Rice
2
Wheat:
420.00
440.00 441.00
350.00
387.00
360.00
380.00
Kg.
430.00
80.00
249.50
100.00
120.00
160.00
200.00
Milk
Litre
40.00
42.67
46.60
40.00
43.80
44.00
40.00
13
Dairy Milk
Litre
41.00
44.00
-
40.00
40.80
38.00
48.00
14
Pure Ghee
Litre
-
415.00
-
380.00
380.00
390.00
420.00
15
Onion
Kg.
30.00
30.00
30.10
24.00
25.00
25.00
25.00
16
Chillies Dry
100
gms
10.75
11.60
23.16
26.00
25.00
17.87
28.00
17
Sugar
Kg.
15.10
21.25
22.81
31.13
31.80
31.61
31.99
18
Gur
Kg.
-
55.13
48.50
30.00
40.00
36.00
40.00
19
Tea Leaf
100gms
43.50
45.00
20.40
33.60
36.40
36.40
33.60
20
Fire Wood
40 Kg.
192.00
160.00 136.60
320.00
404.00
526.00
560.00
21
Soft Coke
40 Kg.
-
-
-
-
-
576.00
-
22
Kerosene Oil
Litre
14.00
13.90
15.63
15.49
16.00
15.80
15.74
23
Toilet Soap
75gms
18.56
19.13
15.00
17.25
18.00
18.00
18.75
Washing Soap
225gms 14.63
13.95 14.06
26.10
11.25
10.80
#
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‖.
26.10
24
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Varanasi Asansol Darjee- Durgaling pur
Haldia
Howrah Jalpai
guri
Kolkata Raniganj
Siliguri
72
32.94
73
32.37
74
21.22
75
29.87
76
32.51
77
28.52
78
22.18
79
30.01
80
31.48
81
18.13
18.70
9.57
13.36
6.73
6.86
6.94
10.65
6.73
-
13.73
21.00
21.95
2.16
16.76
15.98
17.98
3.00
19.52
19.87
4.97
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
84.00
90.00
92.50
88.00
89.87
90.00
90.38
90.00
84.00
85.00
120.00
120.00
120.00
140.00 150.67
127.50
112.75 134.70 140.00 109.17
80.00
90.00
80.00
108.00 109.87
103.33
100.15 109.70 100.00
-
-
-
-
180.00
-
-
-
-
-
91.00
95.10
90.09
93.85
100.10
95.40
93.68
99.65
91.00
95.55
76.00
95.00
80.00
94.00
-
98.00
85.43
97.52
95.00
95.00
380.00
400.00
400.00
420.00 400.00
456.67
435.00 459.00 400.00 406.67
160.00
250.00
170.00
300.00 250.00
251.67
240.00 274.00 250.00 180.00
45.00
34.00
30.00
34.00
35.00
38.00
37.50
38.00
32.00
36.67
46.00
36.00
-
21.54
38.00
36.00
-
36.00
-
-
359.20
434.40
425.00
470.60 470.60
480.00
-
434.40 357.48
26.80
23.50
31.88
31.50
25.87
29.00
26.70
29.38
27.50
29.17
29.60
16.00
14.00
24.50
24.00
20.00
13.00
17.00
14.00
15.00
31.60
35.92
34.44
33.62
35.78
34.35
29.34
35.76
33.91
30.88
39.36
45.00
50.00
36.00
50.00
43.00
40.00
45.00
36.00
40.00
35.60
33.20
24.00
34.80
34.00
33.20
33.20
33.20
34.00
32.00
560.00
360.00
495.00
240.00 280.00
300.00
250.00 320.00 180.00 286.67
560.00
360.00
640.00
460.00 480.00
466.67
-
15.89
15.41
15.39
15.50
16.00
26.43
15.20
25.65
15.30
14.72
18.00
18.00
15.00
18.00
18.00
18.00
18.00
18.75
18.75
10.31
26.10
22.50
22.50
18.00
18.76
20.45
26.10
22.50
22.50
26.10
469.40 150.00
90.00
-
-
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.
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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
1
2
Linking factor
for General
Index a
General Index
Food Index
Dec.,
2014
Jan.,
2015
Dec.,
2014
Jan.,
2015
3
4
5
6
7
4.84
875
876
877
878
1
Andhra Pradesh
2
Assam
b
802
789
797
778
3
Bihar
6.22
717
708
667
654
4
Gujarat
5.34
825
819
831
821
5
Haryana
*
894
895
927
931
6
Himachal Pradesh
*
655
658
675
679
7
Jammu & Kashmir
5.98
758
757
772
769
8
Karnataka
5.81
871
878
860
868
9
Kerala
6.56
838
842
827
832
10
Madhya Pradesh
6.04
733
727
687
676
11
Maharashtra
5.85
859
858
882
880
12
Manipur
*
784
779
691
678
13
Meghalaya
*
800
782
789
760
14
Orissa
6.05
764
764
715
713
15
Punjab
c
856
860
889
890
16
Rajasthan
6.15
865
871
823
824
17
Tamil Nadu
5.67
842
838
770
764
18
Tripura
*
728
724
736
729
19
Uttar Pradesh
6.60
758
752
773
763
20
West Bengal
5.73
751
742
689
669
5.89
807
804
782
776
All-India
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.
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Labourers (Group-wise and General) (Base: 1986-87=100)
Pan, Supari, Tobacco
& Intoxicants Index
Fuel & Light Index
Clothing, Bedding &
Footwear Index
Miscellaneous Index
Dec.,
2014
Jan.,
2015
Dec.,
2014
Jan.,
2015
Dec.,
2014
Jan.,
2015
Dec.,
2014
Jan.,
2015
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
15
1195
1202
856
860
847
844
793
796
1095
1088
779
788
796
797
664
670
910
913
1011
1021
912
921
717
718
1222
1232
730
730
695
697
808
810
913
913
1182
1181
823
820
641
641
1144
1143
373
373
598
600
737
742
1332
1336
589
594
724
727
780
780
1240
1253
733
735
842
843
915
919
1434
1444
823
826
751
753
765
769
1180
1186
940
950
747
750
737
744
1122
1124
895
900
694
695
750
750
1252
1297
1548
1558
810
813
666
671
948
961
806
811
860
889
722
733
1128
1162
1097
1098
892
897
690
689
1050
1051
1197
1238
660
661
652
653
1327
1320
1224
1291
809
814
774
774
1471
1486
937
931
766
767
986
994
1099
1081
452
452
753
758
698
700
959
962
795
801
736
733
630
632
888
899
943
1021
1160
1168
908
911
1162
1170
906
919
805
806
779
782
b & c = To obtain linking factors for Assam and Punjab, please refer article in February, 1996
issue of the Indian Labour Journal.
* = Indices compiled and published for the first time w.e.f. November, 1995.
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Table A.1.2.1 (b) – Labour Bureau‘s Series of Consumer Price Index Numbers for Rural
Sl.
No
State
1
2
General Index
Food Index
Dec.,
2014
3
Jan.,
2015
4
Dec.,
2014
5
Jan.,
2015
6
Pan, Supari,
Tobacco &
Intoxicants Index
Dec.,
Jan.,
2014
2015
7
8
1
Andhra Pradesh
872
873
877
878
1201
1207
2
Assam
810
796
811
790
1085
1078
3
Bihar
722
713
666
652
912
915
4
Gujarat
824
818
834
824
1214
1223
5
Haryana
889
891
934
937
945
945
6
Himachal Pradesh
691
691
703
702
1261
1264
7
Jammu & Kashmir
756
748
762
750
1443
1449
8
Karnataka
865
872
847
856
1249
1263
9
Kerala
845
850
833
838
1437
1449
10
Madhya Pradesh
755
750
688
678
1169
1176
11
Maharashtra
856
855
874
872
1124
1125
12
Manipur
787
782
691
678
1244
1288
13
Meghalaya
796
783
785
758
959
973
14
Orissa
765
764
716
714
1126
1158
15
Punjab
852
856
890
890
1053
1054
16
Rajasthan
848
856
807
810
1299
1292
17
Tamil Nadu
836
833
782
775
1487
1502
18
Tripura
722
717
726
720
1114
1096
19
Uttar Pradesh
757
750
776
766
961
964
20
West Bengal
761
753
692
672
895
907
810
808
786
780
1174
1182
All India
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Labourers (Group wise and General) (Base: 1986-87=100)
Fuel & Light Index
Clothing, Bedding &
Footwear Index
Miscellaneous Index
Dec.,
2014
9
Jan.,
2015
10
Dec.,
2014
11
Jan.,
2015
12
Dec.,
2014
13
Jan.,
2015
14
850
855
825
823
794
796
777
786
798
800
660
666
1013
1023
909
914
723
724
731
731
701
701
811
812
1182
1181
788
788
637
637
383
383
698
700
732
736
584
589
739
739
758
760
733
734
810
812
961
965
823
826
761
764
788
792
938
947
885
885
757
764
888
892
771
772
752
752
1551
1562
823
827
658
664
806
810
772
838
723
735
1093
1093
883
886
689
687
1184
1222
734
736
653
653
1227
1304
809
816
748
750
929
923
716
717
904
911
449
449
747
753
673
674
799
805
766
751
592
593
965
1054
1120
1124
915
915
903
917
815
815
777
780
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Table A.1.2.2 (a) - State-wise monthly consumer prices of selected articles of Agricultural
Sl.
No.
Item
1
2
1.
Rice
2.
Wheat:
Unit
Andhra Pradesh
Assam
Bihar
Gujarat
3
4
5
6
7
Kg.
17.78
22.97
16.15
12.35
(a) Wheat whole
Kg.
-
-
12.62
5.15
(b) Wheat Atta
Kg.
-
24.87
19.21
22.84
3.
Jowar
Kg.
24.45
-
-
4.
Bajra:
(a) Bajra whole
Kg.
19.49
-
-
15.22
(b) Bajra Atta
Kg.
-
-
-
19.03
(a) Maize whole
Kg.
-
-
13.50
16.16
(b) Maize Atta
Kg.
-
-
-
20.91
6.
Ragi
Kg.
25.52
-
-
-
7.
Arhar Dal
Kg.
78.90
78.40
79.63
78.00
8.
Groundnut Oil
Litre
87.40
-
-
108.83
9.
Mustard Oil
Litre
-
107.69
95.80
-
10.
Goat Meat/Mutton
Kg.
403.44
315.59
367.13
312.23
11.
Fish Fresh
Kg.
153.38
229.30
141.95
130.55
12.
Milk
Litre
38.82
45.29
32.84
43.15
13.
Onion
Kg.
21.37
30.41
23.76
22.46
14.
Chillies Dry
100Gms
10.57
15.43
11.93
15.07
15.
Potato
Kg.
26.57
17.33
12.17
19.73
16.
Sugar
Kg.
17.93
22.81
34.14
27.55
17.
Gur
Kg.
41.64
53.10
35.05
39.90
18.
Tea Leaf
100Gms
39.99
21.76
28.84
24.02
19.
Firewood
40 Kg.
157.65
138.00
237.14
70.52
20.
