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 GOVERNMENT OF INDIA

MINISTRY OF LABOUR & EMPLOYMENT
LABOUR BUREAU

Shram Bureau Bhawan, Block No. 2,

Institutional Area, Sector 38 (West),
Chandigarh – 160036
Dated: 09.09.2024

F.No. 5/1/2021-CPI

Press Release

Consumer Price Index for Industrial Workers (2016=100) – July, 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 July, 2024 is being released in this press release.

2. The All-India CPI-IW for July, 2024 increased by 1.3 point and stood at 142.7 (one hundred forty two point seven).

3. Year-on-year inflation for the month of July, 2024 moderated to 2.15% as compared to 7.54% in July, 2023. The year on year inflation for the month of June, 2024 was 3.67% as compared to 5.57% in June, 2023.

4. All-India Group-wise CPI-IW for June, 2024 and July, 2024:

Sr. No.	Groups	June, 2024	July, 2024
I	Food & Beverages	148.7	150.4
II	Pan, Supari, Tobacco & Intoxicants	161.6	162.0
III	Clothing & Footwear	144.2	144.4
IV	Housing	128.4	131.6
V	Fuel & Light	148.8	148.8
VI	Miscellaneous	136.3	136.6
	General Index	141.4	142.7