FOR INFORMATION:
Dear Friends,
ALL INDIA CONSUMER PRICE INDEX NUMBER FOR INDUSTRIAL WORKERS (AICPIN-IW) 2016=100,FOR NOV’23.
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As per release made by Labour Bureau, Ministry of Labour and Employment,Govt. of India,today the All India Consumer Price Index Numbers,for industrial workers,for November 2023 (AICPIN-IW) 2016 = 100 stood at 139.1 points, with an increase of 0.7 points,compared to Oct'23 figures as follows:
Base year 2016=100. 1960=100.
Oct'23. 138. 9098.22
Nov'23. 139.1. 9144.24
Pensioners, next half yearly DR may be arrived based on CPI numbers for Oct,Nov & Dec'23.
It may be presumed that if the current months level under AICPIN is maintained in Dec'23 too there may have 62 slabs increase in DR payable to pensioners w.e.f 1st Feb’24.
Exact figure may be known only on release of Dec'23 index number by next month.
As per Ministry : "Year-on-year inflation for the month stood at 4.98 per cent compared to 4.45 per cent for the previous month and 5.41 per cent during the corresponding month a year before. Similarly, Food inflation stood at 7 .95 per cent against 6.27 per cent of the previous month and 4.30 per cent during the corresponding month a year ago."