ALL-INDIA CONSUMER PRICE INDEX NUMBERS FOR AGRICULTURAL AND RURAL LABOURERS – OCTOBER, 2022


The All-India Consumer Price Index Number for Agricultural Labourers and Rural Labourers (Base: 1986-87=100) for the month of October, 2022 increased by 10 points and 9 points to stand at 1159 (One thousand one hundred and fifty nine) and 1170 (One thousand one hundred and seventy) points respectively. The major contribution towards the rise in general index of Agricultural Labourers and Rural Labourers came from food group to the extent of 9.15 & 8.35 points respectively mainly due to increase in prices of rice, wheat-atta, jowar, ragi, pulses, milk, ghee, fish fresh/dry, poultry, onion, chillies dry, mixed spices, vegetables & fruits, gur, etc.


The rise in index varied from State to State. In case of Agricultural Labourers, it recorded an increase of 1 to 16 points in 20 States. Tamilnadu with 1337 points topped the index table whereas Himachal Pradesh with 913 points stood at the bottom.


In case of Rural Labourers, it recorded an increase of 1 to 15 points in 19 States while it remained stationary for Kerala State. Tamilnadu with 1325 points topped the index table whereas Himachal Pradesh with 962 points stood at the bottom.


Amongst states, the maximum increase in the Consumer Price Index Number for Agricultural Labourers was experienced by Tamilnadu (16 points) and for Rural Labourers by Tamilnadu, Tripura & West Bengal States (15 points each) mainly due to rise in the prices of rice, wheat-atta, fish fresh, onion, chillies dry, vegetables & fruits, etc.


Point to point rate of inflation based on the CPI-AL and CPI-RL stood at 7.22% & 7.34% in October, 2022 compared to 7.69% & 7.90% respectively in September, 2022 and 2.76% and 3.12% respectively during the corresponding month of the previous year. Similarly, Food inflation stood at 7.05% & 7.00% in October, 2022 compared to 7.47% & 7.52% respectively in September, 2022 and 0.39% & 0.59% respectively during the corresponding month of the previous year.





All-India Consumer Price Index Number (General & Group-wise):












Group

Agricultural Labourers

Rural  Labourers


September, 2022

October, 2022

September, 2022

October, 2022

General Index

1149

1159

1161

1170

Food

1079

1093

1087

1100

Pan, Supari,  etc.

1919

1925

1928

1935

Fuel & Light

1274

1274

1266

1267

Clothing, Bedding  &Footwear

1206

1213

1243

1250

Miscellaneous

1205

1208

1211

1213




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CONSUMER PRICE INDEX NUMBERS ON BASE 2012=100 FOR RURAL,


The National Statistical Office (NSO), Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation (MoSPI) is releasing All India Consumer Price Index (CPI) on Base 2012=100 and corresponding Consumer Food Price Index (CFPI) for Rural (R), Urban (U) and Combined (C) for the month of September 2022 (Provisional) in this press note. CPIs for Sub-Groups and Groups for both All India and all States/UTs are also being released.


2. The Price data are collected from selected 1114 urban Markets and 1181 villages covering all States/UTs through personal visits by field staff of Field Operations Division of NSO, MoSPI on a weekly roster. During the month of September 2022, NSO collected prices from 99.9% villages and 97.8% urban Markets while the Market-wise prices reported therein were 89.5% for rural and 92.1% for urban.


3. All India Inflation rates (on point to point basis i.e. current month over same month of last year, i.e. September 2022 over September 2021), based on General Indices and CFPIs are given as follows:


All India Inflation rates (%) based on CPI (General) and CFPI








Indices

Sep. 2022 (Prov.)

Aug. 2022 (Final)

Sep. 2021

Rural

Urban

Combd.

Rural

Urban

Combd.

Rural

Urban

Combd.

CPI (General)

7.56

7.27

7.41

7.15

6.72

7.00

4.13

4.57

4.35

CFPI

8.53

8.65

8.60

7.60

7.55

7.62

0.69

0.67

0.68


 Notes: Prov.  – Provisional, Combd. – Combined


4.          Monthly changes in the General Indices and CFPIs are given below:


Monthly changes (%) in All India CPI (General) and CFPI: September, 2022 over August,2022









Indices

Rural

Urban

Combined

Index Value

% Change

Index Value

% Change

Index Value

% Change

Sep.22

Aug.22

Sep.22

Aug.22

Sep.22

Aug.22

CPI (General)

176.4

175.3

0.63

174.1

173.1

0.58

175.3

174.3

0.57

CFPI

174.4

172.7

0.98

180.8

179.5

0.72

176.7

175.1

0.91


 Note: Figures of September 2022 are provisional.


