GOVERNMENT OF INDIA
MINISTRY OF LABOUR & EMPLOYMENT
LABOUR BUREAU

F.No. 5/1/2021-CPI

‘CLEREMONT” SHIMLA-171004
DATED: 31st August 2021

Press Release

All-India Consumer Price Index for Industrial Workers (2016=100) for July, 2021

General inflation for July, 2021 went down to 5.27 per cent compared to 5.57 per cent of previous month.

Food inflation also decreased to 4.91 per cent from 5.61 per cent in the previous month.

The All-India CPI-IW for July, 2021 increased by 1.1 points and stood at 122.8 (one hundred twenty-two and point eight). On 1-month percentage change, it increased by 0.90 per cent with respect to previous month compared to an increase of 1.20 per cent recorded between corresponding months a year ago.

The Labour Bureau, an attached office of the Ministry of 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 is compiled for 88 centres and All-India and is released on the last working day of succeeding month.

The maximum upward pressure in current index came from Miscellaneous group contributing 0.42 percentage points to the total change. At item level, Dairy Milk, Poultry/ Chicken, Mango, Carrot, Cauliflower, Onion, Tomato, Cooking Gas, Doctor’s/ Surgeon’s Fee, Medicines Allopathic, Auto Rickshaw/ Scooter Fare, Bus Fare, Rail Fare, Petrol for Vehicle, Housing, etc. are responsible for the rise in index. However, this increase was largely checked by Fish Fresh, Edible Oil, Pomegranate/Anar, Lemon, etc. putting downward pressure on the index.

All-India Group-wise CPI-IW for June and July, 2021

The next issue of CPI-IW for the month of August, 2021 will be released on Thursday, 30th September, 2021.

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(Shyam Singh Negi)
Deputy Director General

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