AICPIN for the Month of July 2014

AICPIN for the Month of July 2014

No. 5/1/2014- CPI
GOVERNMENT OF INDIA
MINISTRY OF LABOUR & EMPLOYMENT
LABOUR BUREAU

‘CLEREMONT’, SHIMLA-17 1004
DATED: the 29th August, 2014

Press Release

Consumer Price index for industrial Workers (CPI-IW) – July, 2014

The All-India CPI-1W for July 2014 increased by 6 poins and pegged at 252 (two hundred and fifty two). On 1-month percentage change, it increased by 2.44 percent between June, 2014 and July, 2014 when compared with the rise of 1.73 per cent between the same two months a year ago.

The largest upward pressure to the change in current index came from Food group contributing 4.42 percentage points to the total change. The House Rent index further accentuated the overall index by 1.08 percentage points. At item level, Rice, Eggs, Milk, Onion. Chillies Green, Tomato, Potato and other Vegetables & Fruits, Sugar, Tea (Readymade), Pan Finished, Doctors’ Fee, College Fee, Petrol, Rail Fare, etc. arc responsible for the increase in index. However, this increase was restricted to some extent by Wheat, Soft Coke, Medicine (Allopathic) etc., putting downward pressure on the index.

The year-on-year inflation measured by monthly CPI-1W stood at 7.23 per cent for July, 2014 as compared to 6.49 per cent for thc previous month and 10.85 per cent during the corresponding month of the previous year. Similarly, the Food inflation stood at 8.11 per cent against 5.88 per cent of the previous month and 14.10 per cent during the corresponding month of the previous year.

At Centre level, Nagpur recorded the maximum increase of ¡2 points followed by Ludhiana (10 points). Among others, 9 points rise was observed in 7 centres, 8 points in 3 centres, 7 points in 9 centres, 6 points in 23 centres, 5 points in 14 centres, 4 points in 10 centres, 3 points in 4 centres, 2 points in 4 centres and 1point in 2 centres.

The indices of 35 centres are above and other 41 centres are below national average. The indices of Ernakulam and Varanasi are at par with all-India index.

The next index of CPI-IW for the month of August 2014 will be released on Tuesday, 30th September. 2014. The same will also be available on the office website www. labourbureau.gov. in.

(S.S. NEGI)
DIRECTOR

source: [http://labourbureau.nic.in/Press_Note_eng_july2014.pdf]