§ 1. Mr. J. HOPE SIMPSONasked the Under-Secretary of State for India the index figure of the cost of living in India on 1st April, 1923, compared with the pre-War cost of living?
§ The UNDER-SECRETARY of STATE for INDIA (Earl Winterton)Index figures for the whole of India are not prepared. The Labour Office in Bombay, however, publishes each month an index figure for the City of Bombay. In March, 1923, this was given as 154, against a basic figure of 100 in July, 1914.