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CPI and WPI based inflation Data Updates
The Wholesale Price Index reduced to 4.73% and the Consumer Price Index increased to 6.52% in January 2023. The WPI was 4.95% in December 2022 and the CPI was 5.72% in December 2022. In January 2022, the WPI was 13.68%. ..
Month: Current Affairs - February, 2023
Category: Economy & Banking Current Affairs
US Fed Rate Hike – Impact on India
In the first hike since 2018, the US Federal Reserve increased the interest rates by 25 basis points. Reasons for US Fed Rate Hike In February, inflation in the United States reached 7.9%, which is the highest in 40 years. ..
Month: Current Affairs - March, 2022
Category: Economy & Banking Current Affairs
Retail Inflation in February 2022
According to the data released by the Ministry of Statistics & Programme Implementation (MoSPI), India’s retail inflation surged to 6.07% in February. About the surge in inflation Retail inflation is measured by the Consumer Price Index (CPI). February’s retail inflation ..
Month: Current Affairs - March, 2022
Category: Economy & Banking Current Affairs
RBI Monetary Policy
On April 7, 2021, the Monetary Policy Committee of Reserve Bank of India announced the outcome of its bi-monthly monetary policy review. Key Highlights The repo rate has been kept unchanged at 4%. The reverse repo rate has been kept ..
Month: Current Affairs - April, 2021
RBI Monetary Policy Committee Meeting: Key Highlights
The RBI recently held its Monetary Policy Committee meet. During the meet, the Reserve Bank of India has kept the repo rate unchanged at 4%. Repo rate is the rate at which RBI lends to banks. The Reverse Repo Rate ..
Month: Current Affairs - December, 2020
COVID-19: Hike in Dearness Allowance for the year 2021 put on hold
The Government of India on April 23, 2020, put on hold to the hike in dearness allowance. This is being done by the union government to save Rs 1 lakh crore. Highlights The hold in the hike of dearness allowance ..
Month: Current Affairs - April, 2020
Santosh Rana, veteran Naxalite leader, passes away
Santosh Rana (76), the veteran Naxalite leader, has passed away in Kolkata on June 29, 2019. He is one of the foremost leaders of the Communist Party of India (Marxist-Leninist) and a major thinker on caste, class and tribal politics ..
Why WPI is not getting reflected in CPI?
The prices of food items in India are rising at a much faster pace at the wholesale level than the retail end. The wholesale price index (WPI) for food articles has increased from minus 0.21% to 6.98% between September 2018 ..