All India Consumer Price Index for the Month of June 2013 released –
Expected DA eligibility to Central Government Employees from July 2013
Ministry of Labour & Employment
31-July, 2013 18:10 IST
Consumer Price Index Numbers for Industrial Workers (CPI-IW) June 2013
According to a press release issued
today by the Labour Bureau, Ministry of Labour & Employment the
All-India CPI-IW for June, 2013 rose by 3 points and pegged at 231 (two
hundred and thirty one). On 1-month percentage change, it increased by 1.32 per cent between May and June compared with 0.97 per cent between the same two months a year ago.
The largest upward pressure to the change in current index came from Food group contributing 2.98 percentage
points to the total change. At item level, Rice, Fish Fresh, Eggs
(Hen), Poultry (Chicken), Milk, Onion, Ginger, Chillies Green, Potato,
Tomato & other Vegetables, Tea Leaf, Tea (Readymade), Bidi, Cigarette,
Electricity Charges, Doctor’s fee, Medicine (Allopathic), Petrol, etc.
are responsible for the rise in index. However, this was compensated by
Wheat, Groundnut Oil and Mustard Oil putting downward pressure on the
index.
The year-on-year inflation measured by monthly CPI-IW stood at
11.06 per cent for June, 2013 as compared to 10.68 per cent for the
previous month and 10.05 per cent during the corresponding month of the
previous year. Similarly, the Food inflation stood at 14.86 per cent
against 13.24 per cent of the previous month and 10.45 per cent during
the corresponding month of the previous year.
At centre level, Pune, Bhilai and Guntur recorded the highest
increase of 8 points each followed by Jalpaiguri, Asansol, Mumbai,
Bokaro, Siliguri and Kanpur (7 points each) and Warrangal and Vijaywada
(6 points each). Among others, 5 points rise was registered in 9 centres, 4 points in 8centres, 3 points in 12 centres, 2 points in 15 centres, and 1 point in 14 centres. On the contrary, a decline of 1 point each was recorded in Amritsar and Coimbatore centres. Rest of the 7 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 Bhilwara centre remained at par with all-India index.
The next index of CPI-IW for the month of July, 2013 will be
released on Friday, 30 August, 2013. The same will also be available on
the office website www.labourbureau.gov.in.
Source: PIB