India rolls out a new CPI series with a 2024 base year and revised consumption basket. Here’s what changes, how inflation ...

India has launched a revised Consumer Price Index (CPI) with 2024 as the new base year, cutting food weight and boosting services, housing and digital spending components. From OTT subscriptions to ...

In January 2026, India's retail inflation rose to 2.75%, the first figure from an updated Consumer Price Index series. This ...

Most countries update their inflation baskets every five years to track evolving consumption. India's CPI has relied on 2012 ...

The changes ensure that payments such as dearness allowance or pensions, that are linked to the CPI, will be more closely ...

The revised CPI basket reduces the weight of food and raises the share of non-food items, potentially pushing January’s inflation print closer to 3% under the new series despite negative food ...

India's rebased Consumer Price Index to 2024 impacts inflation measurement, investment strategies, and long-term financial ...

India rebases its CPI to 2023-24 from 2011-12 with revised weightings and expanded coverage. Here’s how retail inflation is ...

Chief Economic Advisor V Anantha Nageswaran on Thursday said the new Consumer Price Index (CPI) series will improve the quality of data used for monetary and fiscal policy decisions. The National ...

The revised basket also reflects the growing importance of services, discretionary consumption and urban lifestyles, with the ...

MoSPI Secretary Saurabh Garg discusses the salient features of the 2024-base Consumer Price Index (CPI) series ahead of its ...