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The Labour Bureau, Ministry of Labour & Employment, releases the Consumer Price Index Numbers for Agricultural Labourers and Rural Labourers (CPI – AL & RL) with the base year 2019=100 for the month of December 2025. These indices are based on data collected from a set of 787 sample villages across 34 States/UTs.
For the month of December 2025, the All-India Consumer Price Index for Agricultural Labourers (Base: 2019=100) decreased by 0.28 points to 137.12, while the index for Rural Labourers decreased by 0.27 points, reaching 137.03. The Food Index decreased by 0.70 points each for Agricultural Labourers (AL) and Rural Labourers (RL) in December 2025.
| Index | November, 2025 | December, 2025 | |
| General | AL | 137.40 | 137.12 |
| RL | 137.30 | 137.03 | |
| Food | AL | 138.49 | 137.79 |
| RL | 138.25 | 137.55 | |
The year-on-year inflation rate for Agricultural Labourers and Rural Labourers stood at 0.04% and 0.11%, respectively, in December 2025. The food inflation in December 2025 stood at -1.80% for AL and -1.73% for RL.
| Inflation (%) | November, 2025 | December, 2025 | |
| General | AL | -0.66 | 0.04 |
| RL | -0.47 | 0.11 | |
| Food | AL | -2.95 | -1.80 |
| RL | -2.70 | -1.73 | |
All India Consumer Price Index (General and Group-wise):
| Group | Agricultural Labourers | Rural Labourers | ||
| November, 2025 | December, 2025 | November, 2025 | December, 2025 | |
| General Index | 137.40 | 137.12 | 137.30 | 137.03 |
| Food and Non Alcoholic Beverages | 138.49 | 137.79 | 138.25 | 137.55 |
| Pan Tobacco and Intoxicants | 131.04 | 131.61 | 129.98 | 130.41 |
| Fuel and Light | 122.87 | 123.24 | 124.73 | 125.18 |
| Clothing And Footwear | 146.14 | 146.32 | 146.60 | 146.76 |
| Miscellaneous | 138.76 | 139.04 | 138.06 | 138.30 |
All India as well as State-wise indices are:
| All India/States | CPI – AL | CPI – RL | ||
| November 2025 | December 2025 | November 2025 | December 2025 | |
| Andaman and Nicobar Islands | 138.91 | 138.31 | 138.79 | 137.94 |
| Andhra Pradesh | 143.43 | 144.12 | 143.58 | 144.27 |
| Arunachal Pradesh | 134.12 | 134.25 | 134.61 | 134.79 |
| Assam | 141.08 | 140.16 | 141.30 | 140.45 |
| Bihar | 137.04 | 135.16 | 136.64 | 134.70 |
| Chhattisgarh | 134.65 | 133.98 | 134.86 | 134.23 |
| Daman and Diu, Dadra Nagar and Haveli | 141.20 | 141.70 | 140.04 | 140.62 |
| Delhi | 0.00 | 0.00 | 132.91 | 131.60 |
| Goa | 123.89 | 124.28 | 123.50 | 124.10 |
| Gujarat | 138.84 | 137.90 | 138.47 | 137.59 |
| Haryana | 142.73 | 141.94 | 141.51 | 140.85 |
| Himachal Pradesh | 135.77 | 135.57 | 138.44 | 138.03 |
| Jammu and Kashmir | 146.25 | 146.48 | 146.65 | 146.73 |
| Jharkhand | 132.62 | 131.32 | 132.81 | 132.26 |
| Karnataka | 140.33 | 140.29 | 140.96 | 140.91 |
| Kerala | 136.56 | 136.80 | 136.73 | 136.99 |
| Lakshadweep | 135.85 | 135.74 | 134.40 | 134.34 |
| Madhya Pradesh | 134.20 | 134.08 | 134.51 | 134.53 |
| Maharashtra | 133.05 | 133.22 | 133.28 | 133.47 |
| Manipur | 143.15 | 142.93 | 141.41 | 141.11 |
| Meghalaya | 139.81 | 139.93 | 139.83 | 139.89 |
| Mizoram | 149.19 | 149.31 | 146.86 | 147.00 |
| Nagaland | 136.56 | 137.00 | 139.23 | 139.75 |
| Odisha | 134.01 | 133.22 | 133.99 | 133.26 |
| Puducherry | 136.50 | 137.06 | 136.53 | 137.18 |
| Punjab | 136.95 | 136.60 | 136.33 | 136.06 |
| Rajasthan | 137.74 | 137.36 | 137.46 | 137.05 |
| Sikkim | 133.25 | 135.40 | 133.17 | 135.17 |
| Tamil Nadu | 135.23 | 136.41 | 135.00 | 136.06 |
| Telangana | 141.75 | 142.93 | 141.71 | 142.91 |
| Tripura | 131.49 | 129.90 | 132.38 | 130.80 |
| Uttar Pradesh | 138.35 | 137.47 | 138.29 | 137.48 |
| Uttarakhand | 130.62 | 131.87 | 130.98 | 131.97 |
| West Bengal | 136.01 | 134.74 | 135.34 | 134.09 |
| All India | 137.40 | 137.12 | 137.30 | 137.03 |
