AICPIN for May 2024 Stands at 139.9
The Labour Bureau of All India Consumer Price Index Number for the month of May, 2024 has been released on 10-07-2024.The All-India CPI-IW for May, 2024 increased by 0.5 point and stood at 139.9 (one hundred thirty nine point nine).
As per 7th CPC DA calculation formula, DA from July 2024 for Central Govt Employees 53% Confirmed! for Central Government employees and pensioners.
GOVERNMENT OF INDIA
MINISTRY OF LABOUR & EMPLOYMENT
LABOUR BUREAU
Shram Bureau Bhawan, Block No. 2,
Institutional Area, Sector 38 (West),
Chandigarh — 160036
Dated: 10th July, 2024
F.No. 5/1/2021-CPI
Press Release
Consumer Price Index for Industrial Workers (2016=100) – May, 2024
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 retail prices collected from 317 markets spread over 88 industrially important centres in the country. The index for the months of May, 2024 is being released in this press release.
The All-India CPI-IW for May, 2024 increased by 0.5 point and stood at 139.9 (one hundred thirty nine point nine).
Year-on-year inflation for the month of May, 2024 moderated to 3.86% as compared to 4.42% in May, 2023.
All-India Group-wise CPI-IW for April, 2024 and May, 2024:
| Sr. No. | Groups | April,2024 | May,2024 |
| I | Food & Beverages | 143.4 | 145.2 |
| II | Pan, Supari, Tobacco & Intoxicants | 161.1 | 161.2 |
| III | Clothing & Footwear | 143.2 | 143.6 |
| IV | Housing | 128.4 | 128.4 |
| V | Fuel & Light | 152.8 | 149.5 |
| VI | Miscellaneous | 136.1 | 136.1 |
| General Index | 139.4 | 139.9 |
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