Next date of release: 14th November 2022 (Monday) for October 2022.




List of Annex









Annex

Title

I

All-India General, Group and Sub-group level CPI and CFPI numbers for August 2022 (Final) and September 2022 (Provisional) for Rural, Urban and Combined

II

All-India inflation rates (%) for General, Group and Sub-group level CPI and CFPI numbers for September 2022 (Provisional) for Rural, Urban and Combined

III

General CPI for States for Rural, Urban and Combined for August 2022 (Final) and September 2022 (Provisional)

IV

Year-on-year inflation rates (%) of major States for Rural, Urban and Combined for September 2022 (Provisional)




Annex I


All-India General, Group and Sub-group level CPI and CFPI numbers for August 2022 (Final) and September 2022 (Provisional) for Rural, Urban and Combined


(Base: 2012=100)



































Group Code

Sub-group Code

Description

Rural

Urban

Combined

Weights

Aug. 22 Index


(Final)

Sep. 22 Index


(Prov.)

Weights

Aug. 22 Index


(Final)

Sep. 22 Index


(Prov.)

Weights

Aug. 22 Index


(Final)

Sep. 22 Index


(Prov.)

(1)

(2)

(3)

(4)

(5)

(6)

(7)

(8)

(9)

(10)

(11)

(12)


1.1.01

Cereals and products

12.35

159.5

162.8

6.59

162.1

164.9

9.67

160.3

163.5


1.1.02

Meat and fish

4.38

204.1

206.8

2.73

210.9

213.6

3.61

206.5

209.2


1.1.03

Egg

0.49

168.3

169.0

0.36

170.6

170.9

0.43

169.2

169.7


1.1.04

Milk and products

7.72

167.9

169.6

5.33

168.4

170.0

6.61

168.1

169.7


1.1.05

Oils and fats

4.21

198.1

194.2

2.81

182.5

179.3

3.56

192.4

188.7


1.1.06

Fruits

2.88

169.2

164.1

2.90

177.1

167.4

2.89

172.9

165.6


1.1.07

Vegetables

7.46

173.1

176.8

4.41

213.1

220.3

6.04

186.7

191.6


1.1.08

Pulses and products

2.95

167.1

169.0

1.73

167.3

169.2

2.38

167.2

169.1


1.1.09

Sugar and Confectionery

1.70

120.2

120.8

0.97

122.2

123.1

1.36

120.9

121.6


1.1.10

Spices

3.11

195.6

199.2

1.79

189.7

193.5

2.50

193.6

197.3


1.2.11

Non-alcoholic beverages

1.37

174.8

175.4

1.13

160.5

161.0

1.26

168.8

169.4


1.1.12

Prepared meals, snacks, sweets etc.

5.56

184.0

184.8

5.54

188.9

190.3

5.55

186.3

187.4

1


Food and beverages

54.18

173.9

175.5

36.29

180.4

181.7

45.86

176.3

177.8

2


Pan, tobacco and intoxicants

3.26

193.7

194.5

1.36

198.7

199.7

2.38

195.0

195.9


3.1.01

Clothing

6.32

183.2

184.7

4.72

173.7

175.1

5.58

179.5

180.9


3.1.02

Footwear

1.04

181.7

183.4

0.85

160.0

161.7

0.95

172.7

174.4

3


Clothing and footwear

7.36

183.0

184.5

5.57

171.6

173.0

6.53

178.5

179.9

4


Housing

21.67

169.0

169.5

10.07

169.0

169.5

5


Fuel and light

7.94

179.1

179.7

5.58

178.4

179.2

6.84

178.8

179.5


6.1.01

Household goods and services

3.75

172.3

173.6

3.87

164.2

165.1

3.80

168.5

169.6


6.1.02

Health

6.83

179.4

180.2

4.81

172.6

173.7

5.89

176.8

177.7


6.1.03

Transport and communication

7.60

166.6

166.9

9.73

157.7

158.2

8.59

161.9

162.3


6.1.04

Recreation and amusement

1.37

169.3

170.0

2.04

165.1

165.8

1.68

166.9

167.6


6.1.05

Education

3.46

175.7

176.2

5.62

169.9

170.8

4.46

172.3

173.0


6.1.06

Personal care and effects

4.25

171.1

170.8

3.47

171.4

171.1

3.89

171.2

170.9

6


Miscellaneous

27.26

172.6

173.1

29.53

165.4

166.1

28.32

169.1

169.7

General Index (All Groups)

