Table - 6 : USE-BASED INDEX (BASE : 1980-81=100)
Basic Capital  Intermediate                     

Consumer goods

                          

 GENERAL
  Period goods goods goods Total   Durables   Non-durables
               Weight 394.18 164.27 205.07 236.48 25.50 210.98 1000.00
Apr'90 198.9 233.8 168.5 193.0 316.1 178.1 197.0
May'90 203.4 262.6 170.3 182.7 335.4 164.2 201.4
Jun'90 204.8 280.4 173.3 173.1 352.0 151.5 203.2
Jul'90 207.1 250.1 180.1 177.6 392.6 151.6 201.6
Aug'90 201.5 263.7 181.3 172.6 377.1 147.9 200.7
Sep'90 198.0 267.1 175.0 169.5 334.8 149.5 197.8
Oct'90 199.1 260.2 173.3 166.8 329.2 147.2 196.2
Nov'90 211.0 255.2 172.4 185.1 363.9 163.5 204.2
Dec'90 227.2 290.2 184.9 209.2 376.1 189.1 224.6
Jan'91 231.7 293.8 184.7 209.3 376.8 189.0 226.9
Feb'91 220.6 315.4 172.1 200.6 352.6 182.2 221.5
Mar'91 252.6 529.0 189.7 216.2 401.2 193.9 276.4
Apr'91 210.4 189.9 167.2 204.0 305.2 191.8 196.6
May'91 214.0 207.4 164.7 188.6 323.7 172.3 196.8
Jun'91 208.2 245.9 169.4 170.8 299.8 155.2 197.6
Jul'91 216.3 268.0 175.7 172.6 311.8 155.8 206.2
Aug'91 215.1 219.0 176.5 175.2 317.1 158.0 198.4
Sep'91 212.4 252.7 178.6 166.5 316.8 148.4 201.2
Oct'91 229.1 218.9 167.3 172.7 306.2 156.5 201.4
Nov'91 225.5 231.5 162.7 182.1 294.3 168.6 203.3
Dec'91 241.3 258.6 179.0 212.4 308.4 200.8 224.5
Jan'92 248.3 323.3 175.9 214.1 331.4 199.9 237.7
Feb'92 242.8 311.4 174.5 211.5 337.6 196.2 232.6
Mar'92 259.4 474.4 187.0 218.8 394.1 197.6 270.2
Apr'92 218.8 234.0 177.2 203.9 296.5 192.7 209.2
May'92 221.0 220.6 178.4 188.0 321.0 171.9 204.4
Jun'92 214.3 263.9 177.2 177.4 306.9 161.7 206.1
Jul'92 221.1 232.5 180.3 172.7 290.9 158.4 203.1
Aug'92 219.9 244.3 180.5 169.0 279.7 155.6 203.7
Sep'92 220.2 309.3 183.4 177.7 308.3 162.0 217.2
Oct'92 232.0 242.4 184.1 175.2 299.5 160.2 210.4
Nov'92 232.3 259.6 187.4 191.9 330.9 175.1 218.0
Dec'92 244.2 285.7 184.8 216.0 339.6 201.0 232.2
Jan'93 255.3 251.2 184.4 213.6 323.8 200.3 230.1
Feb'93 241.8 259.7 176.9 216.2 338.2 201.5 225.4
Mar'93 274.0 393.1 196.4 229.2 382.4 210.7 267.1
Apr'93 228.3 202.3 189.4 195.0 306.9 181.5 208.2
May'93 230.6 206.1 195.5 186.8 337.2 168.6 209.0
Jun'93 227.9 235.1 195.5 182.8 340.6 163.7 211.8
Jul'93 245.3 207.7 203.8 186.7 355.5 166.3 216.8
Aug'93 249.8 231.0 206.8 184.4 335.3 166.2 222.4
Sep'93 241.7 273.4 202.1 184.2 362.1 162.7 225.2
Oct'93 251.4 243.2 197.7 189.8 361.6 169.1 224.5
Nov'93 255.1 255.7 200.5 201.2 344.2 183.9 231.2
Dec'93 273.9 300.6 220.4 229.3 403.2 208.3 256.8
Jan'94 282.4 267.4 212.0 229.0 388.9 209.7 252.9
Feb'94 267.3 264.7 207.7 221.8 413.2 198.7 243.9
Mar'94 304.9 377.5 215.4 232.4 483.8 202.0 281.3
Apr'94 242.1 230.4 201.3 201.2 359.7 182.0 222.2
May'94 248.0 246.6 203.7 194.1 381.9 171.5 225.9
Jun'94 244.0 284.0 207.6 203.8 391.0 181.1 233.6
Jul'94 246.5 324.8 211.7 198.7 376.5 177.2 240.9
Aug'94 254.3 310.3 217.5 200.4 383.2 178.3 243.2
Sep'94 256.1 330.1 206.9 204.4 382.5 182.9 246.0
