Date:01/07/2006 URL: http://www.thehindu.com/2006/07/01/stories/2006070108231706.htm

Business - Briefly

One-point rise in Consumer Price Index

SHIMLA: The all-India Consumer Price Index number for Industrial Workers (base 2001-100) notched higher by a point in May to stand at 121.

As per the old (1982-100) base year, the index works out to 596.53.