INFLATION

MEASUREMENT

Consumer price index

260 items, base year 1982 Measured on monthly basis Changes in retail prices Of select group of goods and services On which a homogeneous group of buyers spend major portion of income
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WEIGHTAGE WPI
Primary Articles: Food: Tobaco: Fuel: Coal: Housing: Manufactured products: Food: Misc: Basic metals: 22.02% 15.04 3.15 14.23 1.75 8.67 63.75 11.54 16.36 8.34

WHOLESALE PRICE INDEX

More prevalent in India Indicator of wholesale prices of 435 goods and services, base year 1993-94 Weekly measured

WEIGHTAGE CPI

Food : Non food articles: Minerals : Fuel and light: Mineral oils: Electricity : Clothing, Bedding Textiles Chemicals Others

57 6.14 0.48 6.28 6.98 5.48 8.54 9.80 11.93 21.62

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