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Graphic breaking down the Consumer Price Index (CPI) basket India uses to measure retail inflation: two shopping baskets compare the share of each spending category in the old 2012 basket and the new 2024 basket. Food and drinks shrank the most; transport grew the most.
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How Does India Measure Inflation? Inside the CPI Basket

See how the basket of goods and services in the Consumer Price Index (CPI)—used to measure retail inflation—has changed from 2012 to 2024.

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Source: Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation (MoSPI), CPI (base 2024 = 100)

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