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The annual inflation rate in India was recorded at 6.95% in 2023. Historically, from 1960 until 2023, the annual inflation rate in India averaged 7.37% reaching an all-time high of 28.60% in 1974 and a record low of -7.63% in 1976. The inflation rate for Primary Articles is currently at 9.8% (as of 2012).
The DA Rate for Industrial Workers (since 1 January 2007 with Base year 2001=100) for 3rd Quarter (Oct-Dec), 2015 has been declared as 107.9% and that of 4th Quarter (Jan-Mar), 2016 is 112.40%. The 5th Pay Commission recommendations were implemented since 1 January 1996 and consequently DA rate with effective from 1 January 1996 became 0.
As per the provisions of the RBI Act, three of the six Members of the Monetary Policy Committee will be from the RBI and the other three Members will be appointed by the Central Government. The Government of India, in consultation with RBI, notified the 'Inflation Target' in the Gazette of India Extraordinary dated 5 August 2016 for the period ...
A CPI is a statistical estimate constructed using the prices of a sample of representative items whose prices are collected periodically. Sub-indices and sub-sub-indices can be computed for different categories and sub-categories of goods and services, which are combined to produce the overall index with weights reflecting their shares in the total of the consumer expenditures covered by the ...
Indian manufacturers are raising prices to pass on to consumers some of the burden of costlier energy and raw materials, which threatens to dent demand as well as a recovery from the COVID-19 ...
For the first time since 1990, India grew faster than China which registered 6.9% growth in 2015. [needs update] However the growth rate subsequently decelerated, to 7.1% and 6.6% in 2016–17 and 2017–18 respectively, [186] partly because of the disruptive effects of 2016 Indian banknote demonetisation and the Goods and Services Tax (India ...
The printing of new banknotes started in October when the news stories of forthcoming new banknotes appeared in the media. [29] [30] [31] On 27 October 2016, the Hindi daily Dainik Jagran published a report quoting RBI sources speaking of the forthcoming of ₹2,000 banknotes alongside withdrawal of ₹500 and ₹1,000 banknotes.
Wholesale inflation, as measured by the Producer Price Index, rose more than expected in January, adding to what has so far been a disappointing inflation picture for the month.