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nCAI
IBWI
THASHOKonYouTube

Whol
esal
ePr
iceI
ndex:
 Publ
ishedbythe Off
iceofEconomi
cAdvi
ser

Mini
str
yof
Commer ceandIndustr
y.
 I
tist
he 
mostwi
del
yused 
inf
lat
ioni
ndi
cat
ori
nIndi
a.
 Majorcr
it
icism f
orthi
sindexist
hatthegener
alpubl
icdoes
notbuyproductsatwholesal
epr
ice.
 The 
baseyearofAl
l-
Indi
aWPI
 hasbeenr
evi
sed 
fr
om
2004-
05t
o2011-
12i
n2017.

ConsumerPr
iceI
ndex:
 Itmeasur
es 
pri
cechangesfrom theperspecti
veofar
etai
l
buyer

Iti
srel
easedbythe 
NationalStati
sti
calOf
fi
ce(NSO).
 TheCPI  
hasseveralsub-
groups 
incl
udi
ngfoodand
beverages,f
uelandlight
,housi
ngandclot
hing,
beddi
ngand
foot
wear .
 Four
 t
ypesofCPIar
easf
oll
ows:

o CPIf
or 
Indust
ri
alWor
ker
s (
IW)
.
o CPIf
or 
Agr
icul
tur
alLabour
er 
(AL)
.
o CPIf
or 
Rur
alLabour
er 
(RL)
.
o CPI(
Rur
al/
Urban/
Combi
ned)
.
o Ofthese,t
hef i
rst3ar ecompiledbythe Labour
Bureau 
intheMi nistr
yofLabourandEmpl oyment
.
t
h
4 [CPI(Rural/
Ur ban/Combined)]i
scompi ledbyt
he
NSOi ntheMinistryofStat
isti
csandPr ogramme
I
mpl ementati
on.
 BaseYear 
forCPIingenerali
s 2012.
 Howevert
hebaseyear
for
 CPIf
orIndust
ri
alWor ker(
CPI -
IW)is2016.
 I
nApri
l2014,t
he 
Reser
veBankofIndi
a(RBI

hadadopt
ed
t
heCPIasit
skeymeasureofi
nfl
ati
on.

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