100.00

175.3

176.4

100.00

173.1

174.1

100.00

174.3

175.3

Consumer Food Price Index (CFPI)

47.25

172.7

174.4

29.62

179.5

180.8

39.06

175.1

176.7


Notes:


  1. Prov. : Provisional.
  2. CFPI : Out of 12 sub-groups contained in ‘Food and Beverages’ group, CFPI is based on ten sub-groups, excluding ‘Non-alcoholic beverages’ and ‘Prepared meals, snacks, sweets etc.’.
  3. – : CPI (Rural) for housing is not compiled.




Annex II


All-India year-on-year inflation rates (%) for General, Group and Sub-group level CPI and CFPI numbers for September 2022 (Provisional) for Rural, Urban and Combined


(Base: 2012=100)



































Group Code

Sub-group Code

Description

Rural

Urban

Combined


Sep. 21 Index


(Final)

Sep. 22


Index


(Prov.)

Inflation Rate


(%)

Sep. 21 Index


(Final)

Sep. 22


Index


(Prov.)

Inflation Rate


(%)

Sep. 21 Index


(Final)

Sep. 22


Index


(Prov.)

Inflation Rate


(%)


(1)

(2)

(3)

(4)

(5)

(6)

(7)

(8)

(9)

(10)

(11)

(12)


 

1.1.01

Cereals and products

145.4

162.8

11.97

149.3

164.9

10.45

146.6

163.5

11.53


 

1.1.02

Meat and fish

202.1

206.8

2.33

207.4

213.6

2.99

204.0

209.2

2.55


 

1.1.03

Egg

172.0

169.0

-1.74

174.1

170.9

-1.84

172.8

169.7

-1.79


 

1.1.04

Milk and products

158.0

169.6

7.34

159.1

170.0

6.85

158.4

169.7

7.13


 

1.1.05

Oils and fats

195.5

194.2

-0.66

175.0

179.3

2.46

188.0

188.7

0.37


 

1.1.06

Fruits

152.7

164.1

7.47

161.2

167.4

3.85

156.7

165.6

5.68


 

1.1.07

Vegetables

151.4

176.8

16.78

183.5

220.3

20.05

162.3

191.6

18.05


 

1.1.08

Pulses and products

163.9

169.0

3.11

164.5

169.2

2.86

164.1

169.1

3.05


 

1.1.09

Sugar and Confectionery

119.3

120.8

1.26

120.4

123.1

2.24

119.7

121.6

1.59


 

1.1.10

Spices

170.1

199.2

17.11

166.2

193.5

16.43

168.8

197.3

16.88


 

1.2.11

Non-alcoholic beverages

168.3

175.4

4.22

154.8

161.0

4.01

162.7

169.4

4.12


 

1.1.12

Prepared meals, snacks, sweets etc.

172.8

184.8

6.94

175.1

190.3

8.68

173.9

187.4

7.76


1

 

Food and beverages

162.1

175.5

8.27

167.3

181.7

8.61

164.0

177.8

8.41


2

 

Pan, tobacco and intoxicants

190.5

194.5

2.10

196.5

199.7

1.63

192.1

195.9

1.98


 

3.1.01

Clothing

167.7

184.7

10.14

159.8

175.1

9.57

164.6

180.9

9.90


 

3.1.02

Footwear

163.6

183.4

12.10

143.6

161.7

12.60

155.3

174.4

12.30


3

 

Clothing and footwear

167.1

184.5

10.41

157.4

173.0

9.91

163.3

179.9

10.17


4

 

Housing

162.1

169.5

4.57

162.1

169.5

4.57


5

 

Fuel and light

163.7

179.7

9.77

160.8

179.2

11.44

162.6

179.5

10.39


 

