Consumer inflation for industrial workers down to 9.34% in Dec

Cheaper food items pulled down retail inflation experienced by industrial workers sharply to 6.49 per cent in December.

Inflation based on the consumer price index for industrial workers ( CPI-IW) stood at 9.34 per cent in November, according to Labour Ministry data.

Meanwhile, inflation based on the food index for industrial workers moderated to 1.97 per cent in December from 7.61 per cent in November.

As per the data, the CPI-IW increased by two points to 197 in December vis-a-vis the base of 100 for the year 2001.

The point-to-point variation in the index measures the change in price levels over a period.

In December, the index recorded the maximum decrease of 8 points each in the Ghaziabad and Jamshedpur centres, followed by 7 points each in Mysore, Bokaro and Ranchi Hatia and six points in three other centres.

The index increased by 6 points in the Coonoor centre, by 4 points in Chennai and by three points in the Mercara centre.

In seven centres across the country, the index remained unchanged.