Kerosene Oil
Litre
15.00
17.97
16.83
15.22
5.
Maize:
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Haryana
Himachal
Pradesh
Jammu &
Kashmir
Karnataka Kerala
Madhya Pradesh
8
9
10
11
12
13
25.43
19.67
20.91
7.72
24.03
13.78
-
-
-
-
4.79
5.89
19.18
10.62
20.85
28.33
33.35
19.71
-
-
-
24.65
-
19.05
-
-
-
-
-
-
16.64
-
-
-
-
-
18.50
-
17.88
-
-
13.28
-
18.00
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
18.79
-
-
82.89
85.43
-
82.31
73.31
78.08
-
-
-
90.90
-
113.44
88.49
107.96
107.80
-
-
86.29
319.41
280.56
322.43
340.11
447.63
318.64
106.67
152.00
180.71
217.23
85.97
133.25
45.60
36.33
26.80
29.95
37.88
35.02
24.73
24.44
28.46
20.08
41.60
19.79
14.74
17.11
23.46
11.32
11.43
12.43
10.05
11.56
16.95
28.55
30.00
15.74
29.80
17.27
19.03
20.15
26.69
15.54
35.45
33.56
38.80
38.49
48.44
31.40
22.49
30.44
36.76
32.26
24.28
20.56
268.28
N.A.
226.14
118.61
176.61
181.53
14.09
15.33
14.46
17.67
17.02
16.06
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Table A.1.2.2 (a) concld.
Sl.
No.
Item
Unit
1
2
3
1.
Rice
Kg.
2.
Wheat:
Maharashtra
Manipur
Meghalaya
Orissa
14
15
16
17
13.60
18.08
15.87
18.85
-
-
-
(a) Wheat whole
Kg.
8.20
-
-
-
(b) Wheat Atta
Kg.
-
-
25.13
19.00
3.
Jowar
Kg.
20.71
-
-
-
4.
Bajra:
(a) Bajra whole
Kg.
18.06
-
-
-
(b) Bajra Atta
Kg.
-
-
-
-
(a) Maize whole
Kg.
-
-
-
-
(b) Maize Atta
Kg.
-
-
-
-
6.
Ragi
Kg.
-
-
-
16.98
7.
Arhar Dal
Kg.
79.19
92.78
79.89
82.08
8.
Groundnut Oil
Litre
105.32
-
-
96.04
9.
Mustard Oil
Litre
-
107.78
99.89
95.59
10.
Goat Meat/Mutton
Kg.
370.09
-
-
380.97
11.
Fish Fresh
Kg.
119.13
201.11
181.63
132.91
12.
Milk
Litre
40.16
40.56
44.44
26.92
13.
Onion
Kg.
20.63
36.44
32.56
22.65
14.
Chillies Dry
100 gm.
11.88
17.22
18.33
12.15
15.
Potato
Kg.
25.87
23.78
22.22
15.67
16.
Sugar
Kg.
22.41
40.56
31.72
34.67
17.
Gur
Kg.
23.57
-
-
38.67
18.
Tea Leaf
100 gm.
23.49
19.43
25.56
29.65
19.
Firewood
40. Kg.
173.61
262.22
161.11
149.34
20.
Kerosene Oil
Litre
16.48
21.44
34.44
16.06
5.
Maize:
- = Items do not feature in the Index Basket.
N.A. = Not Available.
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Punjab
Rajasthan
Tamil
Nadu
20
Tripura
21
Uttar
Pradesh
22
West Bengal
18
19
23
28.65
28.33
7.59
19.08
17.02
21.94
15.40
8.35
-
-
7.81
-
19.43
20.30
36.95
26.89
17.49
13.49
-
24.84
23.50
-
22.03
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
13.39
21.36
-
14.13
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
13.52
-
-
13.62
-
23.35
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
24.12
-
-
-
-
81.72
85.30
-
77.69
81.02
-
109.45
93.81
-
-
-
98.34
88.47
-
113.00
86.29
95.96
331.36
323.62
412.09
437.22
326.05
415.90
-
-
144.16
254.44
118.14
134.25
39.32
38.63
33.39
40.44
36.52
27.95
22.76
22.68
31.89
36.00
23.15
25.24
14.92
13.00
11.28
17.89
14.10
13.68
9.88
13.85
31.38
23.33
10.87
11.63
33.08
14.24
13.52
22.94
18.90
28.43
36.85
33.67
49.55
56.11
33.76
37.73
21.47
21.97
42.80
21.56
29.02
20.41
268.10
228.96
183.75
123.33
236.37
210.25
15.93
17.26
14.01
15.88
15.66
15.80
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.
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Table A.1.2.2 (b) - State-wise monthly consumer prices of selected articles of Rural Labourers
Sl.
No.
1
Item
Unit
2
3
Andhra
Pradesh
4
Kg.
(a) Wheat whole
Assam Bihar
Gujarat Haryana Himachal
Pradesh
7
8
9
5
6
17.77
23.34
16.26
12.47
25.40
19.47
Kg.
-
-
12.61
5.17
-
-
(b) Wheat Atta
Kg.
-
24.76
19.18
22.87
19.18
11.32
3.
Jowar
Kg.
24.41
-
-
-
-
-
4.
Bajra:
(a) Bajra whole
Kg.
19.49
-
-
15.23
-
-
(b) Bajra Atta
Kg.
-
-
-
18.94
16.63
-
-
-
-
-
-
1.
Rice
2.
Wheat:
5.
Maize:
(a) Maize whole
Kg.
-
-
13.52
16.14
18.50
-
(b) Maize Atta
Kg.
-
-
-
21.02
-
18.00
6.
Ragi
Kg.
25.53
-
-
-
-
-
7.
Arhar Dal
Kg.
78.95
78.47
79.70
77.99
82.84
85.43
8.
Groundnut Oil
Litre
87.39
-
-
108.81
-
-
9.
Mustard Oil
Litre
-
107.61
-
92.44
88.55
107.96
10.
Goat Meat/Mutton
Kg.
403.32
312.87 369.80
314.33
320.50
280.56
11.
Fish Fresh
Kg.
153.95
229.93 141.50
131.66
106.67
152.00
12.
Milk
Litre
38.40
45.30
32.84
43.18
45.83
36.33
13.
Onion
Kg.
21.37
30.38
23.72
22.45
24.73
24.44
14.
Chillies Dry
100Gms
10.58
15.36
11.93
15.06
14.73
17.11
15.
Potato
Kg.
26.59
17.33
12.20
19.70
10.04
11.56
16.
Sugar
Kg.
18.90
23.22
34.16
27.42
29.70
17.27
17.
Gur
Kg.
41.61
53.23
35.05
39.91
35.55
33.56
18.
Tea Leaf
100gms.
39.85
21.73
28.93
23.91
22.49
30.44
19.
Firewood
40. Kg.
158.02
137.92 238.61
70.15
268.29
N.A.
20.
Kerosene Oil
Litre
15.00
17.94
15.23
14.09
15.33
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for the month of January, 2015 (Base: 1986-87=100)
Jammu & Karnataka
Kashmir
Kerala Madhya
Pradesh
Maharashtra
Manipur
Meghalaya
Orissa
Punjab
10
11
12
13
14
15
16
17
18
17.58
8.02
24.02
13.61
14.70
18.05
16.08
18.86
28.66
-
-
4.80
6.44
9.06
-
-
-
15.40
20.74
28.36
33.19
19.72
-
-
25.13
19.06
19.43
-
24.70
18.98
20.61
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
18.21
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
17.59
-
13.32
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
23.38
-
18.74
-
-
-
-
17.04
-
-
82.36
73.90
77.58
79.35
92.78
79.89
82.19
-
-
90.85
-
113.84
105.08
-
-
96.19
-
107.72
-
-
86.41
-
107.78
99.89
95.68
98.80
323.02
341.75
443.12
318.11
371.70
-
-
380.09
331.85
180.71
218.99
86.15
133.34
118.03
201.11
181.63
132.95
-
27.20
29.99
37.89
35.04
41.02
40.56
44.44
26.83
39.27
29.48
20.15
41.73
19.85
20.65
36.44
32.56
22.66
22.76
22.92
11.35
11.43
12.39
11.85
17.22
18.33
12.14
14.92
17.82
28.52
29.96
15.79
25.96
23.78
22.22
15.71
9.88
19.18
20.81
26.95
15.75
23.07
40.56
31.72
34.67
33.09
39.03
38.55
48.32
31.37
23.69
-
38.70
36.92
35.09
32.27
24.42
20.68
23.27
19.43
25.56
29.63
21.47
222.78
118.18
176.56
181.38
173.11
262.22
161.11
149.76
268.69
14.90
17.68
17.02
16.06
16.36
21.44
34.44
16.05
15.88
- = 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.
1
Item
1.
Rice
2.
Wheat:
2
Unit
Rajasthan
3
19
Tamil
Nadu
20
Tripura
21
Uttar
Pradesh
22
West
Bengal
23
Kg.
29.26
8.21
18.84
17.00
21.96
(a) Wheat whole
Kg.
6.40
-
-
8.06
-
(b) Wheat Atta
Kg.
20.31
37.00
26.89
17.38
13.76
3.
Jowar
Kg.
24.84
23.20
-
21.55
-
4.
Bajra:
(a) Bajra whole
Kg.
13.63
21.37
-
14.15
-
(b) Bajra Atta
Kg.
-
-
-
( a ) Maize whole
Kg.
13.44
-
-
(b) Maize Atta
Kg.
-
-
-
-
6.
Ragi
Kg.
-
24.11
-
-
7.
Arhar Dal
Kg.
83.25
85.20
-
77.69
81.60
8.
Groundnut Oil
Litre
109.62
94.56
-
-
-
9.
Mustard Oil
Litre
89.14
-
113.00
86.29
96.05
10.
Goat Meat/Mutton
Kg.
322.29
412.44
437.22
326.52
415.89
11.
Fish Fresh
Kg.
-
144.81
254.44
116.91
133.24
12.
Milk
Litre
38.58
33.33
40.44
36.53
28.04
13.
Onion
Kg.
22.66
31.92
36.00
23.31
25.24
14.
Chillies Dry
100gm.
13.06
11.27
17.89
14.06
13.71
15.
Potato
Kg.
14.05
31.44
23.33
10.80
11.67
16.
Sugar
Kg.
17.35
13.64
16.16
18.07
28.51
17.
Gur
Kg.
33.53
49.50
56.11
33.72
37.69
18.
Tea Leaf
100 gm.
22.02
42.80
21.56
28.63
20.44
19.
Firewood
40. Kg.
231.22
183.58
123.33
238.36
212.34
20.
Kerosene Oil
Litre
17.26
14.01
15.88
15.57
15.80
5.
-
Maize:
13.57
-
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
January, 2015 (By States and Sex).
Sl.
