The Labour Department, Government of Karnataka, vide notification dated February 17, 2023, has issued the average consumer price index policy for 2023, with effect from April 1, 2023, to March 31, 2024. In an earlier notification dated February 10, 2023, the Directorate of Economics and Statistics, Government of Karnataka, released the annual average Consumer Price Index numbers for industrial workers for 2022. For 2022, the CPI was calculated using a state monthly weighted average from 16 centers (5 in the Central and 11 in the State Series).