Question

Q. Consider the following pairs.

List A	List B
CPI for Industrial Workers	Ministry of Labour and Employment
CPI Agricultural Labourers	Ministry of Agriculture & Farmers' Welfare
CPI for Rural Labourers	Ministry of Rural Development

Which of the pairs given above is/are correct?

• A. 1 only
• B. 2 and 3 only
• C. 2 only
• D. 1, 2 and 3

Answer 1

The correct option is A 1 only

Explanation:

• At the national level, there are four Consumer Price Index (CPI) numbers. These are:

1. CPI for Industrial Workers (IW),
2. CPI for Agricultural Labourers (AL),
3. CPI for Rural Labourers (RL) and
4. CPI for Urban Non-Manual Employees (UNME).

• The base years of the current series of CPI(IW), CPI(AL) and CPI(RL), and CPI(UNME) are 1982, 1986-87 and 1984-85, respectively.
• While the first three are compiled and released by the Labour Bureau in the Ministry of Labour.
• CPI for Urban Non-Manual Employees (UNME) is released by the National Statistical Office (NSO) in the Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation.