Central Statistics Office

India's retail inflation accelerates to 5.54% in November from 4.62% in Oct

Vegetable inflation for November stood at 36 percent against 26 percent in October. Pulses and products recorded inflation of 13.94 percent in November against 11.72 percent in October.

Dec 12, 2019, 18:11 PM IST

Retail inflation touches 3.99% in September: Central Statistics Office

Inflation rate in cereals and products grew 1.66 percent in September, while it was 1.3 percent in August.

Oct 14, 2019, 17:58 PM IST

Agri, manufacturing to push GDP grow to 7.2% in 2018-19: CSO

The CSO estimate is, however, a bit lower than 7.4 percent growth projected by the Reserve Bank for the current fiscal.

Jan 08, 2019, 14:36 PM IST

Indian economy on right track; after World Bank, now Fitch says India to have 7.3% growth rate in FY19

According to Fitch, the pick up in growth is likely as the influence of one-off policy-related factor which was dragging growth has now waned.

Mar 15, 2018, 10:52 AM IST

IIP growth rises to 9-month high of 4.3% in August

The output growth in manufacturing sector, which constitutes 77.63 per cent of the index, however decelerated to 3.1 per cent in August from 5.5 per cent a year ago.

Oct 12, 2017, 23:47 PM IST

Retail inflation at 3.28% in September

The data revealed the overall food inflation moderated to 1.25 per cent in September from 1.67 per cent in the previous month.

Oct 12, 2017, 23:43 PM IST

Gutka, calculators, TV picture tubes removed from new IIP

The total number of items in the index has increased to 809 as compared to 620 earlier.

May 12, 2017, 20:48 PM IST

CSO to unveil Q3 GDP estimate with note ban impact today

The Central Statistics Office is due to unveil on Tuesday the revised advance estimate for GDP growth for 2016-17 after factoring in the note ban impact in the December quarter.

Feb 28, 2017, 09:38 AM IST

FY17 GDP advance estimate: Key facts you should know

According to the first advance estimates, released by the Central Statistics Office (CSO) Friday. The economic growth is expected to be 7.1 percent in FY 2016-17 as compared to the growth rate of 7.6 percent in FY 2015-16.

Jan 07, 2017, 07:21 AM IST

'GDP growth slowing; official data counter-intuitive'

Indian economy has been losing momentum since middle of financial year 2014-15, a new study says, citing corporate results and 'real economic indicators', while questioning the 'counter-intuitive' official GDP data.

May 08, 2016, 12:25 PM IST

Indian economy to grow at 7.2% in 2016-17: BMI Research

The Indian economy is expected to grow at 7.2 per cent in 2016-17, a tad lower than Central Statistics Office's advance estimates of 7.6 per cent in the current fiscal due to weak investments and external headwinds, says BMI Research.

Mar 24, 2016, 18:12 PM IST

India GDP for second quarter 2015-16 grows at 7.4%; manufacturing spikes 9.3%

India's GDP for the second quarter of 2015-16 is 7.4%, slightly more than 7.1% growth observed in the first quarter.

Nov 30, 2015, 17:42 PM IST

Retail inflation up for 3rd month in row

The common man's struggle with rising prices is not yet over. Data released by the Central Statistics Office showed the consumer price index rose an annual 5% in October compared to 4.41% in September. 

Nov 13, 2015, 09:25 AM IST

GDP numbers not flawed, CSO on right track: NSC

Clearing the air over the new GDP numbers, National Statistical Commission (NSC) chairman Pronab Sen on Tuesday said that Central Statistics Office (CSO) is following the correct methodology for computing national accounts and is on the right track.

Aug 11, 2015, 14:10 PM IST

New retail inflation series to be released today

The first series (revised) has been compiled for January which will be released on February 12.

Feb 12, 2015, 08:24 AM IST

SBI Research: GDP revisions create more queries than answers

The shift in GDP computation by the Central Statistics Office raises more questions than the solutions which it offers, the economic research department of the country's largest lender SBI has said.

Feb 04, 2015, 20:46 PM IST