AICPIN for the month of August 2018
No. 5/1/2018-CPI
GOVERNMENT OF INDIA
MINISTRY OF LABOUR & EMPLOYMENT
LABOUR BUREAU
No. 5/1/2018-CPI
GOVERNMENT OF INDIA
MINISTRY OF LABOUR & EMPLOYMENT
LABOUR BUREAU
`CLEREMONT’, SHIMLA-171004
DATED: 28th September, 2018
DATED: 28th September, 2018
Press Release
Consumer Price Index for Industrial Workers (CPI-IW) — August, 2018
The All-India CPI-IW for August, 2018 remained stationary at 301 (three hundred and one). On 1-month percentage change, it remained static between July, 2018 and August, 2018 and it was also static between the corresponding months of previous year.
The All-India CPI-IW for August, 2018 remained stationary at 301 (three hundred and one). On 1-month percentage change, it remained static between July, 2018 and August, 2018 and it was also static between the corresponding months of previous year.
The maximum upward pressure to the
change in current index came from Miscellaneous and Food groups
contributing (+) 0.25 and (+) 0.07 percentage points respectively to the
total change. At item level, Rice, Wheat, Wheat Atta, Groundnut Oil,
Brinjal, Cabbage, Carrot, Parval, Mango (Ripe), Sugar, Cooking Gas,
Petrol, Ornaments Glass, etc. are responsible for the increase in index.
However, this increase was checked by Fish Fresh, Poultry (Chicken),
Eggs (Hen), Onion, French Beans, Methi, Peas, Radish, Tomato, Apple,
Guava, etc., putting downward pressure on the index.
The year-an-year inflation based on
CPI-IW remained stationary at 5.61 per cent for August, 2018 as compared
to the previous month and 2.52 per cent during the corresponding month
of the previous year. Similarly, the Food inflation also remained
stationary at (-) 0.32 per cent during August as compared to 1.61 per
cent during the corresponding month of the previous year.
At centre level Ranchi-Hatia and
Bhavnagar reported the maximum increase of 5 points each followed by
Kodarma (4 points). Among others, 3 points increase was observed d in 9
centres, 2 points in 7 centres and 1 point in 13 centres. On the
contrary, Pune and Tripura recorded a maximum decrease of 3 points each.
Among others, 2 points decrease was observed in 6 centres and 1 point
in 15 centres. Rest of the 23 centres indices remained stationary.
The indices of 37 centres are above All-India Index and 41 centres’ indices are below national average.
The next issue of CPI-IW for the month
of September, 2018 will be released on Wednesday, 31st October, 2018.
The same will also be available on the office website
www.labourbureaunew.gov.in.
S/d,
(AMRIT LAL JANGID)
DEPUTY DIRECTOR
(AMRIT LAL JANGID)
DEPUTY DIRECTOR
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