6.1.01

Household goods and services

161.3

173.6

7.63

153.3

165.1

7.70

157.5

169.6

7.68


 

6.1.02

Health

171.9

180.2

4.83

162.8

173.7

6.70

168.4

177.7

5.52


 

6.1.03

Transport and communication

157.8

166.9

5.77

150.5

158.2

5.12

154.0

162.3

5.39


 

6.1.04

Recreation and amusement

162.7

170.0

4.49

153.9

165.8

7.73

157.7

167.6

6.28


 

6.1.05

Education

168.5

176.2

4.57

160.3

170.8

6.55

163.7

173.0

5.68


 

6.1.06

Personal care and effects

160.2

170.8

6.62

159.6

171.1

7.21

160.0

170.9

6.81


6

 

Miscellaneous

163.8

173.1

5.68

156.0

166.1

6.47

160.0

169.7

6.06


General Index (All Groups)

164.0

176.4

7.56

162.3

174.1

7.27

163.2

175.3

7.41


Consumer Food Price Index

160.7

174.4

8.53

166.4

180.8

8.65

162.7

176.7

8.60










Notes:


  1. Prov.              : Provisional.
  2. –     : CPI (Rural) for housing is not compiled.




Annex III


General CPI for States for Rural, Urban and Combined for August 2022 (Final) and September 2022 (Provisional)


(Base: 2012=100)












































Sl. No.

Name of the State/UT

Rural

Urban

Combined

Weights

Aug. 22 Index


(Final)

Sep. 22 Index


(Prov.)

Weights

Aug. 22 Index


(Final)

Sep. 22 Index


(Prov.)

Weights

Aug. 22 Index


(Final)

Sep. 22 Index


(Prov.)

(1)

(2)

(3)

(4)

(5)

(6)

(7)

(8)

(9)

(10)

(11)

