With the proposed changed what will be the base year for Wholesale Price Index?
The government is likely to change the base year for calculating the Index of Industrial Production (IIP) and the Wholesale Price Index (WPI) to 2011-12. Currently, IIP and WPI take 2004-05 as base year, while the GDP and Consumer Price Index data are calculated using the base year of 2011-12. Using the same base year of 2011-12 for all macroeconomic data indicators will ensure that accuracy is maintained in the mapping of economic activity.
