7-1   Price Indices
Year Consumers’ Price Index     Retail Price Index for Commodities
   
Urban Areas Rural Areas
Preceding year=100
1978 101.2 101.4 100.3 101.4
1980 102.8 104.1 102 104.2
1985 107.8 109.5 106.4 108.1
1990 105 104.5 105.9 104.1
1991 108.6 109.3 107.9 108
1992 108.6 109.3 107.6 108.1
1993 113 113.6 110.8 112.6
1994 126.7 127.7 125.6 125.7
1995 119.7 118.4 122.5 116.7
1996 110.5 110.4 110.6 108.8
1997 103.7 103.5 103.9 101.8
1998 100.2 99.9 100.8 99.7
1999 97.4 97.7 96.8 96.2
2000 99.4 100.1 97.6 98.3
2001 104 104 103.8 102.5
2002 99.4 98.9 100.9 97.9
2003 100.4 100.5 100.2 99.2
1978 =100
1978 100 100 100 100
1980 105.1 106.6 103.8 107.8
1985 120.9 125.5 117.8 124.2
1990 194.3 205.8 183.8 197.6
1991 211 225 198.4 213.4
1992 229.1 245.9 213.4 230.7
1993 258.9 279.3 236.5 259.8
1994 328.1 356.7 297 326.6
1995 392.7 422.3 363.9 381.1
1996 433.9 466.2 402.4 414.6
1997 450 482.6 418.1 422
1998 450.9 482.1 421.5 420.7
1999 439.2 471 408 404.7
2000 436.5 471.5 398.2 397.8
2001 454 490.3 413.3 407.7
2002 451.3 484.9 417 399.1
2003 453.1 487.3 417.8 395.9