No
States
1
Ploughing/Tilling Workers
2
Men
3
Women
4
Children
5
( in Rupees)
Sowing (including Planting/
Transplanting/Weeding workers)
Men
Women
Children
6
7
8
1
Andhra Pradesh
271.88
@
-
231.74
164.57
-
2
Assam
255.10
-
-
211.33
187.78
-
3
Bihar
228.54
-
-
215.63
180.08
@
4
Gujarat
211.79
@
-
186.50
177.68
-
5
Haryana
@
-
-
345.00
331.11
-
6
Himachal Pradesh
414.57
-
-
337.50
@
-
7
Jammu & Kashmir
372.22
@
-
380.00
@
-
8
Karnataka
299.45
@
-
224.46
161.45
@
9
Kerala
704.26
-
-
642.12
446.88
-
10
Madhya Pradesh
184.88
175.00
-
165.50
156.00
-
11
Maharashtra
242.03
@
-
224.11
149.66
@
12
Manipur
287.50
-
-
276.67
@
-
13
Meghalaya
@
@
-
168.33
134.00
@
14
Orissa
212.67
@
-
194.22
155.33
-
15
Punjab
@
-
-
284.09
@
-
16
Rajasthan
270.00
-
-
300.00
219.09
-
17
Tamil Nadu
568.33
-
-
316.04
216.76
-
18
Tripura
210.00
-
-
210.00
-
-
19
Uttar Pradesh
195.14
@
-
196.20
168.90
@
20
West Bengal
288.75
@
-
215.10
198.38
-
All India
274.15
177.94
-
234.34
193.07
116.30
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Table A.2.1 (a) Contd.
Sl. No
States
Harvesting/Winnowing/
Threshing workers
Men
Women
Children
9
10
11
Picking Workers (including
Tea, Cotton, Tobacco & other
commercial crops)*
Men Women
Children
1
2
1
Andhra Pradesh
235.73
161.44
-
2
Assam
237.78
199.22
-
@
@
-
3
Bihar
213.75
191.82
@
@
@
@
4
Gujarat
182.93
178.45
-
5
Haryana
331.71
332.00
-
@
@
-
6
Himachal Pradesh
337.50
@
-
-
-
-
7
Jammu & Kashmir
377.78
@
-
-
-
-
8
Karnataka
237.32
158.79
@
9
Kerala
582.14
439.10
-
10
Madhya Pradesh
182.40
171.09
@
180.42 170.42
-
11
Maharashtra
208.15
152.67
-
182.86 163.15
@
12
Manipur
297.14
263.89
-
-
-
-
13
Meghalaya
216.67
138.33
@
@
@
-
14
Orissa
195.39
166.10
-
@
@
-
15
Punjab
287.00
@
-
290.00
@
-
16
Rajasthan
322.86
258.57
-
@
@
-
17
Tamil Nadu
404.70
259.34
-
@
177.86
-
18
Tripura
210.00
-
-
-
-
-
19
Uttar Pradesh
207.31
176.71
133.00
@
@
-
20
West Bengal
218.34
198.59
-
@
@
-
All India
235.76
196.46
143.85
408
12
13
14
210.64 159.87
183.75 178.48
230.91 147.31
-
-
203.45 167.09
@
-
@
-
161.25
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Table A.2.1 (a) Contd.
Horticulture Workers
( including Nursery growers)
( in Rupees)
Fishermen Costal/Deep Sea
Fishermen Inland
Men
Women
Children
Men
Women
Children
Men
Women
Children
15
16
17
18
19
20
21
22
23
@
@
-
246.67
@
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
@
-
-
-
-
-
160.00
145.00
-
288.89
-
-
-
-
-
192.60
@
-
@
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
@
@
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
@
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
233.20
162.95
-
233.75
-
-
@
-
-
@
@
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
161.67
146.67
-
@
@
-
@
@
-
227.78
150.00
-
@
@
-
@
-
-
@
@
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
158.33
123.33
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
146.67
140.00
-
@
-
-
-
-
-
280.83
@
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
@
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
332.70
156.98
-
@
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
@
@
-
@
-
-
-
-
-
295.43
245.33
-
366.39
-
-
@
-
-
226.24
163.40
-
284.20
183.33
-
289.05
@
-
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Sl.
No
Table A.2.1 (a) Contd.
States
1
2
Loggers and Wood Cutters
Men
24
Women
25
Children
26
Animal husbandry workers: including
Poultry workers, dairy workers &
Herdsman
Men
Women
Children
27
28
29
1
Andhra Pradesh
282.53
-
-
165.26
@
@
2
Assam
248.13
-
-
@
-
-
3
Bihar
253.56
-
-
161.52
138.50
86.60
4
Gujarat
198.00
@
-
158.33
162.00
-
5
Haryana
@
-
-
284.40
@
-
6
Himachal Pradesh
@
-
-
@
@
-
7
Jammu & Kashmir
485.56
-
-
417.14
-
-
8
Karnataka
280.48
-
-
207.22
155.45
@
9
Kerala
958.54
-
-
548.57
-
-
10
Madhya Pradesh
148.10
@
@
113.05
99.05
79.00
11
Maharashtra
241.90
@
-
178.62
158.33
117.14
12
Manipur
@
-
-
248.57
-
-
13
Meghalaya
@
-
-
146.25
@
-
14
Orissa
216.00
-
-
133.86
113.33
@
15
Punjab
@
-
-
245.69
@
-
16
Rajasthan
230.00
@
-
188.00
@
-
17
Tamil Nadu
416.59
@
-
375.67
@
-
18
Tripura
287.78
-
-
210.00
-
-
19
Uttar Pradesh
266.36
@
-
194.09
@
-
20
West Bengal
273.13
-
-
179.12
201.97
109.44
All India
312.31
170.83
@
185.10
140.96
89.16
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Table A.2.1 (a) Concld.
Packaging Labourers
General Agricultural
Labourers including Watering
& Irrigation workers etc.
Men
Women Children
33
34
35
( in Rupees)
Plant protection workers
(applying pesticides,
treating seeds, etc.)
Men Women Children
36
37
38
Men
30
Women
31
Children
32
@
-
-
218.76
141.47
@
333.52
@
-
@
@
-
209.17
203.75
-
237.86
-
-
170.77
@
-
199.95
156.58
@
242.14
@
-
157.14
@
-
168.86
161.79
-
163.33
-
-
@
-
-
346.55
347.14
-
326.00
-
-
@
@
-
312.43
312.00
-
@
@
-
@
-
-
377.86
@
-
@
-
-
246.18
163.33
-
212.78
150.71
-
259.52
-
-
-
-
-
582.38
410.17
-
684.76
-
-
138.89
130.00
@
154.00
137.75
120.00
174.47
-
-
220.83
150.00
-
195.78
134.70
@
251.20
@
-
@
-
-
@
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
176.25
128.75
@
@
-
-
@
@
-
186.32
160.00
@
@
-
-
300.00
@
-
288.07
@
-
309.90
-
-
-
-
-
278.67
202.73
-
291.67
-
-
360.00
@
-
350.97
194.29
-
574.44
@
-
-
-
-
208.89
-
-
-
-
-
@
@
-
194.43
169.00
154.17
206.00
@
-
274.66
@
-
232.12
197.27
@
207.49
175.90
-
222.53
179.75
@
230.01
175.76
123.08
291.29
172.95
-
- = 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.
* =Picking includes picking of tea, cotton bolls, tobacco & other commercial crops
@ =Number of quotations are less than five.
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A.2.1. (b) – Average Daily Wage Rates for Non-agricultural Occupations in Rural India during
Sl
No
States
1
2
Carpenter
Men
3
Blacksmith
Women Children
4
5
Mason
Men Women Children
6
7
8
Men
9
Women Children
10
11
1 Andhra Pradesh
281.22
-
-
225.42
-
@
353.44
-
-
2 Assam
329.10
-
-
298.89
-
-
356.93
-
-
3 Bihar
304.87
-
-
274.76
-
-
341.15
-
-
4 Gujarat
368.96
-
-
265.78
@
-
417.93
-
-
5 Haryana
454.33
-
-
@
-
-
499.33
-
-
6 Himachal Pradesh
469.56
-
-
381.83
-
-
480.67
-
-
7 Jammu&Kashmir
503.81
-
-
459.41
-
-
498.57
-
-
8 Karnataka
339.58
-
-
281.21
-
-
350.02
-
-
9 Kerala
714.13
-
-
655.13
-
-
722.86
-
-
10 Madhya Pradesh
227.46
-
-
208.67
-
-
265.46
-
-
11 Maharashtra
306.04
@
-
274.72
@
-
358.15
-
-
12 Manipur
376.67
-
-
328.57
-
-
402.78
-
-
13 Meghalaya
262.22
-
-
242.50
-
-
285.00
-
-
14 Orissa
311.41
-
-
195.88
-
-
333.28
-
-
15 Punjab
438.07
-
-
436.00
-
-
443.40
-
-
16 Rajasthan
424.75
-
-
287.50
@
-
502.62
-
-
17 Tamil Nadu
518.83
-
-
431.49
-
-
552.59
@
-
18 Tripura
310.00
-
-
200.00
-
-
355.56
-
-
19 Uttar Pradesh
337.02
-
@
302.89
-
@
386.61
-
-
20 West Bengal
301.62
@
-
278.75
@
-
317.05 251.67
@
All India
350.74
@
@
288.73 218.00
@
387.30 258.57
@
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January, 2015 (By States and Sex)
Men
Weavers
Women Children
Beedi Makers
Men
Women Children
( in Rupees)
Bamboo, Cane Basket Weavers
Men
Women Children
12
13
14
15
16
17
18
19
20
167.14
@
-
@
120.38
-
181.90
120.00
-
@
-
-
-
-
-
242.54
-
-
@
@
-
152.00
@
-
167.08
@
-
@
-
-
@
@
-
@
-
-
@
-
-
@
-
-
@
@
-
@
-
-
-
-
-
@
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
@
-
-
196.25
@
-
139.62
131.22
-
246.67
205.00
-
-
@
-
@
@
-
@
-
-
@
@
@
105.56
99.38
@
171.11
163.75
-
@
@
-
-
-
-
240.00
170.00
-
@
267.78
-
-
-
-
@
@
-
@
@
-
-
-
-
@
@
-
@
-
-
@
@
-
@
@
-
@
@
-
-
-
-
@
@
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
@
@
-
@
@
-
@
-
-
300.00
-
-
200.00
-
-
300.00
-
-
@
-
-
@
@
-
230.00
@
-
@
@
-
178.75
166.35
@
156.11
120.69
@
248.38
210.22
@
168.26
121.81
@
219.53
162.04
@
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Table A.2.1 (b) Contd.
