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CBSE BoardEnglish MediumSTD 11 CommerceEconomicsIndex Numbers4 Marks
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Why is it essential to have different CPI for different categories of consumers?
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CPI, Consumer price index is a measure of average change in retail prices. It indicates the average change in the price paid by the final consumer for specified quantity of goods and services over a period of time. Different classes are getting affected differently by a change in the price level because different people consume different types of goods, consumer’s habit differs from individual to individual, place to place, strata to strata, etc. So, it is essential to have different CPI for different categories of consumers because the nature of consumption basket of consumers from different economic status varies hugely.

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