Expected DA 2020 AICPIN for the month of August 2020 – Expected DA 2020 – Central Government Employees News Consumer Price Index for Industrial Workers (CPI-IW) – August, 2020 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 the retail prices of selected items collected from 289 markets spread over 78 industrially important centres in the country. The index is compiled for 78 centres and All-India and is released on the last working day of succeeding month. The index for the month of August, 2020 is being released in this press release. The All-India CPI-IW for August, 2020 increased by 2 points and stood at 338  (three hundred and thirty eight). On 1-month percentage change, it increased by (+) 0.60 per cent between July and August, 2020 compared to (+) 0.31 per cent increase between corresponding months of previous year. The maximu...

All India Consumer Price Index for Industrial Workers (CPI-IW) – Feb 2019 Expected Dearness Allowance Calculation from July 2019 No.5/1/2019-CPI GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF LABOUR & EMPLOYMENT LABOUR BUREAU ‘CLEREMONT’, SHIMLA-171004 DATED: 29th March, 2019 Press Release Consumer Price Index for Industrial Workers (CPI-IW) – February, 2019 The All-India CPI-IW for February, 2019 remained stationary at 307 (three hundred seven). On 1-month percentage change, it remained static between January, 2019 and February, 2019 when compared with the decrease of (-) 0.35 per cent for the corresponding months of last year. The maximum upward pressure to the change in current index came from Miscellaneous and Food groups contributing (+) 0.26 and (+) 0.17 percentage points respectively to the total change. At item level, Rice, Wheat, Wheat Atta, Goat Meat, Apple, Coconut, Gourd, Electricity Charges, Doctor’s Fee, Medicine (Allopathic), Private Tuition Fee, Petrol, etc. are respons...

Expected DA: 6 points increase in AICPI (CPI-IW) for the Month of January 2019 No.5/1/2019-CPI GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF LABOUR & EMPLOYMENT LABOUR BUREAU ‘CLEREMONT’, SHIMLA-171004 DATED: 28th February, 2019 Press Release Consumer Price Index for Industrial Workers (CPI-IW) – January, 2019 The All-India CPI-IW for January, 2019 increased by 6 points and pegged at 307 (three hundred and seven). On 1-month percentage change, it increased by (+) 1.99 per cent between December, 2018 and January, 2019 when compared with the increase of (+) 0.70 per cent for the corresponding months of last year. The maximum upward pressure to the change in current index came from Housing group contributing (+) 5.16 percentage points to the total change. At item level, Wheat, Arhar Dal, Fish Frsh, Goat Meat, Coconut, Lady’s Finger, Tomato, Flowers/Flower Garlands, etc. are responsible for the increase in index. However, this increase was checked by Onion, Brinjal, Cabbage, Carrot, Cau...

AICPIN FOR NOVEMBER 2018 AICPIN FOR THE MONTH OF NOVEMBER 2018 The Labour Bureau under Ministry of Labour and Employment today released the statistical report of All India Consumer Price Index (AICPIN IW) for the month of November 2018. The index remained stationary at  302 (three hundred and two ). On 1-month percentage change, it remained static between October, 2018 and November, 2018 when compared with the increase of (+) 0.35 per cent for the corresponding month of last year. INDEX NUMBERS INDEX NUMBER BASE YEAR ALL INDIA GENERAL INDEX OCTOBER 2018 NOVEMBER 2018 Consumer Price Index Numbers for Industrial Workers – CPI(IW) 2001=100 302 302 The year-on-year inflation measured by monthly CPI-IW stood at 4.86 per cent for November, 2018 as compared to 5.23 per cent for the previous month and 3.97 per cent during the corresponding month of the previous year. Similarly, the Food inflation stood at (-) 1.57 per cent against (-) 0.95 per cent of the previous ...

AICPIN for Oct 2018 – Expected DA Jan 2019 Consumer Price Index for Industrial Workers (CPI-IW) – October, 2018 No. 5/1/2018-CPI GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF LABOUR & EMPLOYMENT LABOUR BUREAU ‘CLEREMONT’, SHIMLA-171004 DATED: 30th November, 2018 Press Release Consumer Price Index for Industrial Workers (CPI-IW) – October, 2018 The All-India CPI-IW for October, 2018 increased by 1 point and pegged at 302 (three hundred and two). On 1-month percentage change, it increased by (+) 0.33 per cent between September, 2018 and October, 2018 when compared with the increase of (+) 0.70 per cent for the corresponding months of last year. The maximum upward pressure to the change in current index came from Food group contributing (+) 0.95 percentage points to the total change. At item level, Wheat, Wheat Atta, Fish Fresh, Goat Meat, Poultry (Chicken), Onion, Cabbage, French Beans, Green Coriander Leaves, Lady Finger, Potato, Lemon, Tea (Readymade), Cooking Gas, Electricity C...

Bank DA Expected to Go Up with 65 Slabs All India Consumer Price Index Numbers for the month of August 2018 has been published by the Labour Bureau last week. The index stands constant at the same level of 301. Last month the AICPIN was unexpected 10 points hike and stood at 301. Continuing the trend will follow for next month also.. We expect the Bank Dearness Allowance may go up with 65 Slabs for next quarter from November 2018 to January 2019.

AICPIN for the month of August 2018 No. 5/1/2018-CPI GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF LABOUR & EMPLOYMENT LABOUR BUREAU ‘CLEREMONT’, SHIMLA-171004 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 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 B...

AICPIN (CPI-IW BY 2001=100) 10 Points Increase in July 2018 All India Consumer Price Index: Unexpected increase of Ten Points in July 2018 and now stands at 301 Points. This increase is certainly impact on DA from January 2019. We can expect 4% additional DA from Jan 2019. The  below table describes the difference and High, Low of the year 2016, 2017 and 2018… 2018 Month/Year CPI +/- High Low JAN 2018 288 +2 FEB 2018 287 -1 MAR 2018 287 0 287 APRI 2018 288 +1 MAY 2018 289 +1 JUN 2018 291 +2 JUL 2018 301 +10 301 2017 Month/Year CPI +/- High Low JAN 2017 274 -1 274 FEB 2017 274 0 MAR 2017 275 +1 APR 2017 277 +2 MAY 2017 278 +1 JUN 2017 280 +2 JUL 2017 285 +5 AUG 2017 285 0 SEP 2017 285 0 OCT 2017 287 +2 NOV 2017 288 +1 288 DEC 2017 286 -2 2016 Month/Year CPI +/- High Low JAN 2016 269 FEB 2016 267 -2 267 MAR 2016 268 +1 APR 2016 271 +3 MAY 2016 275 +4 JUN 2016 277 +2 JUL 2016 280 +3 280 AUG 2016 278 -2 SEP 2016 277 -1 OCT  2016 278 +1 ...