( in Rupees)
Sl
No
States
Handicraft Workers
Men
1
2
21
Women
Plumbers
Children
Men
Women
Children
24
25
26
22
23
@
-
-
316.89
-
-
1
Andhra Pradesh
2
Assam
-
@
-
@
-
-
3
Bihar
@
@
-
296.07
-
-
4
Gujarat
@
@
-
280.71
-
-
5
Haryana
@
-
-
485.33
-
-
6
Himachal Pradesh
@
-
-
449.43
-
-
7
Jammu & Kashmir
-
-
-
544.00
-
-
8
Karnataka
@
-
313.33
-
-
9
Kerala
@
-
-
686.72
-
-
10
Madhya Pradesh
@
@
-
236.00
-
-
11
Maharashtra
-
-
-
297.92
-
-
12
Manipur
@
@
-
@
-
-
13
Meghalaya
@
@
-
@
-
-
14
Orissa
-
-
-
291.25
-
-
15
Punjab
-
-
-
625.91
-
-
16
Rajasthan
-
-
-
409.17
-
-
17
Tamil Nadu
@
-
-
491.73
-
-
18
Tripura
300.00
-
-
300.00
-
-
19
Uttar Pradesh
@
-
-
335.25
-
-
20
West Bengal
@
@
@
308.92
-
-
335.89
169.91
@
387.15
-
-
All India
331.25
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Table A.2.1 (b) Contd.
Electrician
Men
27
Women Children
28
29
Construction Workers (for roads,
dams, industrial & project
construction work & well diggers
Men
Women
Children
30
31
32
( in Rupees)
LMV & Tractors drivers
Men
33
Women
34
Children
35
303.48
-
-
245.48
182.38
-
269.17
-
-
296.25
-
-
251.39
@
-
294.69
-
-
308.89
-
-
231.90
192.00
-
253.03
-
-
283.15
-
-
236.92
192.78
-
219.09
-
-
465.20
-
-
369.27
361.67
-
393.20
-
-
465.14
-
-
309.14
-
-
287.48
-
-
557.86
-
-
417.50
@
-
388.33
-
-
315.56
-
-
287.12
197.32
-
295.94
-
-
679.58
-
-
798.23
@
-
738.33
-
-
232.56
-
-
178.85
162.70
133.33
221.95
@
-
318.59
-
-
273.91
196.25
-
283.33
-
-
366.67
-
-
317.86
@
-
447.78
-
-
@
-
-
235.71
@
-
@
-
-
265.00
-
-
201.66
162.92
-
254.52
-
-
501.39
-
-
308.00
246.00
-
304.71
-
-
418.33
-
-
309.00
275.77
-
359.41
-
-
483.31
-
-
383.00
247.19
-
470.42
-
-
305.56
-
-
200.00
-
-
300.00
-
-
350.19
-
-
218.09
186.58
@
253.09
-
-
344.55
-
-
233.32
206.96
-
305.00
-
-
372.63
-
-
279.49
200.75
133.75
301.15
@
-
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Table A.2.1 (b) Concld
Sl
No
States
1
2
Non-agricultural labourers
(Including porters, loaders)
Men
Women
Children
36
37
38
( in Rupees)
Sweeping/ Cleaning Workers
Men
39
Women
40
Children
41
1
Andhra Pradesh
222.16
147.73
-
139.29
114.61
-
2
Assam
204.52
202.86
-
182.86
@
-
3
Bihar
210.90
181.67
-
200.63
@
-
4
Gujarat
190.53
194.17
-
118.10
118.33
-
5
Haryana
341.09
-
-
302.00
305.56
-
6
Himachal Pradesh
252.67
@
-
@
@
-
7
Jammu & Kashmir
398.95
-
-
@
251.33
-
8
Karnataka
213.70
146.50
-
164.30
147.26
-
9
Kerala
620.61
@
-
@
440.33
-
10
Madhya Pradesh
156.81
122.50
81.25
149.07
147.68
@
11
Maharashtra
204.65
131.43
@
184.62
142.46
@
12
Manipur
@
@
-
@
158.68
-
13
Meghalaya
188.89
-
-
@
@
-
14
Orissa
175.31
159.29
-
125.00
110.00
-
15
Punjab
271.25
-
-
218.57
204.17
-
16
Rajasthan
285.45
264.00
-
@
@
-
17
Tamil Nadu
375.09
258.48
@
169.60
197.08
-
18
Tripura
200.00
-
-
204.44
-
-
19
Uttar Pradesh
203.57
176.43
@
200.67
158.00
@
20
West Bengal
227.75
197.50
-
316.71
272.95
-
All India
241.32
175.53
94.17
195.00
185.06
@
-=
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.etc
@ = Number of quotations are less than five.
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.
Table A.3.1
INDUSTRIAL DISPUTES
Sector/Sphere-wise Number of Disputes, Workers involved and Mandays Lost
due to Industrial Disputes during January, 2015 (P)
Sphere/
Item
Public Sector
Private Sector
Total
Number of
Number of
Number of
Dis- Workers Mandays Dis- Workers Mandays
putes Involved
Lost
putes Involved
Lost
1
(i)
2
3
4
5
6
7
Dis- Workers
putes Involved
8
9
Mandays
Lost
10
Central Sphere
Strikes
1
19740
19740
1
3198
3198
2
22938
22938
Lockouts
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
Strikes &
Lockouts
(Total-i)
1
19740
19740
1
3198
3198
2
22938
22938
(ii)
State Sphere
Strikes
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
Lockouts
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
Strikes &
Lockouts
(Total-ii)
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
Grand Total
(Total-i+ ii)
1
19740
19740
1
3198
3198
2
22938
22938
(P) = Provisional and based on the returns /clarifications received in the Bureau till 2 nd
March, 2015.
- = Nil
.. = Not Reported
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Table A.3.2- Industrial Disputes (All Strikes and Lockouts)
during January, 2015 (P)
State/Union Territory
Number of
Disputes
Workers
Mandays Lost
Involved
1
2
3
4
Andhra Pradesh
..
..
..
Arunachal Pradesh
..
..
..
Assam
..
..
..
Bihar
Chhattisgarh
..
..
..
Goa
..
..
..
Gujarat
..
..
..
Haryana
..
..
..
Himachal Pradesh
..
..
..
Jammu & Kashmir
..
..
..
Jharkhand
Karnataka
1
3198
3198
Kerala
..
..
..
Madhya Pradesh
Maharashtra
1
19740
19740
Manipur
..
..
..
Meghalaya
..
..
..
Mizoram
#
#
#
Nagaland
..
..
..
Orissa
..
..
..
Punjab
..
..
..
Rajasthan
..
..
..
Sikkim
#
#
#
Tamil Nadu
..
..
..
Telangana
..
..
..
Tripura
Uttarakhand
..
..
..
Uttar Pradesh
..
..
..
West Bengal
..
..
..
A & N Islands
..
..
..
Chandigarh
..
..
..
Dadra & Nagar Haveli
..
..
..
Delhi
..
..
..
Daman & Diu
..
..
..
Lakshadweep
..
..
..
Puducherry
..
..
..
All India
2
22938
22938
(P) = Provisional and based on the returns /clarifications received in the Bureau till 2 nd March ,
2015.
.. = Not reported
- = Nil
# = ID Act 1947 is to be implemented.
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SECTION B
SERIAL STATISTICS
NOTE
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 1992 to 2013 as well
as Financial year 1992-93 to 2013-2014) and monthly All India Index Numbers (General&
Food) from January, 2014 to January, 2015 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 2012-13, Financial Years from 1995-96 to
2013-14 and Calendar Years from 1995 to 2013, along with month-wise indices and 12monthly moving averages from January, 2014 to January, 2015 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:198485=100); Consumer Price Index for Urban and Rural Areas on base: 2010=100 and on
base 2012=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
January, 2014 to January, 2015 have been presented in Table B.1.3.
1.4. Wholesale Price Index
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 1992 to 2013 (Annual Averages) January, 2014 to
January, 2015 (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.
3. Industrial Disputes
B.3.1. Industrial Disputes (All Strikes and Lockouts) – Industrial Disputes Statistics for the
Years 2006 to 2015 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
I- Base 1982=100
1992
1993
1994
1995
1996
1997
1998
1999
2000
2001
2002
2003
2004
2005
II- Base 2001=100
2006
2007
2008
2009
2010
2011
2012
2013
2014
2014 Jan
Feb
Mar
Apr
May
June
July
Aug
Sept
Oct
Nov
Dec
2015 Jan
Calendar Year
General Food
Index
Index
237
252
278
306
334
358
405
424
441
458
477
496
514
536
251
265
296
331
359
380
437
444
452
462
474
490
504
520
123
131
142
157
176
192
209
232
247
237
238
239
242
244
246
252
253
253
253
253
253
254
122
134
149
169
190
204
223
254
271
256
256
258
264
267
270
280
282
280
280
280
277
276
Annual Average Indices for
Twelve monthly
Financial year
moving average
Year
General
of General Index
Index
-
1992-93
1993-94
1994-95
1995-96
1996-97
1997-98
1998-99
1999-2000
2000-01
2001-02
2002-03
2003-04
2004-05
2005-06*
240
258
284
313
342
366
414
428
444
463
482
500
520
540
254
272
304
337
369
388
445
446
453
466
477
495
506
526
2006-07
2007-08
2008-09
2009-10
2010-11
2011-12
2012-13
2013-14
125
133
145
163
180
195
215
236
126
136
153
176
194
206
230
259
234
235
236
237
239
240
241
243
244
245
246
247
248
*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
Base Year
Godavari
khani
Hyderabad
Vijaya
wada
Vishakhapattanam
Warrangal
1960= 100 1960= 100
L. Factor
1
Guntur
2
5.60
5.23
3
4
239
256
281
305
332
356
394
414
431
438
473
504
510
523
227
237
258
283
308
331
377
395
419
438
468
496
512
532
4.57
120
126
139
161
181
194
208
233
251
242
244
244
246
247
249
255
257
256
256
257
257
258
4.79
116
123
135
152
165
174
190
207
217
212
210
211
212
215
215
220
221
221
220
221
220
220
5
DoomDooma
Tinsukia
1960= 100
*
*
4.05
6
7
8
238
249
264
293
319
343
388
410
436
444
469
484
501
525
237
243
274
300
324
344
399
415
440
464
501
526
530
555
216
233
255
281
309
320
362
386
389
384
398
416
430
450
4.64
119
126
135
153
173
192
213
236
249
243
241
241
241
244
250
255
256
254
254
256
255
255
4.75
123
133
149
172
199
204
222
247
259
249
249
250
251
254
258
267
267
265
265
264
263
262
4.04
116
125
133
147
160
170
182
196
213
202
201
201
202
206
210
216
220
222
224
227
225
224
I- Base-1982=100
1992
1993
1994
1995
1996
1997
1998
1999
2000
2001
2002
2003
2004
2005
II. Base 2001=100
Linking Factor
with previous
base: 1982=100
2006
2007
2008
2009
2010
2011
2012
2013
2014
2014Jan
Feb
Mar
Apr
May
June
July
Aug
Sept
Oct
Nov
Dec
2015 Jan
*
125
135
150
169
193
200
216
242
262
247
248
255
258
262
263
269
271
267
268
267
266
267
422
*
119
126
137
161
180
188
207
236
240
239
237
236
236
238
241
246
245
241
241
243
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Guwa
hati
Labac
Silchar
1960= 100
3.96
10
Mariani
Jorhat
1960= 100
3.95
11
Rangapara
Tezpur
1960= 100
4.29
12
Monghyr
Jamalpur
1960= 100
5.29
13
Chandigarh
Bhilai
*
1966= 100
3.49
15
235
252
280
312
341
357
405
436
460
471
480
496
516
531
217
233
251
274
295
312
345
375
370
372
374
383
411
415
229
244
264
296
324
339
389
416
418
411
411
432
441
449
230
246
266
295
323
340
390
412
408
419
417
427
433
439
234
242
267
288
316
331
379
415
416
416
435
459
479
511
236
252
271
294
315
345
401
447
460
488
514
526
560
615
214
229
250
272
302
323
361
373
390
407
413
439
459
480
4.80
115
120
128
143
156
168
184
198
214
210
209
204
206
210
214
216
217
219
221
219
217
217
3.65
121
130
143
155
178
186
197
216
243
233
236
236
239
242
244
245
246
248
250
249
245
241
4.01
116
127
133
147
158
171
185
195
217
205
205
207
209
214
216
219
224
224
227
229
227
224
4.17
114
126
131
144
154
163
171
186
213
197
199
205
210
211
210
216
219
222
225
224
222
222
4.30
126
134
145
162
182
199
215
238
253
242
242
246
242
247
250
255
257
256
268
266
264
263
5.26
125
131
140
155
175
197
213
232
245
239
241
242
245
244
243
248
251
251
248
247
246
247
4.20
121
132
145
162
180
206
241
265
277
267
268
268
270
274
277
284
282
284
284
285
284
279
*
9
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Table B.1.1.2 Contd.
