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 September 2024, reaching levels of 1304 and 1316, respectively.

The year-on-year inflation rates based on CPI-AL and CPI-RL for the month of September, 2024 were recorded at 6.36% and 6.39%, compared to 6.70% and 6.55% in September, 2023. The corresponding figures for August, 2024 were 5.96% for CPI-AL and 6.08% for CPI-RL.

 

 

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

Group	Agricultural Labourers		Rural Labourers
	August,                  2024	September,             2024	August,                  2024	September,             2024
General Index	1297	1304	1309	1316
Food	1240	1247	1247	1254
Pan, Supari, etc.	2063	2073	2073	2081
Fuel & Light	1357	1364	1348	1354
Clothing, Bedding & Footwear	1310	1314	1371	1375
Miscellaneous	1359	1365	1359	1365

 

  

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Himanshu Pathak

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