Measuring inflation inequality in India

Bansal, Rohan and Bansal, Prachi (2025) Measuring inflation inequality in India. Economic and Political Weekly, 60 (11). ISSN 2349-8846

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Abstract

This paper is a first attempt to track the inflation rates of the distribution of Indian households based on consumption weights of different fractiles of rural and urban households from 2015 to 2023. Computing the consumption expenditure shares of different fractiles of Indian households—from the poorest to the richest—and the inflation faced by them, we show that the volatility of inflation is higher for the poor vis-à-vis the rich households and has persistently remained higher for the poor households. This paper argues that this inequality of inflation and high volatility is anti-poor and requires immediate policy intervention.

Item Type: Article
Subjects: Social Sciences and humanities > Economics, Econometrics and Finance > Economics
Social Sciences and humanities > Social Sciences > Social Sciences (General)
Social Sciences and humanities > Social Sciences > Public Administration
Social Sciences and humanities > Social Sciences > Public Policy
JGU School/Centre: Jindal School of Government and Public Policy
Depositing User: Dharmveer Modi
Date Deposited: 17 Mar 2025 16:19
Last Modified: 17 Mar 2025 16:19
Official URL: https://www.epw.in/journal/2025/11/special-article...
URI: https://pure.jgu.edu.in/id/eprint/9242

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