Year/
month
Base Year
L. Factor
1
I- Base-1982=100
1992
1993
1994
1995
1996
1997
1998
1999
2000
2001
2002
2003
2004
2005
II. Base 2001=100
Linking Factor
with previous
base: 1982=100
2006
2007
2008
2009
2010
2011
2012
2013
2014
2014 Jan
Feb
Mar
Apr
May
June
July
Aug
Sept
Oct
Nov
Dec
2015 Jan
Delhi
Goa
Ahmedabad
Bhavnagar
1960= 100 1966= 100 1960= 100
4.97
3.40
4.78
1960= 100
Rajkot
Surat
Vadodra
4.99
*
*
*
16
17
18
19
20
21
22
247
272
299
327
346
380
447
480
514
529
550
570
598
648
257
285
310
339
373
416
451
482
520
555
577
592
614
634
241
250
279
303
333
357
399
422
441
460
476
488
507
519
244
259
294
318
350
373
425
447
466
483
492
504
523
537
237
246
276
296
332
350
393
409
430
433
447
457
465
496
252
260
292
320
356
373
417
432
446
474
484
490
490
505
240
252
278
303
332
350
385
405
430
453
467
470
485
500
5.60
122
128
137
147
163
176
191
209
223
215
213
215
219
219
222
229
229
230
230
229
227
228
5.59
121
130
144
164
188
203
222
248
258
247
249
252
255
260
266
270
262
252
263
263
261
264
4.62
120
129
138
151
171
186
206
233
238
231
230
228
230
232
237
246
243
245
245
244
240
242
4.76
119
129
135
147
174
189
206
221
225
214
213
214
216
223
224
233
235
234
233
233
231
231
4.38
118
126
132
146
174
193
216
231
237
230
230
231
232
236
236
240
245
241
240
240
239
242
4.54
118
127
134
146
162
174
192
218
224
214
214
214
216
219
222
228
234
232
234
233
232
232
4.39
120
127
133
147
167
180
198
219
230
222
222
222
223
225
226
233
241
239
240
237
233
237
424
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Faridabad
Yamunanagar
Himachal
Pradesh
Srinagar
1960= 100
1965= 100
1960= 100
3.75
23
5.53
24
25
5.47
26
224
244
268
295
326
359
426
435
443
469
480
499
532
550
218
235
259
292
315
335
378
392
412
428
443
462
486
521
226
244
268
292
314
340
386
407
430
447
454
466
488
510
231
252
271
303
321
347
414
471
480
520
547
574
599
632
4.79
122
130
145
160
182
194
207
218
226
217
217
221
224
221
221
230
232
232
232
230
229
232
4.34
127
133
145
162
183
197
215
230
241
234
235
236
239
243
241
244
244
243
245
243
242
243
4.53
120
126
135
147
161
172
188
208
222
214
215
217
219
219
221
227
229
228
227
225
224
225
5.62
118
125
134
155
159
172
190
203
217
214
214
214
214
216
216
222
223
223
230
224
222
226
*
425
Bokaro
Giridih
Jamshedpur
1960= 100
27
28
4.68
29
226
239
260
280
321
340
385
397
405
419
431
456
479
508
*
121
130
142
158
168
192
210
229
251
239
239
247
249
249
251
257
258
258
257
257
254
254
*
134
146
156
177
204
232
250
282
293
292
292
296
302
297
289
291
291
289
294
293
289
286
4.23
126
132
142
157
182
213
232
251
265
256
256
257
259
264
266
274
272
269
271
268
266
273
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Table B.1.1.2 Contd.
Year/
month
Base Year
L. Factor
1
I- Base-1982=100
1992
1993
1994
1995
1996
1997
1998
1999
2000
2001
2002
2003
2004
2005
II. Base 2001=100
Linking. Factor
with previous
base: 1982=100
2006
2007
2008
2009
2010
2011
2012
2013
2014
2014
Jan
Feb
Mar
Apr
May
June
July
Aug
Sept
Oct
Nov
Dec
2015
Jan
Jharia
Kodarma
Ranchi Hatia
1960= 100 1960= 100
4.63
Bangalore
Belgaum
Hubli Dharwar
1960= 100
30
5.43
31
*
32
218
226
244
262
286
301
353
363
363
365
374
393
414
442
215
228
248
265
290
310
359
379
368
373
388
402
426
471
3.72
126
136
146
161
180
198
222
262
279
274
273
274
278
278
277
281
282
283
283
281
279
280
3.89
132
140
149
169
190
215
236
263
285
273
270
274
280
279
285
289
293
294
295
298
286
284
33
*
34
*
35
233
247
269
292
320
340
402
414
418
426
433
438
470
497
230
248
272
305
331
361
391
405
425
438
452
476
501
533
243
256
285
327
353
380
423
457
473
486
514
535
563
588
246
259
280
314
337
362
409
430
434
451
471
494
520
544
4.20
125
133
148
170
199
220
235
267
286
278
279
280
281
283
285
291
294
294
293
293
286
286
4.51
125
136
150
167
181
194
211
238
253
244
242
244
247
248
254
260
260
259
259
263
262
262
5.02
125
133
144
162
179
200
217
242
254
246
245
245
247
250
254
259
259
259
256
257
257
258
4.71
123
132
147
164
182
200
219
248
266
256
256
257
260
264
269
273
270
272
271
273
272
273
426
5.66
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Mercara
*
36
Mysore
37
229
243
269
304
339
375
418
444
458
457
458
474
491
495
Ernakulam Mundakayam Quilon
Aluva
Bhopal
Chhindwara Indore
1960= 100
1960= 100
1966= 100
1960= 100
5.19
38
1960= 100
4.67
39
*
40
5.46
41
2.59
42
5.18
43
220
243
273
311
348
371
404
423
442
458
478
490
515
542
230
249
278
314
355
384
419
443
453
451
469
489
500
514
227
252
288
325
362
391
395
428
449
457
486
522
533
546
248
268
291
312
351
377
436
444
451
488
250
267
292
315
344
356
406
425
445
470
525
537
561
241
263
284
314
344
359
403
419
420
429
437
448
460
474
510
488
511
521
537
4.47
*
4.52
4.37
4.61
4.83
4.03
4.73
114
121
135
154
172
188
208
240
255
246
245
244
246
252
253
259
263
263
262
261
262
261
123
130
142
160
174
187
205
242
258
249
251
252
256
257
259
265
261
260
259
261
262
262
125
131
142
153
167
185
199
225
248
232
236
238
244
247
247
252
254
255
255
254
256
258
124
130
145
159
174
191
213
251
264
254
255
254
258
263
267
274
272
270
268
268
267
268
126
129
143
154
172
195
206
236
260
251
260
255
259
258
259
264
262
263
266
263
265
270
127
135
145
161
185
205
221
238
251
243
242
244
248
249
250
256
259
255
254
253
255
254
127
137
150
162
177
195
216
242
247
242
237
244
247
243
242
251
258
255
250
249
250
253
122
131
140
152
168
181
200
222
232
224
224
227
231
231
231
237
236
234
234
235
236
235
427
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Table B.1.1.2 Contd.
Year/
month
Base Year
L. Factor
Jabalpur
Mumbai
Nagpur
1949= 100
1960= 100 1960= 100
6.41
44
5.12
45
4.99
46
254
272
301
315
339
356
409
435
446
458
468
488
508
540
255
273
306
339
363
400
453
468
505
528
558
583
604
611
4.53
128
135
148
159
184
198
212
231
240
232
232
233
238
239
240
244
246
245
245
245
243
244
Nasik
Pune
Solapur
Angul
Talcher
1960= 100
47
*
48
5.03
49
253
268
292
314
342
370
427
438
461
483
495
503
524
554
255
270
296
322
353
377
423
432
465
498
514
532
554
576
253
266
296
330
359
388
448
466
493
516
528
554
574
589
260
264
289
327
357
371
431
450
467
471
486
501
529
539
5.18
4.68
4.94
4.96
4.73
126
134
144
159
174
192
212
237
257
244
246
247
250
253
257
262
264
263
262
264
267
270
130
140
151
174
203
220
240
265
277
266
265
265
270
274
276
288
289
284
281
281
281
282
124
130
139
157
181
204
223
242
255
244
243
244
246
250
253
257
265
265
265
265
266
267
127
136
146
162
181
200
217
237
254
246
248
248
250
253
252
256
260
261
259
258
258
259
123
139
149
160
179
199
216
239
261
256
256
256
256
257
255
262
264
262
267
270
271
272
*
50
I- Base-1982=100
1992
1993
1994
1995
1996
1997
1998
1999
2000
2001
2002
2003
2004
2005
II. Base 2001=100
Linking. Factor
with previous
base: 1982=100
2006
2007
2008
2009
2010
2011
2012
2013
2014
2014
Jan
Feb
Mar
Apr
May
June
July
Aug
Sept
Oct
Nov
Dec
2015
Jan
428
*
120
128
143
160
181
200
221
241
256
247
245
246
253
253
254
262
263
262
262
260
259
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Table B.1.1.2 contd.
