ALL-INDIA CONSUMER PRICE INDEX NUMBERS FOR AGRICULTURAL AND RURAL LABOURERS – AUGUST, 2024
ALL-INDIA CONSUMER PRICE INDEX NUMBERS FOR AGRICULTURAL AND RURAL LABOURERS – AUGUST, 2024
The All-India Consumer Price Index for Agricultural Labourers (CPI-AL) and Rural Labourers (CPI-RL) (Base: 1986-87=100) registered an increase of 7 points each in August 2024, reaching levels of 1297 and 1309, respectively.
The year-on-year inflation rates based on CPI-AL and CPI – RL for this month were recorded at 5.96% and 6.08%, compared to 7.37% and 7.12% in August, 2023. The corresponding figures for July, 2024 were 6.17% for CPI-AL and 6.20% for CPI-RL.
All India Consumer Price Index (General and Group-wise):
Group
Agricultural Labourers
Rural Labourers
July,
2024
August, 2024
July,
2024
August, 2024
General Index
1290
1297
1302
1309
Food
1232
1240
1240
1247
Pan, Supari, etc.
2061
2063
2071
2073
Fuel & Light
1349
1357
1340
1348
Clothing, Bedding & Footwear
1305
1310
1365
1371
Miscellaneous
1350
1359
1351
1359
