Ministry of Labour & Employment
ALL-INDIA CONSUMER PRICE INDEX NUMBERS FOR AGRICULTURAL AND RURAL LABOURERS – AUGUST, 2024
Posted On:
20 SEP 2024 2:02PM by PIB Delhi
The All-India Consumer Price Index for Agricultural Labourers (CPI-AL) and Rural Labourers (CPI-RL) (Base: 1986-87=100) registered an increase of 7 points each in August 2024, reaching levels of 1297 and 1309, respectively.
The year-on-year inflation rates based on CPI-AL and CPI – RL for this month were recorded at 5.96% and 6.08%, compared to 7.37% and 7.12% in August, 2023. The corresponding figures for July, 2024 were 6.17% for CPI-AL and 6.20% for CPI-RL.
All India Consumer Price Index (General and Group-wise):
|
Group
|
Agricultural Labourers
|
Rural Labourers
|
|
|
July,
2024
|
August, 2024
|
July,
2024
|
August, 2024
|
|
General Index
|
1290
|
1297
|
1302
|
1309
|
|
Food
|
1232
|
1240
|
1240
|
1247
|
|
Pan, Supari, etc.
|
2061
|
2063
|
2071
|
2073
|
|
Fuel & Light
|
1349
|
1357
|
1340
|
1348
|
|
Clothing, Bedding & Footwear
|
1305
|
1310
|
1365
|
1371
|
|
Miscellaneous
|
1350
|
1359
|
1351
|
1359
|
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