1

Andhra Pradesh

5.40

175.8

178.2

3.64

179.8

181.9

4.58

177.3

179.6

2

Arunachal Pradesh

0.14

182.6

182.8

0.06

0.10

182.6

182.8

3

Assam

2.63

180.7

181.1

0.79

176.0

175.1

1.77

179.7

179.9

4

Bihar

8.21

169.1

170.9

1.62

176.8

177.2

5.14

170.2

171.8

5

Chhattisgarh

1.68

171.8

173.4

1.22

167.8

169.2

1.46

170.3

171.8

6

Delhi

0.28

165.4

165.8

5.64

165.2

165.1

2.77

165.2

165.1

7

Goa

0.14

173.3

170.4

0.25

167.0

167.1

0.19

169.4

168.4

8

Gujarat

4.54

172.5

172.1

6.82

165.4

165.5

5.60

168.5

168.4

9

Haryana

3.30

172.6

173.3

3.35

168.0

168.6

3.32

170.4

171.1

10

Himachal Pradesh

1.03

164.5

164.8

0.26

169.6

170.7

0.67

165.4

165.9

11

Jharkhand

1.96

169.4

171.8

1.39

176.0

176.8

1.69

171.9

173.7

12

Karnataka

5.09

173.5

175.2

6.81

180.1

181.1

5.89

177.0

178.4

13

Kerala

5.50

179.7

180.8

3.46

177.7

178.5

4.55

179.0

180.0

14

Madhya Pradesh

4.93

175.6

176.5

3.97

177.2

178.0

4.48

176.3

177.1

15

Maharashtra

8.25

177.2

177.8

18.86

168.9

169.4

13.18

171.7

172.2

16

Manipur

0.23

193.8

191.2

0.12

172.8

171.3

0.18

187.2

184.9

17

Meghalaya

0.28

164.5

164.1

0.15

170.4

170.8

0.22

166.3

166.2

18

Mizoram

0.07

183.5

185.3

0.13

171.3

171.6

0.10

176.1

176.9

19

Nagaland

0.14

184.6

185.6

0.12

172.6

173.5

0.13

179.5

180.5

20

Odisha

2.93

175.8

177.5

1.31

168.8

170.6

2.18

173.8

175.6

21

Punjab

3.31

171.2

171.3

3.09

163.0

163.5

3.21

167.5

167.8

22

Rajasthan

6.63

171.3

172.2

4.23

170.1

170.6

5.51

170.9

171.6

23

Sikkim

0.06

191.5

192.0

0.03

176.9

177.5

0.05

186.7

187.3

24

Tamil Nadu

5.55

177.5

180.3

9.20

178.0

180.8

7.25

177.8

180.6

25

Telangana

3.16

185.8

187.4

4.41

179.9

181.8

3.74

182.6

184.3

26

Tripura

0.35

189.6

192.2

0.14

182.5

183.3

0.25

187.8

189.9

27

Uttar Pradesh

14.83

173.4

174.2

9.54

174.3

174.5

12.37

173.7

174.3

28

Uttarakhand

1.06

171.9

172.3

0.73

172.6

173.1

0.91

172.2

172.6

29

West Bengal

6.99

183.3

184.8

7.20

179.5

181.5

7.09

181.5

183.2

30

Andaman & Nicobar Islands

0.05

186.9

189.9

0.07

168.6

169.2

0.06

177.6

179.4

31

Chandigarh

0.02

171.5

172.5

0.34

164.0

164.6

0.17

164.4

165.0

32

Dadra & Nagar Haveli

0.02

160.4

159.3

0.04

168.7

170.4

0.03

165.9

166.7

33

Daman & Diu

0.02

181.6

180.0

0.02

169.6

169.5

0.02

176.6

175.6

34

Jammu & Kashmir*

1.14

183.6

184.9

0.72

183.7

184.5

0.94

183.6

184.8

35

Lakshadweep

0.01

194.2

194.1

0.01

178.4

173.9

0.01

186.1

183.8

36

Puducherry

0.08

179.5

182.9

0.27

178.1

179.4

0.17

178.5

180.3

All India

100.00

175.3

176.4

100.00

173.1

174.1

100.00

174.3

175.3


Notes:


  1. Prov.    :  Provisional
  2. —                    :  indicates the receipt of price schedules is less than 80% of allocated schedules and therefore indices are not compiled.
  3. *              : Figures of this row pertain to the prices and weights of the combined Union Territories of Jammu & Kashmir


and Ladakh (erstwhile State of Jammu & Kashmir).




Annex IV




Year-on-year inflation rates (%) of major@ States for Rural, Urban and Combined for September 2022 (Provisional)


(Base: 2012=100)






























Sl. No.

Name of the State/UT

Rural

Urban

Combined

Sep. 21 Index


(Final)

Sep. 22


Index


(Prov.)

Inflation Rate


(%)

Sep. 21 Index


(Final)

Sep. 22


Index


(Prov.)

Inflation Rate


(%)

Sep. 21 Index


(Final)

Sep. 22


Index


(Prov.)

Inflation Rate


(%)

(1)

(2)

(3)

(4)

(5)

(6)

(7)

(8)

(9)

(10)

(11)

