Expected DA from Jul-2013 : AICPIN for the month of Jan-2013 :
Consumer Price Index for Industrial Workers (CPI-IW) – January, 2013
No. 5/1/2013-CPI
GOVERNMENT OF INDIA
MINISTRY OF LABOUR & EMPLOYMENT
LABOUR BUREAU
DATED: the 28th February, 2013
Press Release
Consumer Price Index for Industrial Workers (CPI-IW) – January, 2013
The All-India CPI-IW for January, 2013 rose by 2 points and pegged at 221 (two hundred and twenty one).
On 1-month percentage change, it increased by 0.91 per cent between
December and January compared with 0.51 per cent between the same two
months a year ago.
The largest upward contribution to the change in current index came from
Housing Group which increased by 3.53 per cent, contributing 1.28
percentage points to the total change. This was followed by
Miscellaneous and Food groups with 0.74 and 0.26 per cent increase
respectively contributing 0.32 and 0.28 percentage points to the change.
At item level, largest upward pressure came from Rice, Wheat &
Wheat Atta, Groundnut Oil, Eggs (Hen), Fish Fresh, Goat Meat, Poultry
(Chicken), Onion, Tea (Readymade), Firewood, Auto Rickshaw Charges, Bus
Fare, Rail Fare, etc. However, this was compensated by Arhar Dal,
Potato, Tomato, Other Green Vegetables, Sugar, Electricity Charges and
Flower/Flower Garlands by putting downward pressure on the index.
The year-on-year inflation measured by monthly CPI-IW stood at 11.62 per
cent for January, 2013 as compated to 11.17 per cent for the previous
month and 5.32 per cent during the corresponding month of the previous
year. Similarly, the Food inflation stood at 14.08 per cent against
13.53 per cent of the previous month and 0.49 per cent during the
corresponding month of the previous year.
At centre level, Durgapur recorded the largest increase of 18 points
followed by Jharia (10 points), Godavarikhani (9 points), Goa and Surat
(8 points each), and Chandigarh (6 points). Among others, 5 point rise
was registered in 3 centres, 4 points in 6 centre, 3 points in 12
centres, 2 points in 13 centres and 1 point in 11 centres. On the
contrary. Labac-Silchar and Mariani-Jorhat centres reported a decline of
2 points each. The indices of Jalandhar, Rourkela, Sholapur and Kolkata
were also declined by 1 point each. Rest of the 21 centres’ indices
remained stationary.
The indices of 39 centres are above All-India Index and other 38
centres’ indices are below national average. The index of Mysore centre
was at par with all-India index.
The next index of CPI-IW for the month of February, 2013 will be
released on Thursday, 28 March, 2013. The same will also be available on
the office website www.labourbureau.nic.in.
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(S.S. NEGI)
DIRECTOR
Source : www.labourbureau.nic.in
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