Consumer Price Index Numbers for Agricultural and Rural Labourers – August 2025

Ministry of Labour & Employment

ALL-INDIA CONSUMER PRICE INDEX NUMBERS FOR AGRICULTURAL AND RURAL LABOURERS – AUGUST, 2025

Posted On: 19 SEP 2025 4:39PM by PIB Delhi

The Labour Bureau, Ministry of Labour & Employment, releases Consumer Price Index Numbers for Agricultural Labourers and Rural Labourers (CPI – AL & RL) with the base year 2019=100 for the month of August 2025. These indices are based on data collected from a set of 787 sample villages across 34 States/UTs.

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For the month of August 2025, the All-India Consumer Price Index for Agricultural Labourers (Base: 2019=100) increased by 1.03 points to 136.34, while the index for Rural Labourers increased by 0.94 points, reaching 136.60. The Food Index increased by 1.39 points for Agricultural Labourers (AL) and 1.29 points for Rural Labourers (RL) in August 2025.

Index		July, 2025	August, 2025
General	AL	135.31	136.34
General	RL	135.66	136.60
Food	AL	135.69	137.07
Food	RL	136.09	137.38

The year-on-year inflation rate for Agricultural Labourers and Rural Labourers stood at 1.07% and 1.26%, respectively, in August 2025. The food inflation in August 2025 stood at -0.55% for AL and -0.28% for RL.

Inflation (%)		July, 2025	August, 2025
General	AL	0.77	1.07
General	RL	1.01	1.26
Food	AL	-1.56	-0.55
Food	RL	-1.13	-0.28

All India Consumer Price Index (General and Group-wise):

Group	Agricultural Labourers		Rural Labourers
	July, 2025	August, 2025	July, 2025	August, 2025
General Index	135.31	136.34	135.66	136.60
Food and Non Alcoholic Beverages	135.69	137.07	136.09	137.38
Pan Tobacco and Intoxicants	129.85	130.56	128.94	129.49
Fuel and Light	121.88	121.96	124.03	123.95
Clothing And Footwear	144.73	145.51	145.45	146.13
Miscellaneous	137.62	138.26	137.06	137.67

All India as well as State-wise indices are:

All India/States	CPI – AL		CPI – RL
All India/States	July 2025	August 2025	July 2025	August 2025
Andaman and Nicobar Islands	139.04	137.42	139.54	137.16
Andhra Pradesh	141.33	141.96	141.50	142.12
Arunachal Pradesh	134.61	135.08	135.23	135.65
Assam	137.51	138.57	137.72	138.73
Bihar	131.57	133.51	131.19	133.20
Chhattisgarh	130.83	133.35	131.21	133.63
Daman and Diu, Dadra Nagar and Haveli	137.37	137.68	136.15	136.89
Delhi	0.00	0.00	134.69	135.63
Goa	126.82	127.92	126.66	127.60
Gujarat	138.31	137.30	137.96	137.02
Haryana	143.19	143.31	142.00	142.14
Himachal Pradesh	134.89	136.26	137.09	138.57
Jammu and Kashmir	144.93	146.62	145.32	146.96
Jharkhand	132.35	133.15	132.72	133.47
Karnataka	138.88	139.71	139.54	140.34
Kerala	139.22	138.04	139.35	138.14
Lakshadweep	136.49	137.78	135.03	136.27
Madhya Pradesh	132.82	133.55	133.37	134.04
Maharashtra	132.04	132.30	132.37	132.60
Manipur	144.68	144.23	142.63	142.24
Meghalaya	136.55	136.80	136.85	137.08
Mizoram	146.50	146.99	143.80	144.15
Nagaland	135.06	135.24	136.59	137.23
Odisha	131.34	132.12	131.51	132.28
Puducherry	136.13	136.49	136.07	136.22
Punjab	137.08	138.12	136.54	137.55
Rajasthan	137.15	138.16	136.54	137.38
Sikkim	130.35	131.13	130.15	130.96
Tamil Nadu	131.68	133.33	131.12	133.27
Telangana	138.72	139.05	138.76	139.07
Tripura	126.95	124.83	127.63	128.41
Uttar Pradesh	137.67	138.29	137.63	138.21
Uttarakhand	130.94	132.38	130.13	131.80
West Bengal	133.73	136.80	133.01	136.10
All India	135.31	136.34	135.66	136.60

Source: PIB

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