Rourkela
Pondicherry Amritsar
1966= 100
3.59
51
*
52
5.19
53
216
232
254
275
303
341
390
396
406
407
416
432
453
473
256
279
313
344
387
428
464
467
477
482
510
543
556
580
220
238
261
278
298
314
369
379
388
403
418
431
452
492
4.03
124
137
149
166
186
204
222
245
260
251
247
251
253
255
258
265
266
269
269
268
266
259
4.88
123
130
146
163
173
184
209
237
256
247
249
248
251
254
257
262
262
260
258
259
262
264
4.09
130
139
149
163
190
208
227
240
255
245
246
247
249
255
255
261
261
263
262
259
257
258
Jalandhar
Ludhiana
Ajmer
Bhilwara
Jaipur
54
*
55
1960= 100
1966=100
1960= 100
5.01
56
3.20
57
219
237
262
285
301
320
374
381
396
413
431
441
469
504
243
253
280
305
332
357
392
411
433
452
472
487
510
537
240
253
290
310
333
350
393
420
439
460
474
488
505
532
228
245
269
291
321
346
387
390
403
423
442
452
467
495
4.12
129
134
146
160
175
188
205
222
235
227
224
225
231
230
230
240
243
243
243
241
241
243
4.78
122
129
138
152
175
191
215
233
240
236
232
232
239
237
239
245
246
245
244
244
243
245
4.62
125
133
144
158
176
192
215
236
245
237
234
235
238
239
240
249
254
250
250
252
257
256
4.25
127
134
145
159
179
192
214
230
238
231
232
234
235
235
235
243
246
245
243
240
240
240
1960= 100
*
126
131
141
155
174
190
205
224
239
230
234
234
237
236
239
242
242
243
244
243
244
246
429
5.17
58
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Table B.1.1.2 Contd.
Year/
month
Base Year
L. Factor
Chennai Coimbatore Coonoor
Madurai
Salem
5.05
59
5.35
60
1960= 100
4.80
61
1960= 100
5.27
62
63
64
238
258
287
330
356
382
425
446
475
487
513
533
549
565
228
245
272
303
330
354
383
402
432
441
472
495
500
508
245
262
291
325
348
377
404
414
433
445
473
497
501
511
240
256
281
318
346
366
401
423
440
446
459
482
496
509
223
241
287
322
348
364
394
414
432
443
464
483
482
481
240
259
295
330
364
406
435
463
481
488
533
568
544
579
4.95
4.49
4.58
4.51
4.45
5.01
118
124
135
149
161
171
196
218
230
223
223
221
223
227
229
235
234
230
230
241
242
239
119
127
137
151
166
176
193
217
231
222
222
219
222
231
232
238
235
236
235
240
242
237
115
122
134
148
168
182
204
224
241
226
232
232
235
236
240
246
245
244
248
254
254
251
116
121
134
147
162
174
196
218
239
226
224
227
229
231
237
244
245
242
245
257
257
253
114
122
134
151
163
172
192
216
233
221
220
221
226
229
231
238
239
239
242
247
245
245
119
126
141
156
174
184
208
232
253
235
241
239
245
251
252
261
259
260
258
265
270
269
1960= 100 1960= 100
*
Tiruchirapally
*
I- Base-1982=100
1992
1993
1994
1995
1996
1997
1998
1999
2000
2001
2002
2003
2004
2005
II. Base 2001=100
Linking. Factor
with previous
base 1982=100
2006
2007
2008
2009
2010
2011
2012
2013
2014
2014
Jan
Feb
Mar
Apr
May
June
July
Aug
Sept
Oct
Nov
Dec
2015
Jan
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Tripura
Agra
Ghaziabad
Kanpur
4.37
65
*
66
*
67
1960= 100
4.69
68
239
257
273
301
321
337
383
409
416
424
435
568
460
468
229
239
262
289
313
334
384
398
403
418
435
438
480
514
237
247
266
295
321
347
406
440
448
467
475
493
519
555
243
256
278
307
328
351
411
428
428
447
459
471
489
520
4.17
115
123
131
144
156
167
177
194
210
200
197
201
205
207
207
211
214
220
222
223
217
219
4.36
128
136
146
168
193
208
220
240
255
246
246
248
251
253
254
260
260
262
261
260
255
258
4.78
125
132
142
159
182
198
209
232
240
239
237
236
241
238
238
243
245
242
245
240
240
241
4.50
125
132
141
158
183
200
214
237
255
242
246
251
253
252
254
260
262
263
260
259
255
257
1961= 100
Lucknow
69
*
121
129
144
163
185
195
203
224
242
229
234
238
240
239
241
246
247
251
248
245
242
248
431
Varanasi
Asansol
Darjeeling
1960= 100 1960= 100 1960= 100
5.12
4.77
4.55
72
70
71
255
268
289
312
347
371
450
473
466
477
486
504
531
571
223
238
260
284
307
322
381
400
412
431
456
472
491
509
218
232
255
271
292
304
355
384
382
393
399
423
431
440
4.96
122
131
142
160
183
194
208
231
247
234
235
238
240
243
245
252
256
255
257
258
253
253
4.37
124
138
151
171
195
211
231
256
277
266
266
267
274
274
278
284
285
284
284
283
283
282
3.80
120
130
142
153
170
184
196
215
232
224
225
224
225
230
233
234
239
238
241
237
237
235
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Table B.1.1.2 Concld.
Year/
Base
monthYear
L. Factor
Durgapur
Haldia
*
73
*
74
Howrah Jalpaiguri Kolkata
Raniganj
1960= 100 1960= 100 1960= 100 1960=
4.12
4.16
4.74
4.40
100
75
76
77
78
I- Base-1982=100
Siliguri
79
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
5.13
5.64
5.42
3.96
5.12
4.02
*
base 1982=100
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
215
211
199
192
199
195
197
2013
263
230
215
221
222
214
218
2014
282
241
228
241
239
228
233
2014 Jan
276
233
219
230
231
221
227
Feb
273
232
217
233
229
218
227
Mar
278
234
220
234
232
219
227
Apr
280
238
224
236
236
223
229
May
280
241
229
238
238
227
230
June
281
242
230
241
240
227
231
July
286
248
233
243
242
232
235
Aug
285
248
232
244
244
234
237
Sept
284
247
233
248
243
235
237
Oct
285
246
235
251
246
235
240
Nov
286
244
233
249
242
235
238
Dec
284
244
235
246
243
233
235
2015
Jan
283
262
235
245
243
232
232
* 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 .
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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/
Annual Average Indices for
Month
Agricultural
Twelve
Financial Year
Calendar Year
Year
Monthly
moving average
of General
General Food
General Food
Year General Food
Index
Index
Index
Index
Index
Index
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
323
316
318
312
2002
315
308
2003-2004
332
326
331
325
2003
328
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
417
416
409
406
2007
402
400
2008-2009
462
464
450
452
2008
439
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
2013-2014
764
750
750
737
2013
735
724
2014-2015
2014
788
769
2013-2014
January
757
737
740
February
757
733
745
March
763
741
750
April
771
751
755
May
777
757
760
June
785
766
764
2014-2015
July
799
783
769
August
808
791
774
September
811
794
778
October
813
794
782
November
813
793
785
December
807
782
788
January
804
776
792
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: 198687=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.
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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/
Annual Average Indices for
Month
Agricultural
Twelve
Financial Year
Calendar Year
Year
Monthly
moving average
of General
General Food
General Food
Year General Food
Index
Index
Index
Index
Index
Index
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
389
384
382
376
2006
373
366
2007-2008
418
416
409
406
2007
403
399
2008-2009
462
463
451
452
2008
440
440
2009-2010
529
541
513
523
2009
494
500
2010-2011
577
582
564
573
2010
552
563
2011-2012
623
611
611
603
2011
602
599
2012-2013
693
681
673
660
2012
654
640
2013-2014
765
751
751
738
2013
735
725
2014-2015
2014
791
771
2013-2014
January
759
739
741
February
759
735
746
March
765
743
751
April
773
753
756
May
780
760
761
June
787
769
765
2014-2015
July
801
786
770
August
810
795
775
September
813
797
780
October
815
797
784
November
816
796
787
December
810
786
791
January
808
780
795
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: 198687=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.
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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
Linking factor
1
1995-96 @
1996-97
1997-98
1998-99
1999-2000
2000-2001
2001-2002
2002-2003
2003-2004
2004-2005
2005-2006
2006-2007
2007-2008
2008-2009
2009-2010
2010-2011
2011-2012
2012-2013
2013-2014
2013-2014
January
February
March
April
May
June
2014-2015
July
August
September
October
November
December
January
Andhra Assam Bihar Gujarat Haryana
Pradesh
4.84
b
6.22
5.34
*
2
3
4
5
6
243
244
223
241
235
268
259
250
254
265
282
281
252
270
278
309
311
285
297
306
318
323
300
310
312
317
322
282
314
313
328
320
290
320
322
342
330
299
332
329
347
343
311
339
341
357
347
324
350
359
371
362
347
369
376
401
388
384
403
403
430
417
411
424
447
484
451
446
459
498
552
520
500
538
588
603
580
532
583
642
668
622
552
627
690
733
682
617
694
765
820
740
691
777
840
Himachal Jammu & Karnataka
Pradesh Kashmir
*
5.98
5.81
7
8
9
220
226
251
240
252
266
256
269
276
283
303
306
294
323
316
292
326
302
298
331
309
308
344
325
321
345
341
325
348
340
343
359
341
367
392
367
376
413
406
406
453
458
455
524
535
484
568
595
513
608
665
555
671
750
619
730
826
818
809
815
822
829
840
744
741
746
758
762
769
685
687
700
707
715
723
771
767
772
777
784
787
837
843
847
852
846
855
618
623
629
637
636
636
724
727
734
742
748
749
807
810
816
824
835
846
859
866
865
869
874
875
876
783
769
801
803
805
802
789
730
732
733
734
736
717
708
802
818
832
827
822
825
819
877
892
901
902
896
894
895
648
654
666
665
661
655
658
759
763
770
780
769
758
757
860
866
868
869
870
871
878
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Table B.1.2.2.(a)-Concld.
Kerala Madhya
Pradesh
Agricultural
Year/Month
Maharashtra
Manipur
Meghalaya
Orissa
Linking factor
6.56
6.04
5.85
*
*
6.05
1
10
11
12
13
14
15
259
281
292
305
312
321
321
330
342
351
356
374
403
454
496
237
261
273
300
313
310
310
318
318
330
352
388
412
459
525
248
256
266
291
304
303
306
321
335
350
368
402
432
475
562
244
252
268
292
312
316
304
300
308
310
328
337
367
407
455
252
264
282
321
338
346
351
343
350
360
382
410
439
484
540
236
254
262
289
316
304
300
298
314
320
334
365
400
438
495
1995-96 @
1996-97
1997-98
1998-99
1999-2000
2000-2001
2001-2002
2002-2003
2003-2004
2004-2005
2005-2006
2006-2007
2007-2008
2008-2009
2009-2010
2010-2011
562
569
619
527
576
601
691
594
633
2011-2012
615
665
760
639
706
2012-2013
679
772
723
804
718
756
2013-2014
2013-2014
774
January
711
787
722
749
776
February
709
787
720
752
780
March
710
797
725
757
April
785
716
810
730
765
May
796
720
820
741
778
June
805
723
833
755
792
2014-2015
July
818
735
841
770
798
August
838
746
852
781
798
September
837
750
857
791
808
October
835
752
862
802
813
November
842
744
862
798
807
December
838
733
859
784
800
January
842
727
858
779
782
Note:- Agricultural Year ( July to June )
@ = Average based on 8 months i.e. from November, 1995 to June, 1996 only.
