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GOVERNMENT OF INDIA

MINISTRY OF LABOUR & EMPLOYMENT

LABOUR BUREAU

Shram Bureau Bhawan, Block No. 2,

Institutional Area, Sector 38 (West),

Chandigarh – 160036

F.No. 5/1/2021-CPI Dated: 28.11.2025

Press Release

Consumer Price Index for Industrial Workers (2016=100) – October, 2025

1.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 for the month of October, 2025 is being released in this press release.

2. The All-India CPI-IW for October, 2025 increased by 0.4 point and stood at 147.7 (one hundred forty-Seven point seven)

3. Year-on-year inflation for the month of October, 2025 stood at 2.21% as compared to 4.41% in October, 2024.

4. All-India Group-wise CPI-IW for September, 2025 and October, 2025: