Expected DA from July 2013 : AICPIN for the month of February 2013
The
Labour Bureau has published the latest analysis of the All India
Consumer Price Index (CPI-IW) for the month of February 2013. According
to the fresh index data, the price index points raised to 223 from the
existing level of 221. The next index of CPI-IW for the month of March,
2013 will be released on Tuesday, 30 April, 2013.
The
press release said that the largest upward contribution to the change
in current index came from Food group which increased by 1.28 per cent,
contributing 1.40 percentage points to the total change. This was
followed by Miscellaneous and Fuel & Light groups with 0.62 and 0.80
per cent increase respectively contributing 0.27 and 0.11 percentage
points to the change. At item level, largest upward pressure came from
Rice, Wheat & Wheat Atta, Fish Fresh, Goat Meat, Poultry (Chicken),
Milk, Onion, Tea (Readymade), Electricity Charges, Rail Fare, Petrol,
etc. However, this was compensated by Root Vegetables and Sugar, putting
downward pressure on the index.
The year-on-year
inflation measured by monthly CPI-IW stood at 12.06 per cent for
February, 2013 as compared to 11.62 per cent for the previous month and
7.57 per cent during the corresponding month of the previous year.
Similarly, the Food inflation stood at 14.98 per cent against 14.08 per
cent of the previous month and 5.08 per cent during the corresponding
month of the previous year.
At centre level,
Belgaum and Munger-Jamalpur centres recorded the largest increase of 7
points each followed by Vijaywada, Tiruchirapally and Jharia (6 points
each). Among others, 5 points rise was registered in 5 centres, 4 points
in 6 centre, 3 points in 9 centres, 2 points in 14 centres and 1 point
in 15 centres. On the contrary, 4 points decline was reported in
Coimbatore, followed by Tirpura and Guwahati (3 points each) and 1 point
in 7 centres. Rest of the 14 centres’ indices remained stationary.
The
indices of 41 centres are above All-India Index and other 36 centres’
indices are below national average. The index of Haldia centre was at
par with all-India index.
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