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।

The DA/DR from Jul, 2023 table is as follows  निम्‍नलिखित तालिका से समझते हैं कि Jul, 2023 से डीए/डीआर की क्‍या दर होगी:-

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Press release dated 28.04.2023 by Labour Bureau:-

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.