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Export and Import of Agricultural Items

The export and import of the agricultural items depends upon the domestic availability. The Government of India has been allowing the exports and imports of food items especially...

March 2, 2011

India’s Food grains Production

The above chart shows India’s Foodgrain Production from 1950-51 till 2010-11. From 2005-06 to 2008-09, India’s food grains production has registered a rising trend and touched a record...

March 2, 2011

Gross Capital Formation in Agriculture

The value of acquisitions of new or existing fixed assets by the Agriculture & allied sectors, which is known as Gross Capital Formation, as a proportion to the...

March 2, 2011

Trends in Housing Price Index (NHB- RESIDEX)

The Economic Survey 2010-11 says that India is one the fastest growing countries in the world and has promising conditions for a vibrant housing market with considerable growth...

March 1, 2011

Introduction of CPI (Urban) and CPI (Rural)

Recently, the CSO has decided to compile a new series of Urban, Rural and combined (rural+urban) CPI at State/UT/all India level with increased scope and coverage. The CPI...

March 1, 2011

Consumer Price Index

CPIs are compiled on the basis of the standards set by International Labour Organization for the member countries. In this context, on the basis of the recommendations made...

March 1, 2011

Trends in Food Price Inflation

The food index consists of two sub components, namely primary food articles and manufactured food products. The overall weight of the composite food index in the WPI is...

March 1, 2011

Trends in WPI

The above Charts shows that in the current financial year, the average inflation (April–December 2010) of 9.4 per cent was also much higher than the decadal rate. It...

March 1, 2011

Wholesale Price Index

A new WPI series with 2004-05 base was released on 14 September 2010. A representative commodity basket comprising 676 items has been selected and weighting diagram derived for...

March 1, 2011

Challenges and Outlook in Monetary Developments

The major concern for RBI as well as the Government is the Inflation. The average headline inflation in April-December 2010- 11 at 9.4 per cent was the highest...

March 1, 2011

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