The All-India Consumer Price Index for Agricultural Labourers (CPI-AL) and Rural Labourers (CPI-RL) remained unchanged at 1,320 and 1,331 points for December 2024 as compared to points for November 2024.
According to the data released by the Ministry of Labour and Employment today, the CPI-AL and CPI-RL for December eased to 5.01 per cent and 5.05 per cent, compared to 7.71 per cent and 7.46 per cent in the same month the previous year.
The corresponding figures for November last year were 5.35 per cent for CPI-AL and 5.47 per cent for CPI-RL.
The data showed that sub-indices including Pan, Supari, Fuel and Light, Clothing, Bedding, and Footwear and miscellaneous, for both agricultural and rural labourers, marked a marginal rise in December