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 is compiled for
88 centres and All-India and is released on the last working day of succeeding month. The index for
the month of June, 2023 is being released in this press release.
The All-India CPI-IW for June, 2023 increased by 1.7 points and stood at 136.4 (one hundred thirty six point
four). On 1-month percentage change, it increased by 1.26 per cent with respect to previous month compared
to increase of 0.16 per cent recorded between corresponding months a year ago.
The maximum upward pressure in current index came from Food & Beverages group contributing 1.62
percentage points to the total change. At item level, Rice, Wheat, Wheat Atta, Arhar Dal, Moong Dal, Fish
Fresh, Poultry Chicken, Egg-Hen, Apple, Banana, Brinjal, Carrot, Ginger, Cauliflower, Chili Green, Potato,
Onion, Tomato, Cumin seed/Jira, Supari, Casual Wear, Canvas Shoes, Utensil, Medicine ayurvedic, etc. are
responsible for the rise in index. However, this increase was largely checked by Mustard Oil, Palm Oil,
Sunflower Oil, Coconut Oil, Lemon, Mango, Kerosene Oil, etc. putting downward pressure on the index.
At centre level, Angul-Talchar recorded a maximum increase of 8.5 points followed by Raipur and Labac-
Silchar with 6.8 and 6.3 points respectively. Among others, 3 centres recorded increase between 5 to 5.9
points, 2 centres between 4 to 4.9 points, 10 centres between 3 to 3.9 points, 11 centres between 2 to 2.9
points, 28 centres between 1 to 1.9 points and 26 centres between 0.1 to 0.9 points. On the contrary, Mungel-
Jamalpur recorded a maximum decrease of 1.1 point. Among others, 4 centers recorded decrease between 0.1
to 0.9 points.
Year-on-year inflation for the month stood at 5.57 per cent compared to 4.42 per cent for the previous month
and 6.16 per cent during the corresponding month a year before. Similarly, Food inflation stood at 6.00 per
cent against 3.24 per cent of the previous month and 6.73 per cent during the corresponding month a year ago.
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