AICPIN May 2018- One Point Increase

AICPIN May 2018- One Point Increase Consumer Price Index for Industrial Workers (CPI-IW) — May, 2018, Dt. 29th June, 2018 No.5/1/2018-CPI GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF LABOUR & EMPLOYMENT LABOUR BUREAU ‘CLEREMONT’,SHIMLA-171004 DATED:29th June,2018 Press Release Consumer Price Index for Industrial Workers (CPI-IW) — May, 2018 The All-India CPI-IW for May, 2018 increased by 1 point and pegged at 289 (two hundred and eighty nine). On 1-month percentage change, it increased by (+) 0.35 per cent between April, 2018 and May, 2018 when compare with the increase of (+) 0.36 per cent between the corresponding months of previous year. The maximum upward pressure to the change in current index came from Food group contributing (+) 0.68 percentage points to the total change. At item level, Rice, Groundnut Oil, Fish Fresh, Poultry (Chicken), Eggs (Hen), Milk, Pure Ghee, Chillies Green, Onion, Brinjal, Cabbage, Carrot, French Bean...