“The higher retail inflation was due to high food, housing, utilities and gas sub-group, and transport, which cumulatively account for over 63 per cent...
“Food inflation contributed 185 basis points (bps), while non-food inflation contributed 250 bps to the headline number,” Dipti Deshpande, Senior Director and Principal Economist,...
The Central government adopted its inflation targeting framework in 2016, which requires the Reserve Bank of India to keep the headline inflation
India implemented its...
The new series adds aspects such as rural housing, online media service provider, streaming services among others.
As per the previous 2012-base series, the retail...
