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CPI Basket: Include home loan interest payments in new CPI basket - SBI economist

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Include home loan interest payments in new CPI basket - SBI economist

This story was originally published at 15:04 IST on September 12, 2024  Back
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India's new Consumer Price Index should include home loan interest payments as a component as it would lead to a more accurate measurement of domestic inflation and, in turn, more appropriate policies, Soumya Kanti Ghosh, State Bank of India's group chief economic adviser, has said.

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