This is part of the current CPI repair for the price trends to occupy the better and the cost of survival.
Currently, electricity prices in CPI are reported on a volume basis per unit. The modified index will also include fixed and meter charges, which will provide people with more accurate pictures of power consumption and costs for people.
Eti BureurHDFC Bank’s chief economist Sakshi Gupta said, “Moving towards the slab rate system will give a better reflection than to use the price per unit. This will give a more widespread opinion in terms of burden on homes,” said HDFC Bank Chief Economist Sakshi Gupta. She said that this would allow the CPI basket to capture the seasonal change better.
For example, during the summer, the use of electricity usually rises to the north, which will capture slab-war data better, Gupta explained. “If you are using the price per nit, you do not grow in use.”
CPI weighs 2.26% of electricity. Electricity index records average inflation in the financial year 1 in.
In the first quarter of the 2026, the new CPI series will also change the Housing Index. Under the revised series, the Housing Index will exclude the employer and the residence given to the government, ET has learned.
“The current house price is underestimated to the money spent on the price on the price on the home,” Gupta said. Although the CPI has a low share of basket and does not reflect the overall market, it affects the inflation of the headline. In the financial year 1 in, home inflation fell to 8.8 per cent to 8.8 percent.
Gupta said, “The rent in non-government and non-maploor housing is significantly higher, as the recent trends of other prices or cases evidence have been shown,” Gupta said.
CPI weighs 10.077%. The current CPI series, with the base year of 2, includes only the urban area. The new series will also include the rural housing index, as consumption surveys indicate the cost of home rental in rural areas.
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