Oct'94 268.8 317.1 212.9 209.8 408.9 185.7 251.3
Nov'94 273.5 314.8 210.5 221.6 391.5 201.1 255.2
Dec'94 296.2 338.8 218.7 250.2 442.6 227.0 276.4
Jan'95 295.1 345.1 214.4 252.5 440.8 229.8 276.7
Feb'95 283.5 345.7 212.4 242.7 435.8 219.4 269.5
Mar'95 320.3 437.6 219.7 255.2 491.6 226.6 303.6
Apr'95 275.7 292.1 215.4 240.1 441.1 215.8 257.6
May'95 281.5 313.7 218.3 230.0 478.0 200.1 261.7
Jun'95 272.5 300.3 222.7 229.3 508.2 195.6 256.7
Jul'95 279.2 325.3 230.5 231.9 509.0 198.4 265.6
Aug'95 286.5 340.0 233.4 227.6 502.2 194.4 270.6
Sep'95 278.8 396.5 234.4 236.6 561.5 197.3 279.1
Oct'95 280.2 381.0 230.3 231.2 496.3 199.1 274.9
Nov'95 285.2 397.4 235.3 251.8 599.6 209.8 285.5
Dec'95 302.3 432.6 249.8 274.9 576.6 238.4 306.5
Jan'96 313.8 411.4 255.4 282.9 654.5 238.0 310.6
Feb'96 308.5 419.5 249.1 278.8 624.9 237.0 307.6
Mar'96 332.5 501.6 261.0 296.3 698.6 247.7 337.2
Apr'96 296.4 342.4 247.7 262.8 504.9 233.5 286.1
May'96 307.8 364.9 253.8 258.4 558.7 222.1 294.4
Jun'96 292.8 392.9 249.8 243.4 568.0 204.2 288.8
Jul'96 302.2 363.1 257.0 250.4 600.3 208.1 290.7
Aug'96 305.8 372.9 272.4 249.1 580.2 209.0 296.6
Sep'96 304.6 389.9 257.1 238.4 559.6 199.5 293.3
Oct'96 314.6 410.3 262.2 242.7 541.5 206.5 302.6
Nov'96 312.9 383.2 256.7 245.3 547.4 208.8 297.0
Dec'96 327.6 433.8 267.6 288.8 633.9 247.1 323.6
Jan'97 334.9 400.0 266.1 287.4 619.6 247.2 320.3
Feb'97 320.3 446.7 256.7 277.8 612.8 237.3 318.0
Mar'97 361.1 476.3 267.3 290.9 685.7 243.2 344.2
Apr'97 317.4 400.7 264.5 262.9 555.7 227.5 307.4
May'97 330.3 380.2 267.9 250.5 569.5 211.9 306.8
Jun'97 317.8 385.9 268.9 245.5 598.6 202.8 301.8
Jul'97 323.4 391.7 281.9 254.4 630.6 208.9 309.8
Aug'97 323.5 369.0 279.3 254.8 625.8 210.0 305.7
Sep'97 325.7 390.0 278.3 257.4 637.2 211.5 310.4
Oct'97 337.3 352.7 279.1 253.2 586.0 213.0 308.1
Nov'97 333.7 398.4 284.1 276.1 686.6 226.5 320.6
Dec'97 348.6 395.6 289.6 303.0 678.7 257.6 333.5
Jan'98 364.7 369.1 279.1 308.7 708.1 260.4 334.7
Feb'98 346.5 381.4 273.8 302.2 699.7 254.1 326.9
Mar'98 378.7 371.4 282.0 310.9 727.2 260.5 341.7
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Note: For Mar'98 the indices are quick estimates
(Average) Apr-Mar
1990-91 213.0 291.8 177.1 188.0 359.0 167.3 212.6
1991-92 226.9 266.8 173.2 190.8 320.5 175.1 213.9
1992-93 232.9 266.4 182.6 194.2 318.1 179.3 218.9
1993-94 254.9 255.4 203.9 202.0 369.4 181.7 232.0
1994-95 269.0 318.8 211.4 219.6 407.2 196.9 253.7
1995-96 291.4 376.0 236.3 251.0 554.2 214.3 284.5
1996-97 315.1 398.0 259.5 261.3 584.4 222.2 304.6
1997-98 337.3 382.2 277.4 273.3 642.0 228.7 317.3
Growth over corresponding period of previous year
1991-92 6.5 -8.6 -2.2 1.5 -10.7 4.7 0.6
1992-93 2.6 -0.1 5.4 1.8 -0.7 2.4 2.3
1993-94 9.4 -4.1 11.7 4 16.1 1.3 6
1994-95 5.5 24.8 3.7 8.7 10.2 8.4 9.4
1995-96 8.3 17.9 11.8 14.3 36.1 8.8 12.1
1996-97 8.1 5.9 9.8 4.1 5.4 3.7 7.1
1997-98 7 -4 6.9 4.6 9.9 2.9 4.2
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