Tag: Consumer Price Index
Food weight to decline to 36.75% in new CPI series
New Delhi: Food and beverages will account for 36.75% weight in the new Consumer Price Index (CPI) series, down from the current 45.86%, reflecting changing…
Kerala reports strong economic growth, rising debt levels
Thiruvananthapuram: Kerala’s economy showed robust growth in 2024-25, but rising public debt remains a key challenge, according to the Economic Review tabled in the state…
Goodbye VCRs, hello OTT: India’s inflation basket prepares for a reset
India’s inflation gauge is preparing for an overahul, shedding relics of the past as most Indians have made smartphones, streaming and app-based services a part…
Retail inflation remains muted at 1.3% in December| Business News
NEW DELHI: India’s benchmark inflation rate stayed on the lower side of RBI’s target band of 4% plus or minus 2% for the fourth consecutive month in…
India inflation likely to remain low in 2026, new CPI series on anvil
New Delhi: India is preparing to rejig methodology for computing CPI and revamp monetary policy mandate for targeting retail inflation in 2026 after a year…
MoSPI speeds up data releases, launches new website, revamps surveys
New Delhi: India’s official statistical system is undergoing a major overhaul, with the Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation (MoSPI) introducing faster data releases, new…
Govt to tap e-tailers, online sources for price data in new CPI series
The government proposes to include online sources as well as e-commerce platforms to compute retail inflation in a bid to substantially improve reliability, accuracy, and…
GST reforms may reduce retail inflation by 35 basis points in 2025-26: SBI report
The decline in Consumer Price Index (CPI) or retail inflation due to massive GST rate rationalisation has been around 25 bps so far in the…
Nov retail inflation rises a tad to 0.7%
New Delhi: Retail inflation edged up slightly to 0.71% in November, from a record-low of 0.25% in October, as food deflation narrowed, official data released…
India’s retail inflation rate rises to 0.71% in November 2025| Business News
India’s inflation rate accelerated from record lows but came in under the RBI’s inflation target for the third consecutive month. A vegetable market in India….