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538
562
631
714
712
711
707
716
727
733
752
771
777
779
779
764
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Punjab
c
16
Rajasthan
6.15
17
Tamil Nadu
5.67
18
Tripura
*
19
Uttar Pradesh
6.60
20
West Bengal
5.73
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
685
756
822
608
668
749
822
565
605
686
767
514
548
587
668
566
595
672
734
561
592
655
730
811
813
821
829
832
835
819
828
834
838
839
838
759
762
765
774
782
785
667
666
683
690
695
708
725
729
740
745
749
751
725
720
728
742
740
753
855
856
805
718
755
770
863
862
809
724
766
775
873
865
813
729
775
772
874
868
820
741
777
768
865
863
835
735
773
764
856
865
842
728
758
751
860
871
838
724
752
742
*
= 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 refer article
published in February, 1996 issue of the Indian Labour Journal.
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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
1
Andhra Assam Bihar Gujarat Haryana
Pradesh_
Himachal
Pradesh
Jammu &
Kashmir
Karnataka
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
2011-2012
2012-2013
2013-2014
2013-2014
January
February
March
April
May
June
2014-2015
July
August
September
October
November
December
January
599
665
732
817
583
625
686
746
532
555
620
695
583
626
692
775
638
685
759
834
503
535
582
653
564
602
668
726
594
665
747
820
815
807
813
820
826
838
750
747
753
765
767
774
689
691
704
710
719
727
770
767
772
776
783
787
830
836
840
845
839
848
650
656
663
673
673
670
720
721
729
736
743
744
800
804
811
818
830
840
856
863
862
866
871
872
873
788
800
806
811
812
810
796
735
736
737
738
741
722
713
801
818
831
826
821
824
818
870
885
894
894
889
889
891
684
693
705
705
698
691
691
754
760
768
779
766
756
748
853
860
863
863
864
865
872
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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
604
668
770
576
622
688
739
613
683
754
800
529
596
641
720
572
629
701
751
538
563
631
714
773
774
779
784
796
806
731
729
730
735
740
743
782
784
793
806
817
830
725
723
728
733
744
758
745
748
753
762
774
787
712
711
707
716
727
733
821
841
842
841
848
845
850
755
765
771
773
765
755
750
839
849
853
858
858
856
855
773
784
794
805
801
787
782
794
794
803
808
803
796
783
751
771
777
779
779
765
764
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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
681
600
661
559
603
512
547
563
597
564
597
749
740
683
586
672
662
813
809
761
662
732
739
804
807
814
822
825
830
808
815
820
825
825
823
755
758
760
769
777
781
662
660
675
680
685
699
724
728
739
744
748
750
734
730
738
753
751
763
848
855
866
866
858
852
856
840
847
850
852
848
848
856
800
804
809
815
830
836
833
710
716
721
733
730
722
717
753
763
772
774
771
757
750
780
785
782
779
775
761
753
2011-2012
2012-2013
2013-2014
2013-2014
January
February
March
April
May
June
2014-2015
July
August
September
October
November
December
January
Note: – Agricultural Year ( July to June )
@
= Average based on 8 months i.e. from November, 1995 to June, 1996 only.
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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
(Base: 1984-85=100)
Year/Month
General Index
1
2
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
2011
110.8
108.1
2012
121.4
118.8
2013
133.6
130.8
2014
143.5
139.7
2014 January
139.2
135.0
February
138.9
135.3
March
139.7
136.0
April
140.5
137.2
May
141.3
138.1
June
142.5
139.4
July
145.0
141.9
August
146.7
143.0
September
147.0
142.5
October
147.2
142.6
November
147.5
142.8
December
146.7
142.5
2015 **January
120.2
118.5
* New series of CPI has been introduced w.e.f. Jan., 2011 in place of UNME.
** Revised New Series of CPI has been introduced w.e.f. Jan., 2015 with base 2012= 100.
Source: Central Statistical Organisation, New Delhi.
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1.4. Wholesale Price Index
Table B.1.4 – Index Numbers of Wholesale Prices in India
Year/
Month
All
Commodities
1
2
I Base 1981-1982=100
1992
224.7
1993
242.1
1994
267.4
1995
292.4
1996
309.0
1997
325.6
1998
348.2
1999
360.3
II Base 1993-94=100
2000
152.8
2001
160.7
2002
164.7
2003
173.4
2004
184.9
2005
193.7
2006
203.0
2007
212.8
2008
232.2
2009
237.0
III Base: 2004-05 = 100
2010
140.1
2011
153.4
2012
164.9
2013
175.4
2014
181.9
2014 Jan
178.9
Feb
178.9
Mar
179.8
Apr
180.8
May
181.7
June
182.6
July
184.6
Aug
185.7
Sept.
185.0
Oct.
183.9
Nov
181.5
Dec
179.8
2015 Jan
178.3
All
3
I. Primary Articles
Food
Non-Food
Articles
Articles
4
5
Minerals
II. Fuel Power
Light and
Lubricants
6
7
233.2
245.3
273.7
301.4
320.7
335.5
371.9
388.1
266.8
281.8
303.6
331.1
362.7
384.3
431.8
454.3
231.6
238.5
285.5
322.1
327.0
335.1
368.2
378.9
115.5
128.5
141.6
151.5
156.4
160.9
163.7
168.8
219.3
254.3
278.3
284.1
311.2
355.8
380.7
403.0
161.5
167.0
171.7
180.0
187.5
191.3
203.4
220.8
243.0
264.0
170.0
174.3
178.6
181.0
185.1
192.4
205.6
220.0
234.6
264.0
144.6
152.6
158.6
182.4
190.7
180.2
182.6
206.1
234.4
237.2
110.2
118.4
119.4
118.3
223.8
298.6
397.4
430.1
616.4
605.9
196.0
224.8
234.9
250.6
273.5
300.8
322.2
322.9
354.5
334.3
175.9
197.1
215
237.8
249.2
239.9
238.6
240.2
242.4
246.8
249.9
256.6
261.7
258.2
255.0
252.4
249.0
246.6
174.6
190.4
206.5
234.1
249.1
233.6
232.5
235.3
239.0
244.3
249.7
258.6
265.4
261.8
258.5
257.5
252.7
252.4
155.9
183.1
196.8
210.7
215.1
216.0
217.4
217.2
216.9
218.8
216.4
218.1
218.7
214.3
210.0
208.5
209.1
207.6
244.0
299.2
345
347.9
344.8
352.9
352.1
350.9
345.6
348.5
345.6
346.1
347.0
347.3
348.1
327.4
325.7
301.1
144.2
163.3
182.5
200.5
210.1
212.8
212.6
213.1
211.8
212.1
212.3
214.7
214.0
213.4
210.7
199.3
194.6
189.7
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III Manufactured Products
All
Food
Products
Textiles
Wood &
Wood
Products
Paper &
Paper
Products
Leather &
leather
Products
Rubber
& Plastic
Products
9
Beverages
Tobacco &
Tobacco
Products
10
8
11
12
13
14
15
220.8
238.0
261.7
288.8
301.9
314.2
328.7
336.6
221.1
240.1
264.4
278.4
289.5
316.4
340.0
344.8
288.7
302.4
332.4
367.9
387.3
430.7
471.5
501.4
198.4
212.7
246.9
287.9
303.0
307.8
318.6
321.2
273.8
366.3
414.6
438.3
445.5
474.8
598.2
622.3
301.0
324.5
330.8
362.3
377.4
371.6
382.7
395.1
227.4
240.1
256.7
274.7
280.6
287.1
296.8
312.2
183.3
189.2
195.3
228.3
242.5
245.5
247.4
245.5
140.2
144.2
146.6
154.0
164.3
170.6
176.3
185.5
201.2
205.9
147.2
144.9
150.8
163.0
173.5
176.2
180.7
186.9
205.2
233.6
177.1
190.7
202.7
205.0
212.8
223.8
238.6
262.9
287.5
305.5
118.6
120.5
120.0
128.3
137.5
129.7
131.6
132.2
135.8
143.3
185.1
172.5
178.8
179.2
179.5
187.5
204.7
215.5
229.3
236.8
159.5
174.1
172.9
173.8
173.7
177.1
188.0
193.6
200.3
204.3
151.8
144.0
131.0
142.3
152.4
166.0
162.0
166.2
167.2
166.7
125.3
125.8
130.6
134.4
135.1
137.4
145.4
156.0
165.4
168.6
128.1
137.5
145.4
150.2
154.7
152.6
152.7
153.5
154.6
154.6
154.9
155.4
156.1
155.8
155.8
155.4
154.9
154.5
140.9
149.1
160.3
168.2
172.0
169.1
168.2
168.7
171.6
170.9
171.6
174.6
174.7
175.1
174.2
172.6
172.7
171.6
143.1
159.4
172.4
182.2
197.3
188.1
187.6
195.1
197.4
197.6
197.4
198.7
199.6
201.0
201.6
201.8
201.8
202.0
115.3
128.8
130
136.7
142.8
140.9
140.4
141.3
143.1
142.7
143.9
144.1
144.2
144.1
143.3
142.8
142.2
140.5
147.5
157.7
168.6
176.4
185.6
179.0
182.1
183.1
189
188.3
187
185.4
185.4
186.1
186.3
186.5
189.1
189.3
123.1
130.8
134.8
141.2
149.0
144.7
146.2
146.3
149.4
149.7
149.2
149.3
149.6
150.0
150.5
151.3
151.2
151.4
127.6
128.3
133.4
140.4
145.7
144.3
145.3
146.0
144.9
144.7
145.6
144.3
146.7
146.6
145.6
147.4
146.4
143.8
123.2
132.9
136.3
143.6
150.1
148.3
148.4
149.2
150.1
150.1
150.2
150.6
150.9
151.2
151.1
150.9
149.7
149.4
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Table B.1.4 Concld.
Year/ Month
III Manufactured Products
Chemicals &
Non-metallic
Basic Metals
Machinery &
Transport
Chemical
Mineral
Alloys & Metal Machine tools Equipment and
Products
Products
Products
parts
1
16
17
18
19
20
I Base 1981-82=100
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
141.8
161
165.3
127.6
128.3
2013
147.4
165.9
150.3
130.8
133.5
2014
152.7
169.2
166.4
133.8
135.9
2014 Jan
150.0
165.6
165.9
132.5
135.8
Feb
150.8
166.5
166.6
132.4
135.5
Mar
151.1
167.6
167.6
132.7
135.8
Apr
153.2
166.7
166.5
133.4
135.7
May
152.9
168.1
166.9
133.3
135.8
June
153.3
167.3
167.1
133.8
135.8
July
153.3
168.1
166.8
133.9
135.8
Aug
154.1
169.5
166.4
134.5
136.0
Sept
153.6
170.8
165.8
134.6
136.1
Oct
153.7
173.2
166.4
134.9
136.1
Nov
153.2
174.9
165.5
134.9
135.9
Dec
152.7
171.9
164.8
134.9
135.9
2015 Jan
151.9
172.9
164.7
135.2
136.7
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
Figures for the last two months are provisional.
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 January, 2015.
