The revision in the Consumer Price Index (CPI) base year has had a limited impact on monetary policy interpretation, and the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) is expected to maintain status quo on interest rates in the coming quarters, according to a report by Union Bank of India.
Chief Economic Advisor Anantha Nageswaran on Thursday said that the Consumer Price Index, based on the revised base year, will improve the quality of monetary and fiscal policy decisions.
India has revised the base year of the Consumer Price Index (CPI) to 2024 from 2012 to reflect changes in consumption patterns, improved data sources and updated methodologies, Secretary, Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation (MOSPI), Saurabh Garg, said today.
Under the new arrangement, the base year has been revised from 2012 to 2024 using Household Consumption Expenditure Survey 2023-24. Further, now there are 12 Divisions in place of 6 Groups in accordance to Classification of Individual Consumption According to Purpose (COICOP) 2018. The year-
Speaking to ANI, Kumar said the CPI stands firmly with millions of workers who are opposing the implementation of the labour codes. He alleged that the government has attempted to suppress the strike but asserted that the United Action Council of Workers remains strong.
CPI leader, Binoy Viswam, said, The primary slogan raised by farmers and trade unions is the withdrawal of the labour codes, which are not labour codes. It should be named as anti-labour codes.
The Communist Party of India (Marxist) has moved the Supreme Court seeking directions against allegedly discriminatory remarks by Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma against the Muslim community.
The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has likely come to the end of its rate-cutting cycle and is expected to opt for a long pause, as there appears to be limited room to lower interest rates further unless the new series of CPI and GDP throw up unforeseen surprises, according to a report by Bank
SP Ashok said, "CPI Ramakrishna of Tumkur Sen Police Station sustained head injuries in the accident near Banavar on the Tumkur-Kunigal road. He is undergoing treatment at Siddaganga Hospital in Tumkur."
The trajectory of inflation needs to be monitored before taking a monetary policy call by the Reserve Bank in 2026-27, with the Consumer Price Index (CPI) series set to come into effect soon, said SBI Research in a report.