The CPI inflation rate in February was 3.21%, up from 2.75% in January. The headline retail inflation increased by 47 basis points year over year (YoY). With the base year changed from 2012 to 2024, the government’s new CPI series includes the February retail inflation data as its second reading. The Ministry of Statistics and…
According to data released by the Ministry of Commerce and Industry on Monday, in February 2025, India’s wholesale price index (WPI)-based inflation increased to 2.38% (provisional), mostly as a result of rising prices for food products, food article, other manufacturing, non-food item, and textile manufacturing. The WPI rate in January was 2.31 percent, which is…
Retail inflation in India, measured by the Consumer Price Index (CPI), was 3.61% in February, a sharp decline from 4.31% in January, according to figures issued on Wednesday by the Ministry of Statistics & Programme Implementation. This represents a decrease of 65 basis points from January 2025. After July 2024, this is the lowest inflation…
The Consumer Price Index (CPI)-based retail inflation rate in India for January was 4.31%, a sharp decline from 5.22% in December, according to figures issued on Monday by the Ministry of Statistics & Programme Implementation. After August 2024, this is the lowest year-over-year inflation rate, down 91 basis points from December 2024. In October, CPI…
The Ministry of Statistics & Programme Implementation (MoSPI) revealed data on Tuesday that indicated a strong increase in food prices in October 2024 caused India’s retail inflation, which is based on the Consumer Price Index (CPI), to spike to a 14-month high of 6.21%. Inflation measured by the CPI was 5.49 percent in September, compared…
Due to a rise in grain prices and a little lower base than the one for July, India’s retail inflation, as measured by the Consumer Price Index (CPI), crept up to 3.65% in August from 3.6% in July. Retail inflation decreased to 6.83% in August 2023 from 7.44% in July 2023. Due to a large…
Analysts believe that although food inflation may have peaked in November at 8.7%, it may moderate gradually in the upcoming months. Due to fluctuations in important commodities included in the Consumer Price Index (CPI) basket, food inflation has been above the 6% threshold for five consecutive months as of November. Due to an 87% increase…
According to a survey of 15 economists, India’s Consumer Price Index (CPI)-based inflation likely dropped to a five-month low of 4.8% in October from 5.02% in September, mostly because of the statistical effect of a high base and a reduction in the prices of important vegetables. Thanks to a positive base effect, core inflation is…
Based on statistics given by the Ministry of Commerce & Industry, India’s inflation for the month of September 2023 was (-)0.26% (Provisional) for the wholesale pricing index (WPI). In August 2022, the WPI inflation rate was (-)0.52%, while in September 2022, it was 10.55 percent. Since April, the WPI-based inflation rate has been negative for…
According to data provided by the National Statistical Office on Thursday, consumer price inflation in India, which is based on the Consumer Price Index (CPI), dropped to a three-month low of 5.02% in September after remaining above the 6% threshold for two consecutive months. The consecutive drop in the price of vegetables, especially tomatoes, and…
