Sahil Kapoor
Sahil Kapoor

@SahilKapoor

6 Tweets 1 reads Jan 10, 2023
Did you know Telephone Charges: Mobile has a weight of 1.84% in India CPI inflation and is up 8.5% on average over the last 12 months.
Wheat and Rice have a weight of 7% in CPI and are up 15.4% and 7.5% over the last 6 months.
Chicken with a 1.23% weight is up 9.3% in the last 12 months, but has slowed to 4.3% in last 6 months.
Liquid milk which is a large 6.4% of CPI, bigger than Veggies basket, is up 7% in last 6 months with multiple price hikes.
Kapda:
Dhoti, shorts, trousers, shirts, T-shirts, baniyaan and chappal etc are up 10% on avg over the last 6 months.
Petrol + Diesel +LPG + Kerosene weight in CPI is just ~4.2%. Lower weight of fuel is because of its second round impact across the basket.
Makaan
Rentals (weight 9.5%) up 4.2% in the last 6 months.
28bps weight - Residential Building and Land [Cost Of Repairs Only] up 8% in last 6 months.

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