Rao Inderjit Singh announces expansion of CPI basket, with new base year and potential changes in item weightage.

Meanwhile, rural India recorded a higher inflation rate at 5.66% last month, compared to urban areas, where the inflation rate was 4.39%. June’s spurt in CPI inflation was attributed largely to ...

India is developing a new CPI series with a broader basket of goods and services, aiming for better regional data and ...

India’s new CPI basket to have 2024 as base The first set of data to be released on February 12, 2026, in the new inflation series will have 2024 as the base. Ishaan Gera.

The All India Consumer Price Index (CPI) inflation for September 2024 rose to 5.49% from 3.65% in August, primarily due to increased food prices. Food basket inflation surged to 9.24%, up from 5. ...

Food is a big driver of inflation in India given its high weighting in the CPI basket. In June, food prices rose 9.36% from a year earlier, pushing up the headline inflation rate to 5.08 percent.

New Delhi [India], May 13 (ANI): Retail inflation in India in April fell to 3.16 per cent from 3.34 per cent in March, showed official data released by the Ministry of Statistics and Programme ...

Meanwhile, rural India recorded a higher inflation rate at 5.66% last month, compared to urban areas, where the inflation rate was 4.39%. June’s spurt in CPI inflation was attributed largely to ...

CPI inflation in February: 12 of 22 states see higher retail inflation than all India average Odisha had the highest retail inflation rate at 7.55% in February while Delhi had the lowest at 2.42% ...

An Indian government panel tasked with revising the nation’s consumer price index is considering a substantial cut in the weighting ... India Considering Major Cut to Food Weighting in CPI Basket.

Food is a big driver of inflation in India given its high weighting in the CPI basket. In June, food prices rose 9.36% from a year earlier, pushing up the headline inflation rate to 5.08%.