OC/16 April 26, 2016
Consumer Price Index-February 2016
We are reproducing below, for your information, the Consumer Price Index (Cost of Living Index) Numbers for Agricultural & Industrial Workers for the month of February 2016 for 17 Centres, as received from the Department of Economics & Statistics, Government of Kerala.
Vide G.O.(MS) No.103/2013/LBR. dated 31-8-2013 of Labour and Skills (E) Department , Government of Kerala and the G.O.(MS) No. 34/2015/LBR. dated 26-03-2015 published in the Kerala Gazette extra ordinary No.19 ( Vol.IV ) dated 12-05-2015.Slno. / Centre / Linking Factor* / Index Numbers for / Estimated Indices for
Base : 2011-12 = 100 / Base : 1998-99 = 100
January 2016 / February 2016 / January 2016 / February 2016
1 / Thiruvananthapuram / 2.11 / 139 / 137 / 293 / 289
2 / Kollam / 2.09 / 139 / 137 / 291 / 286
3 / Punalur / 2.10 / 142 / 139 / 298 / 292
4 / Pathanamthitta / 2.03 / 151 / 151 / 307 / 307
5 / Alappuzha / 2.05 / 144 / 144 / 295 / 295
6 / Kottayam / 2.08 / 142 / 141 / 295 / 293
7 / Mundakayam / 2.17 / 140 / 138 / 304 / 299
8 / Idukki / 1.97 / 144 / 142 / 284 / 280
9 / Ernakulam / 2.03 / 139 / 138 / 282 / 280
10 / Chalakkuddy / 2.00 / 147 / 146 / 294 / 292
11 / Thrissur / 1.87 / 144 / 142 / 269 / 266
12 / Palakkad / 2.09 / 133 / 132 / 278 / 276
13 / Malappuram / 2.00 / 139 / 138 / 278 / 276
14 / Kozhikode / 2.02 / 143 / 143 / 289 / 289
15 / Wayanad / 1.93 / 142 / 143 / 274 / 276
16 / Kannur / 2.02 / 146 / 145 / 295 / 293
17 / Kasargod / 2.05 / 148 / 147 / 303 / 301
* Linking factors approved in G.O (MS) No .34/2015/LBR. dated 26-03-2015 have been used with effect from April 2015. Base in old series is 1998-99 = 100 for all centres.
Thanking you,
Yours faithfully,
K Raghu
Secretary