{"id":23263,"date":"2015-02-06T05:18:58","date_gmt":"2015-02-06T05:18:58","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/vskills.in\/certification\/blog\/?p=23263"},"modified":"2024-04-03T13:15:18","modified_gmt":"2024-04-03T07:45:18","slug":"comparison-of-the-consumer-and-wholesale-price-indices-in-india","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.vskills.in\/certification\/blog\/comparison-of-the-consumer-and-wholesale-price-indices-in-india\/","title":{"rendered":"Comparison &#8211; Consumer and Wholesale Price"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3 style=\"text-align: center\"><strong>Comparison of the Consumer and Wholesale Price Indices in India<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><a ref=\"magnificPopup\" href=\"http:\/\/vskills.in\/certification\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/comparison-of-the-consumer-and-wholesale-price-indices-in-india.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-24101\" src=\"http:\/\/vskills.in\/certification\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/comparison-of-the-consumer-and-wholesale-price-indices-in-india.jpg\" alt=\"comparison-of-the-consumer-and-wholesale-price-indices-in-india\" width=\"257\" height=\"196\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000\">India uses the Consumer Price Index (CPI) and the Wholesale Price Index (WPI) as measures of inflation. The WPI was being used as a measure of inflation till recently and after April 2014 the new combined CPI is being used by the RBI as the main policy measure. RBI&#8217;s monetary policy now focusses on targeting inflation at 4% (measured by the CPI) with a leeway window of +\/- 2%., i.e. minimum 2% and maximum 6% <\/span><\/p>\n<table border=\"1\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"301\"><\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"156\">WPI<\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"159\">CPI<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"301\">Base<\/td>\n<td width=\"156\">2004-05<\/td>\n<td width=\"159\">2010<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"301\">Elementary items<\/td>\n<td width=\"156\">676<\/td>\n<td width=\"159\">200*<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"301\">Weightage of food products (%)(including manufactured food products)<\/td>\n<td width=\"156\">24.3<\/td>\n<td width=\"159\">49.71<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"301\">Weightage of energy products (%)<\/td>\n<td width=\"156\">14.91<\/td>\n<td width=\"159\">9.49<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"301\">Weightage of miscellaneous items (%)<\/td>\n<td width=\"156\">Services\u00a0 not included<\/td>\n<td width=\"159\">26.31<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"301\">*weighted items<\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"156\"><\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"159\"><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"301\"><span style=\"font-size: medium\"><span style=\"font-family: Calibri\">Source: Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation<\/span><\/span><\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"156\"><\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"159\"><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000\">\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"color: #000000\"><span style=\"font-family: Calibri\">The major drawback of the WPI as compared to the CPI is that it does not include services, something which cannot be ignored as the services sector has the highest share in India\u2019s GDP(65.6% of GDP in 2010-11), and has also been growing at a faster rate than the other sectors. Thus the WPI does not include inflation in the prices of services.<\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000\"><span style=\"font-family: Calibri\">WPI is meant to gauge the extent to which of price rise affect wholesale markets. Rather it is being used to scale effect of price rise on the consumers. Thus it does not take into account the retail margin. There are many commodities which consumers do not use but are incorporated in WPI, form e.g. Manganese ore, aviation turbine fuel or paper pulp. It does not bring to light the actual price change which the end consumer has to contend with and hence a change in their cost of living. Thus in this respect also, the CPI is preferred to the WPI.<\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000\"><span style=\"font-family: Calibri\">It is difficult to differentiate between the services offered to producers and businesses and the services offered to the consumers. 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