The inflation based on consumer price index (CPI) for agricultural labourers (AL) and rural labourers (RL) declined in April as compared to the previous month. The point-to-point rate of inflation based on the CPI-AL and CPI-RL declined to 12.32 per cent and 12.15 per cent in April from 12.64 per cent and 12.62 per cent in March, 2013.
The index varied from state to state and in case of agricultural labourers, Haryana with 784 points topped the index table whereas Himachal Pradesh with the index level of 557 points stood at the bottom. Further, the index value recorded an increase between 1-13 points in 18 states and a decrease of 2 points each in two states.
Referring to the rural labourers inflation, Haryana state again topped the index table with 779 points, whereas Himachal Pradesh state with the index level of 587 remained at the bottom. Index recorded an increase between 1-12 points in 17 states and a decrease of 2 points each in two states.
Regarding the state wise inflation, Tamil Nadu registered maximum increase of 13 and 12 points respectively in both series owing to the increase in prices of food items including rice, jowar, bajra, fruits and vegetables among others. On the other hand, Meghalaya and Assam registered decline of 2 points each for CPI-AL and CPI-RL mainly due to decrease in the prices of rice, onion, dry chillies, vegetable, fruits, tobacco leaf and pan leaf.
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