All-India Consumer Price Index for Industrial Workers (CPI-IW) for February, March & April, 2024: Labour Bureau

All-India Consumer Price Index for Industrial Workers (CPI-IW) for February, March & April, 2024: Labour Bureau Order dated 07.06.2024

GOVERNMENT OF INDIA
MINISTRY OF LABOUR & EMPLOYMENT
LABOUR BUREAU

Shram Bureau Bhawan, Block No. 2,
Institutional Area, Sector 38 (West),
Chandigarh — 160036

F.No. 5/1/2021-CPI

Dated: 7th June, 2024

Press Release

Consumer Price Index for Industrial Workers (2016=100) — February, March & April, 2024

1. The Labour Bureau, an attached office of the M/o Labour & Employment, has been compiling Consumer Price Index for Industrial Workers every month on the basis of retail prices collected from 317 markets spread over 88 industrially important centres in the country. The indices for the months of February, 2024, March, 2024 and April, 2024 are being released in this press release.

2. The All-India CPI-I[W for February, 2024 increased by 0.3 point and stood at 139.2 (one hundred thirty nine point two). The All-India CPI-IW for March, 2024 decreased by 0.3 point and stood at 138.9 (one hundred thirty eight point nine). The All-India CPI-IW for April, 2024 increased by 0.5 point and stood at 139.4 (one hundred thirty nine point four).

3. Year-on-year inflation for the month of February, 2024 stood at 4.90% as compared to 6.16% in February, 2023. Year-on-year inflation for the month of March, 2024 stood at 4.20% as compared to 5.79% in March, 2023. Year-on-year inflation for the month of April, 2024 stood at 3.87% as compared to 5.09% in April, 2023.

Y-o-Y Inflation based on CPI-IW (General)

4. All-India Group-wise CPI-IW for February, 2024, March, 2024 and April, 2024:

Source: Labour Bureau