Expected DA July 2018: AICPIN for Feb
2018
Press
Release of All India Consumer Price Index for the
month of February
2018 has been released by Labour Bureau on 28.3.2018.
The index
decreased by one point and stands at 287.
No.5/1/2018-CPI
GOVERNMENT OF INDIA
MINISTRY OF LABOUR & EMPLOYMENT
LABOUR
BUREAU
'CLEREMONT', SHIMLA-171004
DATED: 28th March,
2018
Press
Release
Consumer Price Index for Industrial Workers
(CPI-IW) - February, 2018
The
All-India CPI-IW for February, 2018 decreased by 1
point and pegged at
287 (two hundred and eighty seven). On 1-month
percentage change, it
decreased by (-) 0.35 per cent between January and
February, 2018 which
was static between the two months a year back.
The maximum
downward pressure to the change in current index came
from Food group
contributing (-) 1.87 points to the total change. At
item level, Wheat
& Wheat Atta, Gram Dal, Groundnut Oil, Egg (hen),
Poultry (Chicken),
Pure Ghee, Garlic, Onion, Brinjal, Cabbage Carrot,
Cauliflower, Palak,
Peas, Tomato, Sugar, Flowers/Flower Garlands. etc. are
responsible for
the decrease in index. However, this decrease was
checked by Rice, Goat
Meat, Apple, Banana, Coconut, Tea Leaf, Bidi,
Cigraette, Electricity
Charges, Kerosene Oil, Medicine (Allopathic), Cinema
Charges, Bus Fare,
Petrol, Repair Charges, Hair Oil, Hand Bag/Brief Case,
Tailoring
Charges, etc., putting upward pressure on the index.
The
year-on-year inflation uneasured by monthly CPI-IW
stood at 4.74 per
cent for February, 2018 as compared to 5.11 per cent
for the previous
month and 2.62 per cent during the corresponding month
of the previous
year. Similarly, the food inflation stood at 2.36 per
cent against 3.36
per of the previous month and 1.71 per cent during the
corresponding
month of the previous year.
At centre level, Bokaro reported the
maximum decrease of 5 points followed by Mumbai (4
points). Among
others, 3 points decrease was observed in 16 centers, 2
points in 14
centres and 1 point in 16 centres. On the contrary,
Coimbatore and
Jamshedpur recorded a maximum increase of 4 points each
followed by
Lucknow, Goa and Chennai (3 points each). Among others,
2 points
increase was observed in 3 centres and 1 point in 4
centres. Rest or the
18 centres indices remained stationary.
The indices of 38 centres
are above All-India Index and 37 centers’ indices are
below national
average. The index of Varanasi, Bengaluru and
Chandigarh centres
remained at par with All-India Index.
The next issue of CPI-IW for
the month of March, 2018 will released on Friday 27th
April, 2018. The
same will also be available the on the office website
www.labourbureaunew.gov.in.
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(AMRIT LAL JANGID)
DEPUTY
DIRECTOR
Source: http://labourbureaunew.gov.in/
