AICPI – IW (All India Consumer price Index for industrial workers with the base as 2001=100) for the month of November 2012 has been issued by Government.

All India consumer price index AICPI-IW for the period from January 2012 to November 2012

Month	AICPI-IW
Jan 2012	198
Feb 2012	199
Mar 2012	201
Apr 2012	205
May 2012	206
Jun 2012	208
Jul 2012	212
Aug 2012	214
Sep 2012	215
Oct 2012	217
Nov 2012	218
Dec 2012	Will be released in the last week of January 2012

Estimated Dearness Allowance with effect from January 2013

From the table above, you can assume that , if there is no change in AICPI-IW for December 2012 i.e it is pegged at 218, then Expected DA from January 2013 will be 80%.

DA will remain to be at 80% for change in AICPI for December 2012 up to 221. If AICPI(IW) for December 2012 touches 222, then expected DA with effect from January 2013 will be 81%.