In order to make the different macro indices more representative in the changing economic scenario, the government will soon be coming out with the revised Index of Industrial Production (IIP) and Wholesale Price Index (WPI) indices by the end of the current year with a new base year of 2011-12 from the present base year of 2004-05.
Chief Statistician TCA Anant commenting on the development said that as part of the revision, the basket of items and weightage assigned to different entries on the basis of which indices is computed will be updated and added that with the new series in place. He added that with the revision, both the IIP and WPI will become more comparable with the GDP numbers than it is currently.
Anant further said that IIP and WPI indices revision are under process at a very advanced stage and added that both of these will be revised shortly within the current year. Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation (MoSPI) which releases the data of national income (GDP) as well as WPI and Consumer Price Index (CPI) is working on bringing out an index for the services sector. The government has last revised the IIP and WPI indices in 2011 with the base year of 2004-05. The National Statistical Commission has recommended to revise the base year of all economic indices every five years.
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