All-India Consumer Price Index Numbers for Industrial Workers on Base 2001=100 for the Month of November 2011.
All India Consumer Price Index Number for Industrial Workers (CPI-IW) on base 2001=100 for the month of November, 2011 increased by 1 point and stood at 199 (one hundred & ninety nine).
Accordingly, the DA payable from 01.01.2012 will be 65% as detailed below:
Jan-11 188
Feb-11 185
Mar-11 185
Apr-11 186
May-11 187
Jun-11 189
Jul-11 193
Aug-11 194
Sep-11 197
Oct-11 198
Nov-11 199
Dec-11 197
Total 2298
Average 2298/12 = 191.50
DA Calculation:
191.50 (-) 115.76 = 75.74X 100/115.76 = 65.42
Calculation Method-Implementation of sixth pay commission report, Government ordered that the dearness allowance has to be calculated based on CPI-IW index with the base year 2001=100.
So, DA with effect from the period 1.1.2006, has to be calculated using average Price CPI-IW index of 536 for 2005 (base 1982=100) adjusted to the base year 2001=100 by dividing the same with the Linking Factor between 1982 and 2001 Series which is 4.63. As a result, the average consumer price index (Industrial workers) for 12 months in 2005 (base 2001=100) was worked out to 115.76.
