Which of the following brings out the 'Consumer Price Index Number for Industrial Workers'?
Answer & explanation
Answer: (c) The Labour Bureau
The Labour Bureau, an attached office of the Ministry of Labour and Employment, compiles the Consumer Price Index for Industrial Workers (CPI-IW) every month. The RBI, the Department of Economic Affairs and the Department of Personnel and Training do not compile it.
- ✗ (a) The RBI uses price indices in monetary policy but does not compile CPI-IW. The Labour Bureau does.
- ✗ (b) The Department of Economic Affairs (Ministry of Finance) does not compile CPI-IW. It is not a data-collection agency for consumer prices.
- ✓ (c) The Labour Bureau, an attached office of the Ministry of Labour and Employment, compiles CPI-IW every month from retail prices it collects. In the current series these come from 317 markets.
- ✗ (d) The Department of Personnel and Training deals with civil service personnel matters, not price statistics.
Remember · CPI-IW: Labour Bureau (Ministry of Labour & Employment). CPI-AL/RL: also Labour Bureau. CPI (Combined): NSO/MoSPI.
Sources
- PIB: Consumer Price Index for Industrial Workers (2016=100) – August, 2024 ↗ “Labour Bureau, an attached office of the M/o Labour & Employment, has been compiling Consumer Price Index for Industrial Workers every month on the basis of retail prices collected from 317 markets”
Question: UPSC Civil Services (Preliminary) 2015, General Studies Paper I. Explanation: Minimalist IAS, checked 25 Oct 2026 (how we verify). ·
