Expected DA from Jan 2023 records 1% increase in 1st month as CPI-IW for July 2022 released

Indian Military Veterans

GOVERNMENT OF INDIA
MINISTRY OF LABOUR & EMPLOYMENT
LABOUR BUREAU

F.No.5/1/2021-CPI

‘CLEREMONT’ SHIMLA -171004
DATED: 31 August, 2022

Press Release

Consumer Price Index for Industrial Workers (2016=100) – July, 2022

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 July, 2022 is being released in this press release.

The All-India CPI-IW for July, 2022 increased by 0.7 points and stood at 129.9 (one hundred twenty nine point nine). On 1-month percentage change, it increased by 0.54 per cent with respect to previous month compared to an increase of 0.90 per cent recorded between corresponding months a year ago.

The maximum upward pressure in current index came from Housing group contributing 0.37 percentage points to the total change. At item level Cooking Gas, Electricity Domestic, Potato, Onion, Gourd, Mango, Banana, Chillies Dry, Cooked Meal, Wheat, Wheat Atta, Arhar Dal, Tur Dal etc. are responsible for the rise in index. However, this increase was largely checked by Tomato, Poultry Chicken, Soyabeen oil, Sunflower Oil, Mustard oil, Palm Oil, Rice, Apple, Lemon, Radish, Garlic, Drum Stick etc. putting downward pressure on the index.

At centre level, Udham Singh Nagar recorded a maximum increase of 3.8 points followed by Jalpaiguri and Jalandhar with 3.3 and 3.2 points respectively. Among others, 9 centres recorded increase between 2 to 2.9 points, 32 centres between 1 to 1.9 points and 24 centres between 0.1 to 0.9 points. On the contrary, Salem recorded a maximum decrease of 4.1 points. Among others, 2 centers recorded decrease between 2 to 2.9 points, 3 centers between 1 to 1.9 points and 11 centres between 0.1 to 0.9 points. Rest of 3 centres’ indices remained stationary.

Year-on-year inflation for the month stood at 5.78 per cent compared to 6.16 per cent for the previous month and 5.26 per cent during the corresponding month a year before. Similarly, Food inflation stood at 5.96 per cent against 6.73 per cent of the previous month and 4.91 per cent during the corresponding month a year ago.

Expected DA/DR from Jan 2023

Expected DA Chart 2023 – Issue of All-India CPI-IW for July, 2022

Increase/ Decrease Index	Month	Base Year 2016 = 100	Base Year 2001 = 100	Total of 12 Months	Twelve monthly Average	% increase over 115.76 for 6CPC DA	% increase over 261.42 for 7CPC DA	6CPC DA announced or will be announced	7CPC DA announced or will be announced
-0.3	Jan, 22	125.1	360	4236	353.00	204.94%	35.03%	203%	34%
-0.1	Feb, 22	125.0	360	4253	354.42	206.17%	35.57%
1.7	Apr, 22	127.7	368	4294	357.83	209.12%	36.88%
1.3	May, 22	127.7	372	4319	359.92	210.92%	37.68%
0.2	Jun, 22	129.2	372	4341	361.75	212.50%	38.38%
	July, 22							212%	38%
0.7	Jul, 22	129.9	374	4361	363.42	213.94%	39.02%
0	Aug, 22	129.9	374	4381	365.08	215.38%	39.65%
0	Sep, 22	129.9	374	4400	366.67	216.75%	40.26%
0	Oct, 22	129.9	374	4414	367.83	217.76%	40.71%
0	Nov, 22	129.9	374	4426	368.83	218.62%	41.09%
0	Dec, 22	129.9	374	4439	369.92	219.55%	41.50%
	Jan, 23							219%	41%

Expected DA/DR from Jan, 2023