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In this screengrab from a video posted on April 18, 2026, Prime Minister Narendra Modi addresses the nation. (@NarendraModi/YT via PTI Photo) NEW DELHI: The Communist Party of India (Marxist) and the Communist Party of India (CPI) on Sunday wrote to the Election Commission (ECI), seeking action against Prime Minister Narendra Modi over his address…
March CPI inflation: The Consumer Price Index (CPI) inflation for the month of March 2026 rose marginally to 3.40%, up from 3.21% in February. The annual inflation rate, measured by the All India Consumer Price Index with base year 2024, stood at 3.40% (provisional) in March 2026 compared to March 2025. Rural inflation was recorded…
Consumer inflation in the United States rose sharply to 3.3 per cent in March, government data showed Wednesday, as higher energy prices linked to the war in the Middle East pushed up costs for households, AFP reported.The increase marked a steep rise from 2.4 per cent year-on-year in February, reflecting the impact of surging fuel…
Chief Economic Advisor V Anantha Nageswaran (ANI) Chief Economic Advisor V Anantha Nageswaran on Thursday said the new Consumer Price Index (CPI) series will improve the quality of data used in formulating monetary and fiscal policies, as it better reflects current consumption patterns and economic conditions.The National Statistics Office (NSO) under the Ministry of Statistics…
Retail inflation stood at 2.75 per cent in January 2026 under the new Consumer Price Index (CPI) series with base year 2024=100, the government said. Year-on-year inflation based on the All India CPI (Base 2024) for January 2026 stood at 2.75 per cent (provisional) compared with January 2025. The corresponding inflation rates were 2.73 per…
NEW DELHI: CPM and CPI filed petitions in Supreme Court on Tuesday for registration of FIRs and an SIT probe against Assam CM Himanta Biswa Sarma for alleged hate speeches in the past and a recent ‘target shooting’ video circulated on social media allegedly threatening violence against minority community.Advocate Mohd Nizamuddin Pasha told a bench…
NEW DELHI: Free food items, such as wheat and rice made available through the public distribution system (PDS), to nearly 80 crore people will not be part of the new consumer price index (CPI) basket, as the 22-member technical advisory panel, tasked with updating the base year of price indices, has decided to stick to…
Reserve Bank of India Governor Sanjay Malhotra has welcomed the Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation’s (MoSPI) decision to revise the base year for key macroeconomic indicators — Consumer Price Index (CPI), Gross Domestic Product (GDP) and Index of Industrial Production (IIP) — saying the exercise will better reflect changing consumption patterns and economic structures…
December 2025 CPI inflation: The Consumer Price Index (CPI) inflation for the month of December 2025 rose to 1.33% compared to the same month in 2024. This is a rise of 62 basis points from November 2025, and the figure stands at a 3-month high. RBI has an inflation target of 4% with a 2%…
India’s retail inflation likely edged higher in December 2025 to 1.66 per cent from 0.71 per cent in November, driven by a strengthening in food prices across most segments, according to projections by Union Bank of India.The official Consumer Price Index (CPI) data for December is scheduled to be released on January 12, 2026, or…