1

Andhra Pradesh

165.5

178.2

7.67

167.4

181.9

8.66

166.2

179.6

8.06

2

Assam

168.3

181.1

7.61

166.7

175.1

5.04

168.0

179.9

7.08

3

Bihar

160.8

170.9

6.28

165.7

177.2

6.94

161.5

171.8

6.38

4

Chhattisgarh

161.5

173.4

7.37

161.3

169.2

4.90

161.4

171.8

6.44

5

Delhi

157.0

165.8

5.61

158.8

165.1

3.97

158.7

165.1

4.03

6

Gujarat

158.9

172.1

8.31

153.7

165.5

7.68

156.0

168.4

7.95

7

Haryana

160.0

173.3

8.31

156.8

168.6

7.53

158.5

171.1

7.95

8

Himachal Pradesh

158.1

164.8

4.24

161.4

170.7

5.76

158.7

165.9

4.54

9

Jharkhand

160.1

171.8

7.31

165.2

176.8

7.02

162.0

173.7

7.22

10

Karnataka

166.1

175.2

5.48

170.8

181.1

6.03

168.6

178.4

5.81

11

Kerala

169.8

180.8

6.48

167.9

178.5

6.31

169.1

180.0

6.45

12

Madhya Pradesh

162.0

176.5

8.95

164.5

178.0

8.21

163.0

177.1

8.65

13

Maharashtra

164.7

177.8

7.95

156.7

169.4

8.10

159.4

172.2

8.03

14

Odisha

163.6

177.5

8.50

159.8

170.6

6.76

162.5

175.6

8.06

15

Punjab

162.6

171.3

5.35

154.4

163.5

5.89

158.9

167.8

5.60

16

Rajasthan

160.1

172.2

7.56

159.0

170.6

7.30

159.7

171.6

7.45

17

Tamil Nadu

168.7

180.3

6.88

169.1

180.8

6.92

168.9

180.6

6.93

18

Telangana

172.9

187.4

8.39

166.8

181.8

8.99

169.6

184.3

8.67

19

Uttar Pradesh

161.2

174.2

8.06

162.6

174.5

7.32

161.7

174.3

7.79

20

Uttarakhand

159.7

172.3

7.89

162.9

173.1

6.26

160.9

172.6

7.27

21

West Bengal

167.2

184.8

10.53

167.6

181.5

8.29

167.4

183.2

9.44

22

Jammu & Kashmir*

173.7

184.9

6.45

171.7

184.5

7.45

173.0

184.8

6.82

All India

164.0

176.4

7.56

162.3

174.1

7.27

163.2

175.3

7.41


Notes: 


  1. Prov.        :  Provisional.
  2. *          : Figures of this row pertain to the prices and weights of the combined Union Territories of Jammu & Kashmir and Ladakh (erstwhile State of Jammu & Kashmir).
  3. @              : States having population more than 50 lakhs as per Population Census 2011.


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Consumer Price Index for Industrial Workers (2016=100) – July, 2022


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 index is compiled for 88 centres and All-India and is released on the last working day of succeeding month. The index for the month of July, 2022 is being released in this press release.


The All-India CPI-IW for July, 2022 increased by 0.7 points and stood at 129.9 (one hundred twenty nine point nine). On 1-month percentage change, it increased by 0.54 per cent with respect to previous month compared to an increase of 0.90 per cent recorded between corresponding months a year ago.


The maximum upward pressure in current index came from Housing group contributing 0.37 percentage points to the total change. At item level Cooking Gas, Electricity Domestic, Potato, Onion, Gourd, Mango, Banana, Chillies Dry, Cooked Meal, Wheat, Wheat Atta, Arhar Dal, Tur Dal etc. are responsible for the rise in index. However, this increase was largely checked by Tomato, Poultry Chicken, Soyabeen oil, Sunflower Oil, Mustard oil, Palm Oil,  Rice, Apple, Lemon, Radish, Garlic, Drum Stick etc. putting downward pressure on the index.


At centre level, Udham Singh Nagar recorded a maximum increase of 3.8 points followed by Jalpaiguri and Jalandhar with 3.3 and 3.2 points respectively. Among others, 9 centres recorded increase between 2 to 2.9 points, 32 centres between 1 to 1.9 points and 24 centres between 0.1 to 0.9 points. On the contrary, Salem recorded a maximum decrease of 4.1 points. Among others, 2 centers recorded decrease between 2 to 2.9 points, 3 centers between 1 to 1.9 points and 11 centres between 0.1 to 0.9 points. Rest of 3 centres’ indices remained stationary.


Year-on-year inflation for the month stood at 5.78 per cent compared to 6.16 per cent for the previous month and 5.26 per cent during the corresponding month a year before. Similarly, Food inflation stood at 5.96 per cent against 6.73 per cent of the previous month and 4.91 per cent during the corresponding month a year ago.




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



All-India Group-wise CPI-IW for June, 2022and July, 2022












Sr. No.

Groups

June, 2022

 July, 2022

I

Food & Beverages

130.0

129.7

II

Pan, Supari, Tobacco & Intoxicants

144.4

144.4

III

Clothing & Footwear

127.0

127.2

IV

Housing

118.9

121.0

V

Fuel & Light

172.8

178.2

VI

Miscellaneous

125.9

126.1


General Index

129.2

129.9






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All-India Consumer Price Index Numbers For Agricultural And Rural Labourers – July, 2022


The All-India Consumer Price Index Number for Agricultural Labourersand Rural Labourers (Base: 1986-87=100) for the month of July, 2022 increased by 6 points each to stand at 1131 (One thousand one hundredand thirty one)and 1143 (One thousand one hundredand forty three) points respectively. The major contribution towards the rise in general index of Agricultural Labourers and Rural Labourers came from food group to the extent of 4.41 & 4.07 points respectively mainly due to increase in prices ofrice, wheat-atta, bajra, pulses, milk, fishfresh, onion, chillies green/dry, ginger, mixed spices, vegetables & fruits,tea readymade, etc.


