Expected DA: Consumer Price Index for November 2025 – Labour Bureau Press Release dated 31-12-2055
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: 31.12.2025
Press Release
Consumer Price Index for Industrial Workers (2016=100) — November, 2025
l. 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 November, 2025 is being released in this press release.
2. The All-India CPI-IW for November, 2025 increased by 0.5 point and stood at 148.2 (one hundred forty-eight point two).
3. Year-on-year inflation for the month of November, 2025 stood at 2.56% as compared to 3.88% in November, 2024.
Y-o-Y Inflation based on CPI-IW (General)
4. All-India Group-wise CPI-IW for October, 2025 and November, 2025:
| Sr. No. | Groups | October, 2025 | November, 2025 |
| I | Food & Beverages | 151.8 | 152.8 |
| II | Pan, Supari, Tobacco & Intoxicants | 170.4 | 169.5 |
| III | Clothing & Footwear | 154.6 | 154.6 |
| IV | Housing | 137.7 | 137.7 |
| V | Fuel & Light | 152.8 | 152.9 |
| VI | Miscellaneous | 144.7 | 144.8 |
| General Index | 147.7 | 148.2 |
CPI-IW: Groups Indices
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