Services may be included in WPI

The ministry of statistics and programme implementation is planning to include services in the wholesale price index to increase the scope and coverage of the index, said India's Chief Statistician......

Factory output grows after 2-month decline

Industrial output expanded 1.4 per cent in April after two months of decline, leading experts to predict that the economy had bottomed out. A return to 8-plus per cent industrial expansion was,......

Poll code halts release of consumer index numbers

The Model Code of Conduct for the ongoing Lok Sabha elections has come in the way of release of routine economic data like the consumer price indices. The government is yet to get any response to......

The fact behind the inflation numbers

If the difference between provisional and final wholesale price index (WPI) numbers is taken as a leading indicator, the headline inflation rate, which is hovering around zero, is unlikely to......