Year/
Ahmedabad
Bangalore
Vadodara
Mumbai Coimbatore
Month
& Chennai
1
2
3
4
5
6
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
2013
6255.70
8421.27
6203.55
7863.58
9002.26
2014
6469.62
8989.26
6416.69
8498.45
9498.48
2014 Jan
6676.70
8671.41
6623.10
8149.13
9352.70
Feb.
6407.26
8706.13
6353.87
8149.13
9269.40
Mar.
6325.20
8634.83
6273.10
8215.67
9269.40
Apr.
6298.26
8706.13
6246.18
8248.94
9186.10
May
6244.37
8814.01
6192.33
8348.74
9269.40
June
6298.26
8850.28
6246.18
8448.55
9436.00
July
6352.14
9064.18
6300.03
8581.62
9519.30
Aug.
6488.09
9278.08
6434.64
8747.96
9769.20
Sept.
6488.09
9278.08
6434.64
8747.96
9769.20
Oct
6649.76
9241.81
6596.18
8781.23
9560.95
Nov.
6703.64
9241.81
6650.02
8747.96
9560.95
Dec.
6703.64
9384.41
6650.02
8814.50
10019.10
2015 Jan.
6676.70
9349.38
6623.10
8914.30
10060.75
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/
Delhi
Month
1
7
1990
1070.33
1995
1739.63
1996
1831.84
1997
2013.39
1998
2307.43
1999
2524.99
2000
2693.26
2001
2775.73
2002
2881.49
2003
2981.47
2004
3113.99
2005
3350.68
2006
3544.08
2007
*
2008
*
2009
*
2010
*
2011
*
2012
*
2013
*
*
2014
*
2014 Jan
*
Feb.
*
Mar.
*
Apr.
*
May
*
June
*
July
*
Aug.
*
Sept.
*
Oct.
*
Nov.
*
Dec.
*
2015 Jan.
Indore
Kanpur
Nagpur
Solapur
Kolkata
8
1143.01
1810.43
1970.78
2061.69
2256.09
2466.82
2540.94
2675.21
2792.85
2912.04
2986.63
3057.48
3255.16
3474.05
3676.41
3939.07
4418.29
4748.82
5189.95
5769.71
6129.88
6040.94
6111.51
6111.51
5996.84
5996.84
5996.84
6155.61
6155.61
6155.51
6279.10
6279.10
6279.10
6261.46
9
1232.60
1949.70
2078.29
2243.55
2553.60
2743.61
2750.02
2839.01
2931.94
2995.84
3112.39
3279.56
3592.54
3833.84
4062.10
4487.57
5238.85
5731.94
6104.54
6741.06
7303.78
7201.41
7088.01
7001.60
7116.36
7258.11
7316.16
7286.46
7344.51
7344.51
7572.66
7601.01
7514.61
7486.26
10
956.25
1520.00
1638.04
1794.01
1988.73
2140.61
2195.02
2322.34
2383.55
2422.82
2496.74
2637.64
2338.85
3097.41
3318.05
3726.56
4391.43
4800.80
5212.98
5751.93
6069.26
6118.60
6017.43
5944.36
5878.78
5885.34
5915.32
5980.89
6060.52
6060.52
6301.27
6359.35
6308.76
6250.68
11
1045.37
1744.67
1889.84
1981.08
2249.74
2399.14
2474.53
2489.57
2572.85
2636.12
2789.17
2841.65
2239.55
*
*
*
*
*
*
*
*
*
*
*
*
*
*
*
*
*
*
*
*
*
12
1195.16
1887.30
2099.53
2229.42
2452.04
2728.51
2796.11
2964.03
3292.82
3347.73
3478.77
3599.75
3797.02
4097.84
4420.66
4775.49
5362.25
5755.50
6134.40
6783.80
7478.77
7200.96
7484.90
7484.90
7484.90
7327.15
7327.15
7327.15
7558.52
7558.52
7558.52
7716.26
7716.26
7716.26
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 2015
Year
Number of
Disputes
1
(P) =
Workers Involved
Mandays Lost (‗000 )
2
3
2006
430
1810348
20324
4
2007
389
724574
27167
2008
421
1579298
17433
2009
2010
2011
2012(P)
345
371
370
447
1867204
1074473
734763
1307505
17622
23131
14458
12876
2013(P)
198
1057887
3665
2014(P)
2015(P)
(January)
141
2
938971
22938
3229
23
Provisional and based on the returns /clarifications received in the Bureau till
2nd March, 2015
Education is the manifestation of perfection
already in a man.
-Swami Vivekananda
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SHOULD
BECOME
YOUR
CAPITAL
ASSET, NO MATTER WHATEVER UPS AND DOWNS YOU
COME ACROSS IN YOUR LIFE.
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RURAL LABOUR ENQUIRY REPORT ON INDEBTEDNESS AMONG
RURAL LABOUR HOUSEHOLDS – 2004-2005
The report analyses the magnitude and incidence of indebtedness among labour
households in the country on the basis of the results of data collected by National Sample
Survey Organisation during its 61st round (2004-2005) of survey. The data is of immense use to
the planners, researchers and policy framers.
Symbol: PDLB – 645
250-2010 (DSK-II)
8.
Price :
Rs. 143.00
RURAL LABOUR ENQUIRY REPORT ON CONSUMPTION EXPENDITURE
OF RURAL LABOUR HOUSEHOLDS - 2004-2005
The report presents analysis of data on consumption expenditure of the rural labour
households collected by the National Sample Survey Organisation during the 61 st round (200405) of the survey. It is hoped that the present publication will prove to be very useful for
planning, administration and research purposes in the area.
Symbol: PDLB – 659
260-2012 (DSK-II)
Price :
Rs. 140.00
9. RURAL LABOUR ENQUIRY REPORT ON EMPLOYMENT & UNEMPLOYMENT
OF RURAL LABOUR HOUSEHOLDS - 2004-2005
The report presents analysis of data on employment & unemployment of rural labour
households on the basis of the results of data collected by National Sample Survey Organisation
during its 61st round (2004-05) of survey. This report has been brought out in two volumes.
Vol.-I presents the main findings whereas Vol.-II contains ‗appendices‘ in which detailed data
have been presented. The data is of immense use to the planners, researchers and policy framers.
Symbol: PDLB – 631
250-2008 (DSK-II)
450
Price (per set) :
Rs. 525.00
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10. CONSUMER PRICE INDEX NUMBERS FOR AGRICULTURAL AND RURAL
LABOURERS 1986-87=100) Annual Report- 2012-13 (Agricultural Year)
This publication, 16th in the series, contains detailed information on Consumer price
Index Numbers for Agricultural and Rural Labourers ( Base: 1986-87=100) for the period July,
2012 to June, 2013. These index numbers, and especially the CPI (AL), play an important role
in fixing/revising the minimum wages of agricultural workers.
Symbol:
PDL – 562
150-2013 (DSK-II)
Price:
Rs. 105.00
11. CONSUMER PRICE INDEX NUMBERS
(for Industrial Workers) 2001=100 Annual Report- 2013
The publication presents serial statistics on Consumer Price Index Number for
Industrial Workers with Base: 2001=100 for 78 industrial centres and also for all India. It also
contains major group-wise (food, pan, supari, tobacco and intoxicants, fuel and light, housing,
clothing, bedding and footwear and miscellaneous) and subgroups wise indices alongwith
Linking Factors for conversion of the index to old base (1982=100).
Symbol: PDL – 563
300-2014 (DSK-II)
Price:
Rs. 230.00
12. WAGE RATES IN RURAL INDIA
2012-2013 (Agricultural Year)
The publication, 16th in the series, contains daily wage rate data in respect of 11
Agricultural and 7 Non-Agricultural Occupations for the period July, 2012 to June, 2013. The
data on wage rates play an important role in the calculation of State/National Income, drawing
up and implementation of wage policy as well as in fixation/revision of support prices of
agricultural crops.
Symbol: PDLB – 663
200-2013 (DSK-II)
Price:
Rs.115.00
13. TENTH DIGEST OF INDIAN LABOUR RESEARCH (2008-2011)
The publication present an annotated bibliography of research studies undertaken by
various Universities, Government Departments (Central/State), Social Research Institutes,
Employers‘ and Workers‘‘ organizations and individual researchers in the field of labour and
labour related issues.
Symbol: PDLB – 666
60-2014 (DSK-II)
Price :
Rs. 119.00
14. TRADE UNIONS IN INDIA 2010
Trade Unions in India is a biennial publication. It presents information in respect of
Workers and Employers Unions, on Registered Trade Unions submitting returns by their sexwise membership. Besides, it also presents data of income and expenditure of Workers as well
as Employers Unions.
Symbol:
PDLB -662
100-2013(DSK-II)
451
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Rs. 94.00
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15. STATISTICAL PROFILE ON WOMEN LABOUR 2012-13
The publication provides comprehensive and recent most statistics on important
aspects of Women Labour in India at one place and helps the researchers to study the gender
variations in the population, employment, employment services and training, wages/earnings,
participation in trade union movement, social security.
Symbol:
PDLB -665
70-2014 (DSK-II)
Price :
Rs. 264.00
16. REPORT ON THE WORKING OF MINIMUM WAGES ACT, 1948 FOR
THE YEAR 2012
The report covers information on employment added, employments in which the
Minimum Wages were fixed for the first time, the Minimum Wages in different scheduled
employments prevalent during the year, the range of Minimum Wages, comparative Minimum
Wage Rates prevailing in scheduled employments and number of Inspections. Etc.
Symbol:
PDLB .664
90-2013 (DSK-II)
Price :
Rs. 178.00
17. INDIAN LABOUR YEAR BOOK 2009 and 2010
The Indian Labour Year Book provides, in a compact volume, a general description of
various topics, alongwith the latest available data in the field of labour such as Employment,
Wages, Levels of Living and Consumer Price Index Numbers, Industrial Relation, Welfare,
Housing, Health, Labour Legislation, Labour Administration etc., alongwith relevant supporting
statistics and synopsis of Labour Bureau Publications.
Symbol:
PDLB .19.2009-2010 (combined)
400-2011 (DSK-III)
Price :
Rs. 175.00
18. INDIAN LABOUR STATISTICS 2012 and 2013 (Bilingual)
A bilingual publication containing serial statistics relating to labour. It presents data on
employment in Factories, Mines, Plantation, Railways, Employment Service and Training,
Wages and Earnings, Price Indices, Trade Unions, Industrial Injuries, Absenteeism and Labour
Turnover, Social Security, Industrial Disputes and International statistics pertaining to Labour.
Symbol: PDLB – 30-2012-13 (bilingual)
175-2014 (DSK-III)
Price:
Rs. 145.00
19. POCKET BOOK OF LABOUR STATISTICS 2012 (Bilingual)
Pocket Book of Labour Statistics presents in a concise form serial statistical data in
respect of various important aspects of Labour. These statistics cover Employment and
Training, Wages Earning, Prices, Industrial Disputes, Accidents, Absenteeism, Social Security,
etc. Key indicators for India and other countries have also been presented.
Symbol: PDLB – 163-2012 (Bilingual)
250-2013 (DSK-III)
452
Price:
Rs.90.00
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