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Ministry of Labour & Employment
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.
Posted On: 31 AUG 2021 6:34PM by PIB Delhi
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.
At Centre level, Yamunanagar recorded maximum increase of 4.7 points followed by Goa, Nagpur and
Belgaum with 3.7 points, 3.6 points and 3.0 points respectively. Among others, 9 centers observed an increase
between 2 to 2.7 points, 32 centers between 1 to 1.9 points and 34 Centre’s between 0.1 to 0.9 points. On the
contrary, Sibsagar recorded a maximum decrease of 1.0 point. Among others, 6 centres observed a decline
between 0.1 to 0.9 points. Rest of 2 centres remained stationary.
Year-on-year inflation for the month stood at 5.27 per cent compared to 5.57 per cent for the previous month
and 5.33 per cent during the corresponding month a year before. Similarly, Food inflation stood at 4.91 per
cent against 5.61 per cent of the previous month and 6.38 per cent during the corresponding month a year ago.
Y-o-Y Inflation based on CPI-IW (Food and General)
All-India Group-wise CPI-IW for June and July, 2021
Sr. No. Groups
June, 2021 July, 2021
I
Food & Beverages
121.8
122.4
II
Pan, Supari, Tobacco & Intoxicants 137.9
138.9
III
Clothing & Footwear
120.1
120.8
IV
Housing
115.2
116.8
V
Fuel & Light
149.6
152.0
VI
Miscellaneous
119.7
121.1
General Index
121.7
122.8
CPI-IW: Groups Indices
The next issue of CPI-IW for the month of August, 2021 will be released on Thursday, 30th September, 2021.
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VRRK/GK
(Release ID: 1750818)
