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New CPI to measure rural housing inflation, exclude employer-provided dwellings
October 31, 2025 10:25 am
The Ministry said the proposed changes in the methodology are being done with the objective of making the housing index more “robust and representative”. In the existing CPI, housing has 21.67 per cent weight for urban areas and 10.07 per cent weight at all-India level.
To seek comments via discussion papers before new CPI inflation series in Feb: MoSPI Secretary
October 27, 2025 12:11 am
Some e-commerce firms willing to allow scraping of price data, others to share with MoSPI
A good monsoon will help sustain declining inflation
July 15, 2025 7:24 am
The outlook for food prices is also promising. During the southwest monsoon season, cumulative all-India rainfall has been 9.5 per cent above the long period average as on July 14
Profit-booking leading FIIs to sell; investments yielding good returns: FM
February 18, 2025 7:19 am
Foreign investors have been relentlessly selling domestic equities since the beginning of 2025. So far (till February 17), they have offloaded Rs 1.04 lakh crore of local shares
Retail inflation at 5-month low of 4.31% in January on easing of key food prices
February 13, 2025 4:26 am
Food inflation, based on the Consumer Food Price Index (CFPI), eased to a five-month low of 6.02 per cent in January from 8.39 per cent in December, the data showed.
Rupee gains 28 paise to close at 86.36 against dollar
January 16, 2025 3:57 am
The local currency closed at 86.36 against the greenback, witnessing the biggest single-day gain since June 3, 2024, compared to the previous close of 86.64, a lifetime low. The rupee touched a high 86.30 during intraday trades on Wednesday.
How to put PDS items, free social transfers in new retail inflation index: MoSPI asks experts
December 26, 2024 5:35 am
The contention is how to change the price of PDS items from a positive value to zero or increase the prices of PDS items from zero to some positive value in an ongoing series, or rather the big question about whether the free PDS items be included in the CPI basket?
Consumer confidence declines marginally; households expect inflation to rise
December 10, 2024 7:32 am
The current situation index (CSI) moderated by 0.7 points to 94 in November 2024 from 94.7 in September 2024.
Why have timings for release of CPI inflation and IIP data been advanced, and the likely problems with this change
November 08, 2024 10:18 am
Some financial markets like the government bond and the foreign exchange markets, which are sensitive to inflation data releases, remain open till 5 pm and hence, may be sensitive to data released during market hours.
Govt housing likely to be excluded from new retail inflation measure
September 26, 2024 9:02 am
Overall, the housing segment in retail inflation carries a weight of 10.07 per cent in the CPI. Government-provided dwellings are a subset of the housing segment. Rural inflation does not have any weightage for housing and thus, the entire weight is attributable for urban areas.
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