India | Consumer price index (2010 = 100)

Consumer price index reflects changes in the cost to the average consumer of acquiring a basket of goods and services that may be fixed or changed at specified intervals, such as yearly. The Laspeyres formula is generally used. Data are period averages. Development relevance: A general and continuing increase in an economy’s price level is called inflation. The increase in the average prices of goods and services in the economy should be distinguished from a change in the relative prices of individual goods and services. Generally accompanying an overall increase in the price level is a change in the structure of relative prices, but it is only the average increase, not the relative price changes, that constitutes inflation. A commonly used measure of inflation is the consumer price index, which measures the prices of a representative basket of goods and services purchased by a typical household. The consumer price index is usually calculated on the basis of periodic surveys of consumer prices. Other price indices are derived implicitly from indexes of current and constant price series. Limitations and exceptions: Consumer price indexes should be interpreted with caution. The definition of a household, the basket of goods, and the geographic (urban or rural) and income group coverage of consumer price surveys can vary widely by country. In addition, weights are derived from household expenditure surveys, which, for budgetary reasons, tend to be conducted infrequently in developing countries, impairing comparability over time. Although useful for measuring consumer price inflation within a country, consumer price indexes are of less value in comparing countries. Statistical concept and methodology: Consumer price indexes are constructed explicitly, using surveys of the cost of a defined basket of consumer goods and services.
Publisher
The World Bank
Origin
Republic of India
Records
63
Source
India | Consumer price index (2010 = 100)
2.52748669 1960
2.57033297 1961
2.66369299 1962
2.74216968 1963
3.1083936 1964
3.4029064 1965
3.77048318 1966
4.26299133 1967
4.40100194 1968
4.37529408 1969
4.5980955 1970
4.73971402 1971
5.04505102 1972
5.89972383 1973
7.58697016 1974
8.02310185 1975
7.41062245 1976
8.0262577 1977
8.22876409 1978
8.74517527 1979
9.73740928 1980
11.01423164 1981
11.88333633 1982
13.29366035 1983
14.39954761 1984
15.19964756 1985
16.52653434 1986
17.98105542 1987
19.6683027 1988
21.05969351 1989
22.94900758 1990
26.13209143 1991
29.21249455 1992
31.06073709 1993
34.24382141 1994
37.74521317 1995
41.13365846 1996
44.08057745 1997
49.91280767 1998
52.24364614 1999
54.33832165 2000
56.3919261 2001
58.8151729 2002
61.05359545 2003
63.35363809 2004
66.04385126 2005
69.87209853 2006
74.32496447 2007
80.53055424 2008
89.29417338 2009
100 2010
108.91179336 2011
119.2355389 2012
131.18041028 2013
139.92444611 2014
146.79050152 2015
154.05401311 2016
159.18119775 2017
165.4510689 2018
171.621576 2019
182.98882258 2020
192.3787247 2021
205.26624115 2022

India | Consumer price index (2010 = 100)

Consumer price index reflects changes in the cost to the average consumer of acquiring a basket of goods and services that may be fixed or changed at specified intervals, such as yearly. The Laspeyres formula is generally used. Data are period averages. Development relevance: A general and continuing increase in an economy’s price level is called inflation. The increase in the average prices of goods and services in the economy should be distinguished from a change in the relative prices of individual goods and services. Generally accompanying an overall increase in the price level is a change in the structure of relative prices, but it is only the average increase, not the relative price changes, that constitutes inflation. A commonly used measure of inflation is the consumer price index, which measures the prices of a representative basket of goods and services purchased by a typical household. The consumer price index is usually calculated on the basis of periodic surveys of consumer prices. Other price indices are derived implicitly from indexes of current and constant price series. Limitations and exceptions: Consumer price indexes should be interpreted with caution. The definition of a household, the basket of goods, and the geographic (urban or rural) and income group coverage of consumer price surveys can vary widely by country. In addition, weights are derived from household expenditure surveys, which, for budgetary reasons, tend to be conducted infrequently in developing countries, impairing comparability over time. Although useful for measuring consumer price inflation within a country, consumer price indexes are of less value in comparing countries. Statistical concept and methodology: Consumer price indexes are constructed explicitly, using surveys of the cost of a defined basket of consumer goods and services.
Publisher
The World Bank
Origin
Republic of India
Records
63
Source