AICPIN for the month of September 2024
GOVERNMENT OF INDIA
MINISTRY OF LABOUR & EMPLOYMENT
LABOUR BUREAU
Shram Bureau Bhawan, Block No. 2,
Institutional Area, Sector 38 (West),
Chandigarh – 160036
Dated: 04.11.2024
F.No. 5/1/2021-CPI
Press Release
Consumer Price Index for Industrial Workers (2016=100) – September, 2024
1.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 month of September, 2024 is being released in this press release.
2.The All-India CPI-IW for September, 2024 increased by 0.7 point and stood at 143.3 (one hundred forty three point three).
3.Year-on-year inflation for the month of September, 2024 stood at 4.22% as compared to 4.72% in September, 2023.
Y-o-Y Inflation based on CPI-IW (General)
- All-India Group-wise CPI-IW for August, 2024 and September, 2024:
| Sr. No. | Groups | August, 2024 | September, 2024 |
| I | Food & Beverages | 149.7 | 151.3 |
| II | Pan, Supari, Tobacco & Intoxicants | 161.9 | 162.3 |
| III | Clothing & Footwear | 145.0 | 145.5 |
| IV | Housing | 131.6 | 131.6 |
| V | Fuel & Light | 148.9 | 148.8 |
| VI | Miscellaneous | 136.9 | 137.4 |
| General Index | 142.6 | 143.3 |
CPI-IW: Groups Indices
