Wireless earphones such as AirPods, pet food, sanitisers, fitness bands and air purifiers are among the new items added to ...
The basket for Consumer Price Index (CPI), which measures retail inflation, is set for a new-age makeover to reflect the ...
The report has recommended the adoption of the latest Classification of Individual Consumption According to Purpose COICOP ...
A fall in the weight of food items in the CPI basket, in line with latest consumption patterns of households, should reduce ...
The new CPI basket will contain 358 goods and services, up from 299 currently, which is based on the 2011-12 consumer ...
By Shubham Batra NEW DELHI, Jan 29 (Reuters) - India will cut the weighting of food in its consumer price index (CPI) to ...
Core services, which dominate the inflation index and include many of the essentials that consumers cannot do without, rose by 4.3% annualized in August. “Core” CPI, which excludes food and energy ...
India’s revamped CPI basket cuts food weight to 36.75% and adds more service-based items, reflecting evolving consumption patterns and aiming to reduce volatility in headline inflation.
Reduced weightage for food, clothing, education is a structural attack against the working class, exposing the government’s ...