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 September 2024, reaching levels of 1304 and 1316, respectively.
The year-on-year inflation rates based on CPI-AL and CPI-RL for the month of September, 2024 were recorded at 6.36% and 6.39%, compared to 6.70% and 6.55% in September, 2023. The corresponding figures for August, 2024 were 5.96% for CPI-AL and 6.08% for CPI-RL.
All India Consumer Price Index (General and Group-wise):
| Group | Agricultural Labourers | Rural Labourers | ||
| August, 2024 | September, 2024 | August, 2024 | September, 2024 | |
| General Index | 1297 | 1304 | 1309 | 1316 |
| Food | 1240 | 1247 | 1247 | 1254 |
| Pan, Supari, etc. | 2063 | 2073 | 2073 | 2081 |
| Fuel & Light | 1357 | 1364 | 1348 | 1354 |
| Clothing, Bedding & Footwear | 1310 | 1314 | 1371 | 1375 |
| Miscellaneous | 1359 | 1365 | 1359 | 1365 |
