Expected DA/DR from Jul, 2023 @ 45% – CPI-IW for March, 2023 released
Expected DA/DR from Jul, 2023 @ 45% – CPI-IW for March, 2023 released
The All-India CPI-IW for March, 2023
increased by 0.6 points and stood at 133.3 (one hundred thirty three
point three) as per the press release by Labour Bureau on 28th April,
2023. Expected DA/DR from July, 2023 accounts forwarded in 3rd step with
this release. This increase in CPI-IW is showing 3% increase in DA/DR
from July, 2023 i.r.o. Central Govt Employees and Pensioners and
reaching at 45% in 7th CPC DA/DR. CPI-IW index in coming months will
confirm the exact figure of DA/DR of Jul, 2023.
श्रम ब्यूरो द्वारा दिनांक 28 अप्रैल,
2023 को जारी प्रेस विज्ञप्ति के अनुसार मार्च, 2023 के लिए अखिल भारतीय
सीपीआई-आईडब्ल्यू 0.6 अंकों की वृद्धि के साथ 133.3 (एक सौ तैंतीस दशमलव
तीन) पर रहा। जुलाई, 2023 से अनुमानित डीए/डीआर इस रिलीज के साथ तीसरे चरण
में प्रवेश कर गया है। CPI-IW में हुई इस वृद्धि के बाद केन्द्रीय सरकार
के कर्मचारियों एवं पेंशनरों को मिलने वाले DA/DR में 3 प्रतिशत की वृद्धि
के साथ 45 प्रतिशत तय दिख रही है। आने वाले महीनों में CPI-IW सूचकांक
मार्च, 2023 के DA/DR के दराें के सटीक आंकड़े की पुष्टि करेगा।
GOVERNMENT OF INDIA
MINISTRY OF LABOUR & EMPLOYMENT
LABOUR BUREAU
Shram Bureau Bhawan, Block No. 2,
Institutional Area, Sector 38 (West),
Chandigarh – 160036
Dated: 28th April, 2023
F.No. 5/1/2021-CPI
Press Release
Consumer Price Index for Industrial Workers (2016=100) – March, 2023
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 March, 2023
is being released in this press release.
The
All-India CPI-IW for March, 2023 increased by 0.6 points and stood at
133.3 (one hundred thirty three point three). On 1-month percentage
change, it increased by 0.45 per cent with respect to previous month
compared to increase of 0.80 per cent recorded between corresponding
months a year ago.
The
maximum upward pressure in current index came from Fuel & Light
group contributing 0.25 percentage points to the total change. At item
level, Cooking Gas/LPG, Fire wood and Chips, Hospital/Nursing Home
Charges, Medicine Allopathic, Motor Cycle/Scooter Mopad, Toilet Soap,
Tooth Paste, Arhar Dal, Cow Milk, Dairy Milk, Fish Fresh, Pure Ghee,
Apple, Banana, Cauliflower, Brinjal, Cabbage, Bitter Guard, French bean,
Lemon, Peas, Cumin Seed/Jira, Cooked Meal are responsible for the rise
in index. However, this increase was largely checked by Wheat Atta,
Rice, Potato, Onion, Drum Stick, Lady Finger, Tomato, Grapes, Soyabean
Oil, Sunflower Oil, Mustard Oil, Cotton Seed Oil, Poultry Chicken,
Egg-Hen etc. putting downward pressure on the index.
At
centre level, Ahmedabad recorded a maximum increase of 3.3 points
followed by Jamshedpur and Gurugram with 3.2 and 3.1 points
respectively. Among others, 3 centres recorded increase between 2 to 2.9
points, 23 centres between 1 to 1.9 points and 43 centres between 0.1
to 0.9 points. On the contrary, Salem recorded a maximum decrease of 1.4
points followed by Tirunelveli and Tripura with 1.1 and 1 point
respectively. Among others, 9 centers recorded decrease between 0.1 to
0.9 points. Rest of four centers index remained stationary.
Year-on-year
inflation for the month stood at 5.79 per cent compared to 6.16 per
cent for the previous month and 5.35 per cent during the corresponding
month a year before. Similarly, Food inflation stood at 5.02 per cent
against 6.13 per cent of the previous month and 6.27 per cent during the
corresponding month a year ago.
The
next issue of CPI-IW for the month of April, 2023 will be released on
Wednesday, 31st May, 2023. The same will also be available on the offrce
website www.labourbureau.gov.in.
(Shyam Singh Negi)
Deputy Director General