The rise in index varied from State to State. In case of Agricultural Labourers, itrecorded an increase of 1 to13 points in 20 States. Tamilnaduwith 1301 points topped the index table whereas Himachal Pradesh with 890 points stood at the bottom.


In case of Rural Labourers, it recorded an increase of 1 to 13 points in 20 States.Tamilnadu with 1290 points topped the index table whereas Himachal Pradesh with 942 points stood at the bottom.


Amongst states, the maximum increase in the Consumer Price Index Numbers for bothAgricultural and Rural Labourerswas experienced by Assam (13 points each) mainly due to rise in the prices of rice, chilliesgreen, vegetables & fruits, etc.


Point to point rate of inflation based on the CPI-AL and CPI-RL stood at 6.60% &6.82% in July, 2022 compared to 6.43% &6.76% respectively in June, 2022 and 3.92% and 4.09% respectively during the corresponding month of the previous year. Similarly, Food inflation stood at 5.38% & 5.44% in July, 2022 compared to 5.09% & 5.16%respectively in June, 2022 and 2.66%&2.74% respectively during the corresponding month of the previous year.




All-India Consumer Price Index Number (General & Group-wise):












Group

Agricultural Labourers

Rural  Labourers


June, 2022

July, 2022

June, 2022

July, 2022

General Index

1125

1131

1137

1143

Food

1052

1058

1060

1066

Pan, Supari,  etc.

1911

1913

1920

1923

Fuel & Light

1261

1263

1254

1255

Clothing, Bedding  &Footwear

1183

1190

1218

1226

Miscellaneous

1191

1196

1196

1201









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Consumer Price Index for Industrial Workers (2016=100) – June, 2022


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 index is compiled for 88 centres and All-India and is released on the last working day of succeeding month. The index for the month of June, 2022 is being released in this press release.


The All-India CPI-IW for June, 2022 increased by 0.2 points and stood at 129.2 (one hundred twenty nine point two). On 1-month percentage change, it increased by 0.16 per cent with respect to previous month compared to an increase of 0.91 per cent recorded between corresponding months a year ago.


The maximum upward pressure in current index came from Food & Beverages group contributing 0.20 percentage points to the total change. At item level Potato, Onion, Tomato, Cabbage, Apple, Banana, Coriander, Chilly Dry,  Fish Fresh, Poultry Chicken, Vada, Idli Dosa, Cooked Meal, Cooking Gas, kerosene Oil, Electricity Domestic etc. are responsible for the rise in index. However, this increase was largely checked by Petrol for Vehicle, Rice, Mango, Chilli Green, Lemon, Lady Finger, Parwal, Pineapple, Soyabeen Oil, Sunflower Oil etc. putting downward pressure on the index.


At centre level, Puducherry recorded a maximum increase of 2.6 points followed by Amritsar and Tripura with 2.2 and 2.0 points respectively. Among others, 15 centres recorded increase between 1 to 1.9 points, 33 centres between 0.1 to 0.9 points. On the contrary, Sangrur recorded a maximum decrease of 2.4 points. Among others, 5 centers recorded decrease between 1 to 1.9 points, 25 centres between 0.1 to 0.9 points. Rest of 6 centres’ indices remained stationary.


Year-on-year inflation for the month stood at 6.16 per cent compared to 6.97 per cent for the previous month and 5.57 per cent during the corresponding month a year before. Similarly, Food inflation stood at 6.73 per cent against 7.92 per cent of the previous month and 5.61 per cent during the corresponding month a year ago.


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



All-India Group-wise CPI-IW for May, 2022 and June, 2022












Sr. No.

Groups

May, 2022

 June, 2022

I

Food & Beverages

129.5

130.0

II

Pan, Supari, Tobacco & Intoxicants

144.7

144.4

III

Clothing & Footwear

126.5

127.0

IV

Housing

118.9

118.9

V

Fuel & Light

169.7

172.8

VI

Miscellaneous

126.4

125.9


General Index

129.0

129.2






CPI-IW: Groups Indices





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