The All-India CPI-IW for April, 2021 increased by 0.5 points and stood at 120.1 (one hundred twenty and point one). On 1-month percentage change, it increased by 0.42 per cent with respect to the previous month compared to an increase of 0.92 per cent recorded between corresponding months a year ago.
All-India Consumer Price Index for Industrial Workers (2016=100) for March, 2021 increased to 119.6 points compared to 119.0 points for February, 2021. The increase in index is mainly due to items like Cooking Gas, Petrol, Poultry Chicken, Edible Oils, Apple, Tea Leaf, Served & Processed Packaged Food, etc. which experienced an increase in prices. Inflation for March, 2021 went up to 5.64% compared to 4.48% of previous month. Similarly, Food inflation also rose to 5.36% from 4.64% in the previous month. The All-India CPI-IW for March, 2021 increased by 0.6 points and stood at 119.6 (one hundred nineteen and point six). On 1-month percentage change, it increased by 0.50% with respect to previous month whereas there was a decline of 0.61% between corresponding months a year ago.
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