The government is deliberating whether free items distributed under the Public Distribution System (PDS) should be incorporated into the basket for calculating the Consumer Price Index (CPI). The inclusion of PDS items in the CPI basket is a significant topic of debate due to its implications for headline inflation. This proposition is part of a discussion paper released by the Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation (MoSPI) as it works on a new CPI series with 2024 as the base year.
January 14, 2025
