Which of the following brings out the ‘Consumer Price Index Number for

Which of the following brings out the ‘Consumer Price Index Number for Industrial Workers’?

The Reserve Bank of India
The Department of Economic Affairs
The Labour Bureau
The Department of Personnel and Training
This question was previously asked in
UPSC IAS – 2015
The correct option is C. The Labour Bureau brings out the ‘Consumer Price Index Number for Industrial Workers’ (CPI-IW).
– In India, Consumer Price Indices (CPI) measure changes over time in the retail prices of goods and services which working-class families consume.
– The Labour Bureau, an attached office of the Ministry of Labour & Employment, compiles CPI for Industrial Workers (CPI-IW), Agricultural Labourers (CPI-AL), and Rural Labourers (CPI-RL).
– The National Statistical Office (NSO), Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation (MoSPI), compiles the All India CPI (Rural, Urban, and Combined).
CPI-IW is particularly important as it is used for determining dearness allowance for central government employees and workers in the organised industrial sector.