Labour Bureau today issued a press release to inform the Consumer Price Index for Industrial Workers for October 2024
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The All-India CPI-IW for October, 2024 increased by 1.2 point and stood at 144.5 (one hundred forty four point five)
Consumer Price Index for Industrial Workers for October 2024
GOVERNMENT OF INDIA
MINISTRY OF LABOUR & EMPLOYMENT
LABOUR BUREAU
Shram Bureau Bhawan, Block No. 2,
Institutional Area, Sector 38 (West),
Chandigarh – 160036
Dated: 05.12.2024
F.No. 5/1/2021-CPI
Press Release
Consumer Price Index for Industrial Workers (2016=100) – October, 2024
1.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 index for the month of October, 2024 is being released in this press release.
2.The All-India CPI-IW for October, 2024 increased by 1.2 point and stood at 144.5 (one hundred forty four point five).
3.Year-on-year inflation for the month of October, 2024 stood at 4.41% as compared to 4.45% in October, 2023.
Y-o-Y Inflation based on CPI-IW (General)
4. All-India Group-wise CPI-IW for September, 2024 and October, 2024:
| Sr. No. | Groups | September, 2024 | October,2024 |
| I | Food & Beverages | 151.3 | 153.9 |
| II | Pan, Supari, Tobacco & Intoxicants | 162.3 | 162.3 |
| III | Clothing & Footwear | 145.5 | 146.0 |
| IV | Housing | 131.6 | 131.6 |
| V | Fuel & Light | 148.8 | 148.4 |
| VI | Miscellaneous | 137.4 | 137.7 |
| General Index | 143.3 | 139.9 |
CPI-IW: Groups Indices
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