The All-India Consumer Price Index for Agricultural Labourers (CPI-AL) and Rural Labourers (CPI-RL) (Base: 1986-87=100) registered an increase of 7 points each in August 2024, reaching levels of 1297 and 1309, respectively.
The year-on-year inflation rates based on CPI-AL and CPI – RL for this month were recorded at 5.96% and 6.08%, compared to 7.37% and 7.12% in August, 2023. The corresponding figures for July, 2024 were 6.17% for CPI-AL and 6.20% for CPI-RL.
All India Consumer Price Index (General and Group-wise):
| Group | Agricultural Labourers | Rural Labourers | ||
| July, 2024 | August, 2024 | July, 2024 | August, 2024 | |
| General Index | 1290 | 1297 | 1302 | 1309 |
| Food | 1232 | 1240 | 1240 | 1247 |
| Pan, Supari, etc. | 2061 | 2063 | 2071 | 2073 |
| Fuel & Light | 1349 | 1357 | 1340 | 1348 |
| Clothing, Bedding & Footwear | 1305 | 1310 | 1365 | 1371 |
| Miscellaneous | 1350 | 1359 | 1351 | 1359 |
