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The impact of food inflation shock on core inflation was the maximum during the late 1990s, which has declined over time, the paper finds. The response of core inflation to a one per cent rise in food inflation has declined from 0.37 percentage points in the second quarter of 1998-99 to 0.14 percentage points in the third quarter of 2023-24. The responsiveness of core inflation to food shock has declined substantially in the post de jure flexible inflation targeting regime in India.

The Indian government should focus on development, as per a research paper by RBI. The paper shows that the general government debt-GDP ratio could decline to 73.4% by 2030-31, 5 percentage points lower than the IMF's projection. Further fiscal tightening is needed for sustainable growth.

India’s inflation target band of 2-6 per cent is up for review as the five-year term for the Monetary Policy Committee’s (MPC’s) inflation-targeting framework draws to a close, Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman said on Thursday. “The MPC’s term is coming to an end. Inflation targeting will also have to be reviewed. We shall do that,” Sitharaman was quoted as saying by Reuters. The government has asked the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) for its views on the targeting framework, said a senior government official. The government has also sought the central bank’s suggestion on twe...

Updated Jan 12, 2021 | 18:01 IST Index of Industrial Production (IIP) contracted sharply by 1.9% in November 2020 as against growth of 3.6% in October 2020 and growth of 2.1% in November 2019 Retail inflation eases to 4.59% in December; IIP contracts sharply by 1.9% in November  New Delhi: Retail inflation eased to 4.59% in December 2020. According to data released by the Ministry of Statistics and Program Implementation on Tuesday, Consumer Price Index inflation eased in December compared to 6.93% in November. Note that the rise in prices in October had been the sh...

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