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Consumer Price Indices being released by CSO |
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Consumer Price Indices (CPI) measure changes over time in general level
of prices of goods and services that households acquire for the purpose
of consumption. CPI is widely used as a macroeconomic indicator
of inflation, as a tool by governments and central banks for inflation targeting
and for monitoring price stability, and as deflators in the national accounts.
CPI is also used for indexing dearness allowance to employees for increase in prices.
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The Central Statistics Office (CSO), Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation has revised the Base Year of the Consumer Price Index (CPI) from 2010=100 to 2012=100 with effect from the release of indices for the month of January, 2015.
The earlier series on Base 2010=100 was started w.e.f January 2011. In this revised series, many methodological changes have been incorporated, in order to make the indices more robust. Details of Base Revision may be seen in the publication
CPI-Changes in
the Revised Series (2012=100)
and also in the
Report
of the Group of TAC on SPCL on Base Revision of CPI.
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Monthly price data are collected from 1181 villages and 1114 markets in 310 selected
towns by the Field Operations Division of NSO and the specified State/UT
Directorates of Economics and Statistics. The prices are being collected through Web Portals.
Web portal for rural prices was developed by NIC and for urban prices by the
Computer Centre in MoSPI. |
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Availability of Indices
- Old Series on Base 2010=100
- All India Sub-group/Group/General/Consumer Food Price Indices and State-wise Group/General Indices for Rural, Urban and Combined sectors for the period of January 2011 to December 2014.
- All India Item Indices for Combined sector only for the period of January 2011 to December 2014.
- Annual Inflation rates based on all India Sub-group/Group/General/Consumer Food Price Indices and State-wise Group/General Indices for Rural, Urban and Combined sectors for the period of
January 2012 to December 2014
- Revised Series on Base 2012=100
- All India Sub-group/Group/General/Consumer Food Price Indices for Rural, Urban and Combined sectors for the period of January 2013 onwards.
- All India Item Indices for Combined sector only for the period of January 2014 onwards.
- State-wise Sub-group/Group/General Indices for Rural, Urban and Combined sectors for the period of January 2013 onwards
in respect of Major States (having population more than 50 lakhs as per
Population Census 2011).
- State-wise Group/General Indices for Rural, Urban and Combined sectors for the period of January 2013 onwards
in respect of Minor States (having population less than 50 lakhs as per
Population Census 2011).
- Annual Inflation rates based on all India Sub-group/Group/General/Consumer Food Price Indices, State-wise Sub-Group/Group/General Indices for Major States (having population more than 50 lakhs as per Population Census 2011) and State-wise Group/General Indices for Minor States (having population less than 50 lakhs as per Population Census 2011) for Rural, Urban and Combined sectors for the period of
January 2014 onwards.
- Annual Inflation rates based on all India Item CPI (Combined) for the period of January 2015 onwards.
- Back Series on Base 2012=100
- All India Sub-group/Group/General/Consumer Food Price Indices for Rural, Urban and Combined sectors for the period of January 2011 to December 2012.
- State-wise Sub-group/Group/General Indices for Rural, Urban and Combined sectors for the period of January 2011 to December 2012
in respect of Major States (having population more than 50 lakhs as per
Population Census 2011).
- State-wise Group/General Indices for Rural, Urban and Combined sectors for the period of January 2011 to December 2012
in respect of Minor States (having population less than 50 lakhs as per
Population Census 2011).
- Annual Inflation rates based on all India Sub-group/Group/General/Consumer Food Price Indices, State-wise Sub-Group/Group/General Indices for Major States (having population more than 50 lakhs as per Population Census 2011) and State-wise Group/General Indices for Minor States (having population less than 50 lakhs as per Population Census 2011) for Rural, Urban and Combined sectors for the period of
January 2012 to December 2012.
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Note: Interpolated Back Series are available for Housing index and General index for Urban and Combined sectors for the
period of January 2013 to May 2013 also. Users are aware that house rent indices were kept 100 during the period of January 2013
to May 2013 because rent collection for complete stock of dwelling, after the base year was first time completed in June 2013.
After compiling the back series, the house rent index for December 2012 was more than 100, therefore, Mean Imputation method has
been used to compute interpolated house rent index, based on the available (incomplete) stock of dwellings, for the period of
January 2013 to May 2013. Accordingly , the Housing index and consequently General index for CPI (Urban) and CPI (Combined) have
been modified and given as Back Series for research or any desired purpose. Inflation rates based on these indices have also been given.
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