India - Consumer price index

Consumer price index (2005 = 100)

The value for Consumer price index (2005 = 100) in India was 151.91 as of 2010. As the graph below shows, over the past 50 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 151.91 in 2010 and a minimum value of 3.93 in 1960.

Definition: Consumer price index reflects changes in the cost to the average consumer of acquiring a basket of goods and services that may be fixed or changed at specified intervals, such as yearly. The Laspeyres formula is generally used.

Source: International Monetary Fund, International Financial Statistics and data files.

See also:

Year Value
1960 3.93
1961 4.00
1962 4.14
1963 4.27
1964 4.83
1965 5.29
1966 5.87
1967 6.63
1968 6.83
1969 6.87
1970 7.22
1971 7.44
1972 7.92
1973 9.26
1974 11.91
1975 12.60
1976 11.63
1977 12.60
1978 12.92
1979 13.73
1980 15.29
1981 17.29
1982 18.66
1983 20.87
1984 22.61
1985 23.86
1986 25.95
1987 28.23
1988 30.88
1989 31.89
1990 34.75
1991 39.57
1992 44.23
1993 47.05
1994 51.85
1995 57.15
1996 62.28
1997 66.74
1998 75.58
1999 79.10
2000 82.28
2001 85.31
2002 89.05
2003 92.44
2004 95.93
2005 100.00
2006 106.15
2007 112.91
2008 122.34
2009 135.64
2010 151.91

Classification

Topic: Financial Sector Indicators

Sub-Topic: Exchange rates & prices