All-India Consumer Price Index for Industrial Workers (CPI-IW) for the month of May, 2024

All-India Consumer Price Index for Industrial Workers (CPI-IW) for the month of May, 2024 increased by 0.5 point and stood at 139.9 

GOVERNMENT OF INDIA
MINISTRY OF LABOUR & EMPLOYMENT
LABOUR BUREAU

Shram Bureau Bhawan, Block No. 2,
Institutional Area, Sector 38 (West),
Chandigarh — 160036

F.No. 5/1/2021-CPI –

Dated: 10th July, 2024

Press Release

Consumer Price Index for Industrial Workers (2016=100) – May, 2024

1. 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 for the months of May, 2024 is being released in this press release.

2. The All-India CPI-IW for May, 2024 increased by 0.5 point and stood at 139.9 (one hundred thirty nine point nine).

3. Year-on-year inflation for the month of May, 2024 moderated to 3.86% as compared to 4.42% in May, 2023.

Y-o-Y Inflation based on CPI-IW (General)

 All-India Group-wise CPI-IW for April, 2024 and May, 2024:

CPI-IW: Groups Indices

Source: Labour Bureau