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MoSPI to release item weights in new CPI series before inflation data to help forecasters

December 28, 2025 10:52 am

Economists have asked the statistics ministry to make item weights public beforehand so that they can forecast the first inflation print under the new CPI series.

ASUSE, PLFS to help estimate District Domestic Product; working with states: MoSPI Secretary

October 31, 2025 1:05 am

The MoSPI Secretary said the surveys from January 2025 onwards have the ability to bring out district-level estimates. “We want to do this in conjunction with the states because that’s where the real policy decisions are.

MoSPI Secretary Saurabh Garg: First-ever household income survey to be toughest; awareness and anonymity key

October 27, 2025 6:32 am

Pre-survey test finds most households say details ‘sensitive’, 95% felt ‘uncomfortable’ sharing information on income, tax paid

Strawberry & pomegranate up, cereals down: Agriculture output report

July 02, 2025 9:02 am

Improved processing helped increase the GVO of condiments and spices, particularly dry ginger (up 285 per cent at Rs 11,004 crore), as per the report

Spending on sugar and salt declines; rises for beverages, processed food: What Household Consumption Expenditure Survey 2023-24 shows

January 09, 2025 9:28 am

The Household Consumption Expenditure Survey 2023-24 showed rural spending growing at a faster pace than urban areas, narrowing the gap between the two, and also perhaps signalling a cut in consumption by urban households.

Govt appoints Saurabh Garg as full-time MoSPI Secretary

May 31, 2024 8:00 am

Before Garg, the charge of MoSPI Secretary was held by GP Samanta till April 15, 2024.

MoSPI household expenditure survey came amid internal wrangling over future round

February 27, 2024 7:22 am

On February 5 this year, in a written reply to a question in Rajya Sabha, Minister Rao Inderjit Singh had said field work for Household Consumption Expenditure Survey 2023-24 started in August 2023.

CPI Inflation October 2022: India's retail inflation eases to 3-month low of 6.77% in October, shows govt data

November 14, 2022 6:05 pm

Consumer Price Index (CPI) October 2022: The retail inflation which is measured by the Consumer Price Index (CPI) was 6.77 per cent in October, government data revealed.

July 2020-June 2021: 0.7% of nation’s population was ‘temporary visitor’

June 16, 2022 8:57 am

Over 84 per cent of these ‘temporary visitors’ moved places for reasons linked to the pandemic.

Ousted ISI chief gets plum post within days

July 17, 2015 7:37 am

After removing B K Roy, govt makes him chief of cryptology centre

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