PRESS RELEASE DATED 31.12.2025 BY LABOUR BUREAU

GOVERNMENT OF INDIA
MINISTRY OF LABOUR & EMPLOYMENT
LABOUR BUREAU

Shram Bureau Bhawan, Block No. 2,
Institutional Area, Sector 38 (West),
Chandigarh – 160036

F.No. 5/1/2021-CPI

Dated: 31.12.2025

PRESS RELEASE

CONSUMER PRICE INDEX FOR INDUSTRIAL WORKERS (2016=100) – NOVEMBER, 2025

1.         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 spread over 88 industrially important centres in the country. The index for the month of November, 2025 is being released in this press release.

2.         The All-India CPI-IW for November, 2025 increased by 0.5 point and stood at 148.2 (one hundred forty-eight point two).

3.         Year-on-year inflation for the month of November, 2025 stood at 2.56% as compared to 3.88% in November, 2024.

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 INTEREST RATES FOR SMALL SAVINGS SCHEMES W.E.F. 01.01.2026: DEPARTMENT OF POSTS SB ORDER 17/2025 DATED 31.12.2025 

SB Order No. 17/2025

F. No 113-03/2024
Government of India
Ministry of Communications
Department of Posts
(Financial Services Division)

Dak Bhawan, New Delhi — 110001

                                                                                               Dated: 31.12.2025

All Head of Circles/Regions5

Subject: Revision of interest rates for Small Savings Schemes w.e.f. 01.01.2026

Madam / Sir,

The undersigned is directed to intimate that. vide memorandum No. 1/4/2019-NS dated 31.12.2025 (copy enclosed), Government of India, Ministry of Finance, Department of Economic Affairs (Budget Division) has informed that the rates of interest on various Small Savings Schemes (National Savings Schemes) for the fourth quarter of financial year 2025-26 (starting from 1st January, 2026 and ending on 31st March, 2026) shall remain unchanged from those notified for the third quarter (1st October, 2025 to 31st December, 2025) of FY 2025-26.

2.         It is requested to circulate it to all concerned for information and necessary guidance. This may also be placed on the notice board of all Post Offices in public area.

3.         This issues with the approval of the Competent Authority.

(Devender Sharma)
Assistant Director (SB-II)

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TRANSFER /POSTING OF PS GROUP B OFFICERS

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MESSAGE FROM THE MINISTER — DEPARTMENT OF POSTS (CLICK THE LINK BELOW TO VIEW)

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MESSAGE FROM THE MINISTER — DEPARTMENT OF POSTS (CLICK THE LINK BELOW TO VIEW)

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 WARM GREETINGS AND BEST WISHES

 OF CHRISTMAS

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“ON THIS AUSPICIOUS OCCASION OF CHRISTMAS, HEARTIEST GREETINGS AND BEST WISHES”

क्रिसमस पर्व पर बधाई / शुभकामनाएं

 “क्रिसमस के इस पावन अवसर पर हार्दिक बधाई और शुभकामनाएं “

 Dhai Akhar Letter writing competition 2025-26

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COMPILATION OF POST OFFICE ACT, RULES AND REGULATIONS.

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SUBMISSION OF AIPR FOR YEAR 2025 (AS ON 01.01.2026) UNDER RULE 18 OF CCS (CONDUCT) RULES, 1964

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DRAFT RR FOR THE POST OF CARETAKER IN POSTAL DIRECTORATE, DEPARTMENT OF POSTS-FURNISHING OF COMMENTS

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